Question

Anees Jung har authored two different views in the lesson' Lost Spring'. Point out them.

Answer 1

The author offers two different viewpoints through the characters of Saheb and Mukesh who are diametrically different in terms of their attitude towards life. ​Saheb and Mukesh were both caught in an endless spiral of poverty. If one's family was caught in a web of poverty and burdened by the stigma of caste in which they were born, the other's was trapped in a vicious circle of middlemen, sahukars, policemen, bureaucrats and politicians. Together they had imposed this baggage on the tiny shoulders of their children. But there was a difference in attitude between the two, although Mukesh would have to accept the mantle of his family as naturally as his father, he still had that spark of independence in him. He dare not do anything else than what he was meant to because daring was not a part of his growing up but Mukesh had optimism. He wanted to be a motor mechanic, learn how to work in a garage even if he had to walk a long way to the place. He at least dreamed of something different from the life fated for him. Saheb in the other hand who had been carefree seemed to have become chained to his obstacles. He had a new job in a tea stall down the road where he was paid 800 rupees but he had lost that levity of demeanour. The steel canister that he carried seemed heavier than the plastic bag he used to carry so lightly but the bag belonged to him. This canister belonged to the man who owned the shop. Saheb had ceased to be his own master, there was no independence of spirit left for him.