Firozabad, the centre of India’ glass-blowing industry, is famous for its bangles. Spirals of bangles of various colours can be seen lying in mounds in yards or piled on four wheeled push carts. These bangles have shining bright colours: sunny gold, paddy green, royal blue, pink, purple-in fact, every colour born out of the seven colours of the rainbow. The bangle makers lead a miserable life. They know no other work than bangle making. They have neither courage nor money to start another trade or job. they have spent generations in the clutches of middle men and moneylenders. Extreme ** forces them to remain hungry and yet work all day. The elderly woman,who works with Savita, has not enjoy ed even one full meal in her entire lifetime. Her husband has made a house for the family to live in. He has achieved what many have ** in their lifetime. Mukesh’ father has to renovate a house or send his two sons to school. Young boy are as tired as their fathers. Their work at hot furnaces makes them * prematurely.
