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"The Grass-Eaters" by Krishna Varma The sad story deeply touched my heart. I can not imagine how Babu and his wife could live in a pipe, a footpath or an abandoned-looking freight wagon. It is hard to believe that they were satisfied with their new home, which is a roof occupied by some old empty coal tar drums. I have never gone through the sufferings such as eating grasses, which reminds me of the three years of natural disasters in China. They really led a hard life, not only in the aspect of material but also in spirit. The couple was always anxious for a lot of things, including domicile, food, cloth, the child even their funeral after death all the time. In my opinion, they were suffering endless distress.
But it was surprising that Babu faced all the difficulties calmly and optimistically. Furthermore, he could enumerate several benefits to live in the roof and felicitate his survive. How could he think all the hardness and disasters as a part of his life without complaint and despair? Maybe he was a fatalist or it can be owe to his religion and belief. I do not know the reason, but I am deeply moved by his attitude when facing the terrible world, which is making every effort to survive.
The story recalls me a report in the newspaper about the back slums in India, where people live without electricity, clean water, protect of the government and medical treatment. They work hard but earn little money. And at the same time, they are always threatened by the local gangster Dom. In order to share property management fees, several families are crowed into one flat. But they are still alive. Maybe when a person has to face the crisis of existence, he would take nothing into account but how to survive.
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Susan Paul
(16.2.12 13:12)
Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.
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