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India Animal Farm - ketchim - 08-12-2014
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Re: India Animal Farm - ketchim - 08-12-2014
George Orwell is one of the UK's best-known 20th Century authors but he's also claimed
by a town in north-eastern India.
Orwell was born here - and his home is being turned into a museum.....
Re: India Animal Farm - ketchim - 08-12-2014
This was poppy country back then, and Orwell's father worked for the opium department
of the British government, overseeing the production and storage of the drug
before it was exported to China.
Re: India Animal Farm - ketchim - 08-12-2014
More than a century after the Orwells left, the dilapidated colonial-era bungalow :
is being turned into a museum.
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Re: India Animal Farm - ketchim - 08-12-2014
The government of Bihar is planning to spend $150,000 on the project.
"We are fortunate that a writer like George Orwell was born here
So, it is our duty to preserve this bungalow and make it presentable."
Re: India Animal Farm - ketchim - 08-12-2014
Great book ! did it for "O" levels in 4th form English Lit. ::LOL::
Re: India Animal Farm - Captain - 08-12-2014
fuget de book, the british made us all read the dam thing except Kwami
I wanna know where the opium $$ is
that should be used to refurbished the home
Re: India Animal Farm - Meseret - 08-12-2014
i did it for O'Levels too.
Guyana has not become a veritable Animal Farm.
Re: India Animal Farm - Meseret - 08-12-2014
Thinking back, no I didn't for exams. Just read the book.
My book was To Kill a Mockingbird.
Re: India Animal Farm - ketchim - 08-12-2014
I did that Harper Lee book , too !
with Atticus Finch.....must look at the movie Mes ! 8)
Gregory Peck was Atticus....Duvall was boo radley
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