In the first chapter the narrator talks about his youth, how he was growing up and which things were of great influence for his life.
He writes at night to the chinese Premier called Wen Jiabo.
His name is Balram Halwai. His mother died when he was a young boy. The funeral was at the ganges and she has been burned. His father wants to make him succesful and herefore he sends him to school everyday, instead of getting him to work. This seems to pay off when a schoolinspector comes to Balrams school and recognizes what kind of intelligent boy Balram is. The schoolinspector promises him to get him a scholarship for going to a better school without a corrupt director. After that it turns out like his cousin-sister gets married to a guy. That means Balrams family has to pay the wedding and get gifts for the guy. The family takes a big loan from the Stork, on of the four big landlords in that city. In order to pay there depts, Balram has to start working and stop going to school.
I was impressed of the picture, that came to my mind when the author wrote about the Ganges. He tells that there is feces, straw, soggy parts of human bodies, buffalo carrion, and seven different kinds of industrial acids in there.
There is a Link to Youtube if you're interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb_yDBmRgmU
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