‘Mukesh is not like the others. His ‘dreams loom like a mirage amidst the dust of streets that fill his town Firozabad’. Justify the statement in the light of contrast in the mindsets of Mukesh and the people of Firozabad.

Mukesh is not like others. He is different from the other bangle makers of Firozabad because unlike others he wants to break the chains of age–old family lineage and aspires to become a motor mechanic. He wants to come out of the vicious circle of poverty. He dares to dream, unlike his peers, who have accepted bangle making as their profession. Mukesh is a rebel and to fulfill his dream, he is determined to walk to a garage and learn to drive in a city where most families are engaged in making bangles. No one dares to do anything else but work sitting around furnace, which is physically and mentally hazardous. Mukesh’s passion to be a mechanic would help him break away from the tradition of bangle making and achieve his goal.