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How can so much tragedy
visit one group of people? It seems almost impossible, and at times
it honestly gets repetitive and tiring. The book makes living in India
sound about as fan as living in the middle of a live mine field. Terror,
disease, violence and homelessness lie around every corner. Taking
place mostly during the emergency in 1975, during which all personal
rights were suspended, and many were detained and sterilized against
their will, the country was rampant with corruption, and conditions
for everyone were pretty awful. While I have very little knowledge
about recent Indian history, I was surprised this kind of lawlessness
and depraved indifference to human life could happen this century,
let alone during my lifetime. Beyond the history and caste system
lesson, I couldn't help but wonder where everything was going. The
final message (so far as I can make out): be happy with what you have.
Okay. So, you may have no home, no money, no testicles or legs, and
everyone you know may have been killed, but, hey, at least you have
your heartbeat and some cerebral functioning. I guess, it's a fine
balance, eh?
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