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LOST SPRING explanation For video lesson, visit the following link: https://youtu.be/nP2HHN7eeoU The author here  presents a grim picture of the destitute children who are pushed to live a life of exploitation. They are also denied education and face hardships quite early in their lives. About the Author Anees Jung is an Indian author, journalist and columnlist for newspaper in India and abroad. She was born in 1944 and she is known for ‘Unveiling India, which was a chronicle of the lives of women in India. In this story , she talks about child labourers who work in unhygienic conditions and are denied right to education. Characters in the story Saheb -   At first a rag picker and then a tea vendor Mukesh -  Labourer at a bangle making industry Observation of the Author Anees Jung A staggering 20,000 children are a part of this business and any law that forbids child labour is brutally ignored here. Children like Saheb , live a life of ex

The Portrait of a Lady - Summary & Important Questions Summary Khushwant Singh very beautifully draws the portrait of his beloved grandmother. He tells us that his grandmother was a short and plump woman, who had firm faith in God. Though her face was full of wrinkles, and the thought that she was ever young was almost revolting to him, yet he says that she was the most beautiful and true soul in his life. Her hair was as white as snow. Reciting her rosary was her passion and she kept telling the rosary beads day and night. The author says, "She was like the winter landscape in the mountains and expanse of pure white  serenity  breathing peace and contentment."                                                           About his grandfather’s portrait, he tells us that his grandfather appeared too old and it was unbelievable that he ever had a wife. He appeared to have only lots and lots of grandchildren. He further tells us that as his parents went to make a l

A Photograph by Shirley Toulson explained by Sukhpreet Singh About the Poem The poet is consumed in the thoughts of her mother and is in pensive mood. The true love of the poet for her mother and her dejection at losing the lady (mother) whom she adores; forms the substance of the poem. Her visage and expressions speak volumes of her sadness at the loss. She has beautifully glued into this small poem, a universal message of transient nature of human beings.                                                                        Poetic  Devices used in the Poem                                                                                                                                                         visual Imagery The device of imagery has been used in the poem very well. The words ‘sweet’, ‘young’, ‘tall’, ‘sea’, ‘hair’ ; etc create visual images before our eyes.