Portrayal of Underprivileged Children: Problem of Child Labour in Lost Spring: Stories of Lost Childhood by Anees Jung

Children have been at the receiving end of physical and mental abuse, discrimination and harassment which has ill-effects on their growth. Despite the establishment and enforcement of various national and international laws which protect their rights, they face these challenges. Endless hurdles in their lives, from lack of education to their exploitation as a human resource, are complexly entangled with the issue of poverty they face. This paper attempts to explore Anees Jung's “Lost Spring: Stories of Lost Childhood” to understand the problems that children face, whose lives are entangled with structures of poverty, gender, caste etc. The paper also attempts to discuss the solutions to these problems as given by Jung.