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Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood - ANEES JUNG (1964)

The document summarizes Anees Jung's book "Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood" which focuses on deprived children trapped in poverty. It discusses the plight of children forced into labor early in life, denying them education and opportunities. The book highlights the hopeless situation of children born into poverty-stricken families and surviving in circumstances ruled by corrupt individuals. It provides examples of two such places - Seemapuri, a Delhi slum inhabited by squatters from Bangladesh living without basic amenities, and Firozabad, the center of India's glass industry where thousands of children work in dangerous conditions near hot furnaces.

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Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood - ANEES JUNG (1964)

The document summarizes Anees Jung's book "Lost Spring: Stories of Stolen Childhood" which focuses on deprived children trapped in poverty. It discusses the plight of children forced into labor early in life, denying them education and opportunities. The book highlights the hopeless situation of children born into poverty-stricken families and surviving in circumstances ruled by corrupt individuals. It provides examples of two such places - Seemapuri, a Delhi slum inhabited by squatters from Bangladesh living without basic amenities, and Firozabad, the center of India's glass industry where thousands of children work in dangerous conditions near hot furnaces.

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LOST SPRING

STORIES OF STOLEN
CHILDHOOD
-ANEES JUNG (1964)
“I SOMETIMES FIND A RUPEE, EVEN A TEN-RUPEE
NOTE”

“IT IS HIS KARAM, HIS DESTINY”


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
ANEES JUNG (1964)
-Born in Rourkela. Received
education in Hyderabad and USA.
- Author, columnist and journalist of
major newspapers in India and
abroad.
- Her most noted work, Unveiling
India (1987) was a detailed chronicle
of the lives of women in India.
- Anees Jung’s Lost Spring: Stories of
Stolen Childhood (2005) focuses on
children from deprived backgrounds
trapped in the perpetual cycle of
poverty.
UNDERLYING THEMES IN THE STORY
 Plight of children forced into
labour early in life.
 Denial of education and other
opportunities.
 The callousness of society and the
politicians.
 Loss of childhood in misery and
poverty.
 Children: Victim of two worlds.
i. Born in poverty ridden family.
ii. Surviving in a hopeless situation
ruled by sahukaars, middlemen,
policemen, bureaucrats and
politicians.
SEEMAPURI
 Located on the periphery of
East Delhi.
 Inhabited by squatters from
Bangladesh.
 They live in slums with no
sewage or water supply.
 They neither have permits nor
identity.
 Only have ration cards and
names on the voter’s list.
 For ragpickers of Seemapuri,
garbage is like “gold”.
FIROZABAD
 Centre of India’s glass-blowing
industry.
 Thousands of children work near hot
furnaces in dingy cells without air and
light.
 Humans and animals co-exist in the
same cramped space.
 Burdened in a world with social
stigma, caste system, no leaders and
lack of awareness.
 Have accepted their poverty as destiny.
 No willingness to escape the web of
poverty.
 Mukesh dreams of driving a car and be
a motor mechanic.
THANK YOU

PRESENTED BY-
SUCHARITA CHOWDHURY

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