What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
Sahib believed that he would find gold in garbage dumps so he was looking for gold in garbage dumps. He had come from Bangladesh. He came here with his mother because due to the storm he lost his home and gaon fields in Dhaka. So they left Dhaka and came here.
Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Explain.
Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?
How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family?
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?
What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?
What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?
Why should child labour be eliminated and how?
What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?
From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?
Strike out what is not true in the following.
a. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) a sharecropper.
(ii) a politician.
(iii) delegate.
(iv) a landlord.
b. Rajkumar Shukla was
(i) poor.
(ii) physically strong.
(iii) illiterate.
What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?
What are some of the positive views on interviews?
Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?
Why was he amused by this idea?
Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
What is the example of national integration that the author refers to?
What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?
How did Franz’s feelings about M. Hamel and school change?
Why was the Moral Rearmament Army welcomed at the Studios?
Did the people at Gemini Studios have any particular political affiliations?
What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?