For this reason his parents were forced to leave Dhaka and migrate to India, looking for gold in the big city where they now live. His mother told him that many storms had swept away their fields and homes. Saheb's home was set amidst the green fields of Dhaka. In the above extract, "Scrounging of gold" means to vigorously search for something. Saheb is a ragpicker who always visits the garbage dump near the author's house in search of gold. " Why do you do this?" I ask Saheb whom I encounter every morning scrounging for gold in the garbage dumps of my neighborhood. His poor father has failed to renovate his house or send his two sons to school. Mukesh is the son of a poor bangle-maker of Firozabad where every other family is engaged in making bangles. He holds a steel can which seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly on his young shoulder earlier, the dirty bag was his but now the can belongs to the owner of the tea shop. When Saheb stopped rag picking he started a tea stall and after that he had a change in his life as his life was now a better one now and he started working and earning on his own now but he was not happy with this change as this snatched away the freedom he had. What change do you find in Saheb's life when he stops rag picking?Īnswer. The steel canister seem to-be much more heavier than the plastic bag he carried as a rag picker. His face shows that he had lost his carefree look and no longer his own Master. Saheb according to the author, when he worked at the tea stall he doesn't seem pleased at all. How will Saheb's job at the tea shop better his lot?Īnswer. The helplessness of doing things at his own will makes him sad. The steel canister in his hand now seems a burden. What changes do you find in Saheb's life? Besides, he has to face a number of obstacles in the form of sahukars, middlemen, bureaucrats, law makers, politicians etc. It is no doubt difficult for Mukesh to achieve his dream, as he is torn between his desires and his family tradition, which he cannot escape. Mukesh's dream is to become a motor-mechanic. Though he had money, he lost the freedom that rag-picking gave him. He led a carefree life and appeared like the morning birds and disappeared during noon time. Why did Saheb not look happy in his new job?.What efforts can help Mukesh materialize his dream?.
What change do you find in Saheb's life when he stops rag picking?.How will Saheb's job at the tea shop better his lot?.What changes do you find in Saheb's life?.What change occurs in Saheb's life is it a change for better or worse?.Who is Saheb How can you say his name is ironic?.
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