four generations behind

I had a village trip as a part of course curriculum. A batch of 7 went to a village, some 80 kms from Jamshedpur. We were told that power will not be available in the evenings. So I cant take my books and study out there. The shocks which I got out there
1 - There is no Current supply to that village (infact some 100 villages near by)
2 - There is 1 Govt school for some 20 villages.
3 - One teacher for 1-7 std. He will be shuttling between the classes.
4 - Anyone can sit in any class
5 - Most of time, he will bunk the classes.
6 - Its a Naxalite area. Each guy gets somewhere around 5k per month if he joins them.
We did ask some questions to the students in that govt school
The fifth standard gal took some 5 minutes to answer 21 * 5.
One question they answered instantaneously : who's our prez ?
7 - yeah.. this is a Chief ministers constituency :)
8 - Theres no irrigation. Only when it rains , they get some water. We saw a lady fetching some water from a well (where most of us will not even take bath in that)

Thank god. We were staying in a catholic school. The father was very kind in allowing us to use his loo. Missionaries are doing a good job. We may disagree with their intentions but providing education is finest things in life ... They are some 4 generations behind.. was thinking abt lot to blog about this trip..but not in a mood to pen down...

adieu brazil

When Brazil loses, we lose. When Brazil wins, we win. Y do ppl like brazil ? Because they are the most stylish players around. Ronaldinho dribbling the ball is the gr8test(yesterday overshadowed by the "master" and well marked), one can ever see. It was so depressing to watch them lose the match yesterday. Zidane was left unmarked in the match and Brazil couldnt control the flow for the first 60 minutes. The commentator abt zidane: "the master is showing the pretendors that he is still around". Though Robinho added zing to the attack in the last 10 minutes, it was over by then. The only thing I would tell all my friends who support france, Germany and italy is that Brazil brings ppl to watch football. As simple as that. We dont watch footballl for all techincal reasons. We watch it for the passion,speed,style and Grace. I will definitely miss Ronaldinho's Grin in the next few matches. His long passes, one-one with ronaldo makes him the best playmaker around. Anyways it feels good that France beat Brazil rather than Germany or Italy. France is a team of racial diversity. I just hope that this will bring down the racial overtones of the French politicians who say that there are too many blacks in the team. Time for me to select the next bunch: PORTUGAL , here we come :)