LOST SPRINGAn Excerpt from

Stories of Stolen ChildhoodBY ANEES JUNG

ANEES JUNG

BORN 1964 IN ROURKELA CHILDHOOD-ADOLESCENCE-IN HYDERABADHIGHER EDUCATION IN HYDERABAD AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICABEGAN CAREER AS AWRITER,EDITOR AND COLUMNIST FOR MAJOR NEWSPAPERS

SEASONS: PHASES OF LIFE

SPRING: CHILDHOODSUMMER: YOUTHAUTUMN: MIDDLEAGEWINTER : OLD AGE

LOSS OF CHILDHOODIF CHILDHOOD IS LOST?.................

UNABLE TO PLAY LIKE NORMAL CHILDREN

LOSS OF SCHOOL LIFEFORCED TO TAKE UP ODD JOBSPHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAUMA

RAGPICKERS

RAG IS GOLD TO THEM…………WHY?

SAHEB-E-ALAM: LORD OF THE UNIVERSE!

DAILY ROUTINE OF RAGPICKERS: GET UP EARLY RUSH TO GARBAGE

BINS SEARCH FOR ‘GOLD’ WALK WITHOUT

FOOTWEAR SUN DOES NOT

DETER THEIR SPIRIT

WHY IS EVERYDAY

SPECIAL?

G

A

R

B

A

G

E

MEANS GOLD

DAILY BREAD

ROOF OVER THE HEAD EVEN IF IT IS LEAKY

AN OCCASIONAL SILVER COIN

WRAPPED IN WONDER

A RARE TEN RUPEE NOTE

PARTNERS IN SURVIVAL

STEEL CANISTER GARBAGE

WHICH ONE DID HE PREFER?STEEL

CANISTER:-

MONOTONOUSFREEDOM

CURTAILEDSLAVEHEAVIER THAN

THE PLASTIC BAG

GARBAGE:-

• EXCITEMENT• FREEDOM• MASTER OF HIS

OWN LIFE• NO CONTROL

WHAT IS HIS DREAM?

MUKESH AND HIS DREAMS…………………..

BANGLE INDUSTRY OF FIROZABAD…….

HAZARDS OF

WORKING IN BANGLE

INDUSTRY

IS BANGLE MAKING HIS KARAM OR HIS DESTINY OR IS IT TRADITION………???????????

WILL THERE BE LIGHT IN HER EYES??????????

SHE HAS BANGLES ON HER WRIST…………..

WHY ARE THEY NOT ABLE TO FORM A CO-OPERATIVE ……… 1. NO LEADER AMONG THEM 2. MIDDLEMEN’S TORTURE 3. SUSPICIOUS POLICEMEN 4. VICIOUS CIRCLE OF ALL THE ABOVE