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Dear experts,please answer the following question:
What do you mean by the statement, "Saheb was no longer his own master".Please give a lenghty/understandable answer without points.Please.

The?writer means that having accepted the job with the tea?stall,?Saheb?has lost the independence that he enjoyed as a rag picker, even though he was poor. Although he will now be able to supplement the family income, it will be at the cost of his?freedom,which?is difficult, binding and unfair for someone so young.
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Saheb the ragpicker who used to work picking rags along with his friends, which was an adventure for him. As he said the author that sometimes he used to find a ten rupee coin while scrounging in the garbage thus this made rag picking even more exciting for him which was like treasure hunt for them. Though he did not earn much/ benefited from it much. 
When Saheb worked in the tea stall which paid him 800 rupees per day with full meal which was a much better work than rag picking he wasn't happy. The heavy steel canister which he must carry is heavier than his bag. He has lost all his freedom and has to work under someone. The canister than belonged to someone and Saheb no longer his own master
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