LOST SPRING

6. – (6 letters) – A place Saheb wishes to go, but cannot afford.
7. – (9 letters) – The unfair treatment faced by the children in the story.
9. – (8 letters) – The primary focus of Saheb’s and Mukesh’s daily lives.
17. – (4 letters) – Despite everything, Mukesh and Saheb hold onto this.
19. – (6 letters) – A driving force behind Saheb’s work as a ragpicker.
20. – (7 letters) – What Saheb collects daily to make a living.
21. – (11 letters) – Taking unfair advantage of the children's labor.
23. – (5 letters) – Boy who dreams of becoming a motor mechanic.
24. – (7 letters) – The objects Mukesh’s family makes for generations.
25. – (6 letters) – Something Mukesh and Saheb both have but find difficult to achieve.

1. – (9 letters) – The work Saheb does to support himself.
2. – (5 letters) – The vicious circle of poverty and labor from which the children cannot escape.
3. – (8 letters) – The false hope of change offered by society.
4. – (7 letters) – The condition symbolized by the glass workers' lives in Firozabad.
5. – (9 letters) – The phase of life that is lost to labor.
8. – (6 letters) – The metaphor for lost childhood in the title.
10. – (5 letters) – Ragpicker, whose name means "Lord of the Universe."
11. – (5 letters) – Material that the people of Firozabad work with.
12. – (4 letters) – The situation children are caught in due to poverty and tradition.
13. – (7 letters) – What Saheb and Mukesh long for in their lives.
14. – (9 letters) – The place where Mukesh lives, known for its glass-blowing industry.
15. – (4 letters) – What traps families like Mukesh’s into generations of labor.
16. – (6 letters) – The unit that forces Mukesh to continue in the bangle-making trade.
18. – (7 letters) – The fake assurance given by people about a better future.
22. – (7 letters) – The root cause of child labor in the story.