The Lost Spring by Annes Jung - 2
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1. What change has the narrator observed about the town from her visit to it 30 years ago?
2. What differences do we observe between the first priest's son and the new priest's son?
3. What is the difference between the priest's sons and the ragpickers?
4. What does the writer mean when she says that Seemapuri is "on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it"?
5. Who are called squatters?
6. When did Saheab's family move to Seemapuri?
7. What examples does the writer give to support her statement that "it (Seemapuri) still is (in wilderness)"?
8. What are the Bangladeshi immigrants denied of?
9. What are they provided with?
10. Why do they think identity is less important?
11. What do they hope to get in their new country?
12. What did the green fields back in their country fail to provide its poor people with?
13. What is the source of survival for the Seemapurians?
14. Why are they forced to live the life of nomads?
15. How are the children 'partners in survival'?
16. What makes rag picking 'a fine art' now?
17. What do the ragpickers scrounge for in the garbage dumps?
18. Why is garbage gold to them?
19. How do the young and the old differ in their attitude towards garbage?
20. What is Saheb's pastime?
21. What is he wearing when the narrator finds him at the gate of the neighbourhood?
22. Why is Saheb not worried about a defect in his shoes?
23. Why does the writer say that the game of tennis is 'out of his (Saheb's) reach?
24. What change has the narrator observed about Saheb's work in her recent meeting with Saheb?
25. Why is Saheb not happy with his new job?
1. What change has the narrator observed about the town from her visit to it 30 years ago?
2. What differences do we observe between the first priest's son and the new priest's son?
3. What is the difference between the priest's sons and the ragpickers?
4. What does the writer mean when she says that Seemapuri is "on the periphery of Delhi yet miles away from it"?
5. Who are called squatters?
6. When did Saheab's family move to Seemapuri?
7. What examples does the writer give to support her statement that "it (Seemapuri) still is (in wilderness)"?
8. What are the Bangladeshi immigrants denied of?
9. What are they provided with?
10. Why do they think identity is less important?
11. What do they hope to get in their new country?
12. What did the green fields back in their country fail to provide its poor people with?
13. What is the source of survival for the Seemapurians?
14. Why are they forced to live the life of nomads?
15. How are the children 'partners in survival'?
16. What makes rag picking 'a fine art' now?
17. What do the ragpickers scrounge for in the garbage dumps?
18. Why is garbage gold to them?
19. How do the young and the old differ in their attitude towards garbage?
20. What is Saheb's pastime?
21. What is he wearing when the narrator finds him at the gate of the neighbourhood?
22. Why is Saheb not worried about a defect in his shoes?
23. Why does the writer say that the game of tennis is 'out of his (Saheb's) reach?
24. What change has the narrator observed about Saheb's work in her recent meeting with Saheb?
25. Why is Saheb not happy with his new job?
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