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You'll go abroad,
become an engineer,
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get a fat job and settle down
:21:11
So I'm prosaic? That's gratitude!
:21:17
Who took you in hand in Calcutta?
Country bumpkin scared of the traffic
:21:25
Who read your first short story,
and what did he say about it?
:21:33
Don't get so worked up
:21:36
Do you know why I feel so elated?
:21:41
I've had my first good meal
for months, thanks to you
:21:46
Well, are you writing anything?
:21:52
A wonderful novel
:21:55
Why didn't you tell me?
:21:59
- Do you know a good publisher?
- No problem
:22:07
A boy
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A village boy.
Poor, but sensitive
:22:18
Father, a priest. He dies
:22:22
The boy doesn't want to be a priest.
He wants to study, he's ambitious
:22:30
He studies
:22:32
In the process, I see him struggle
:22:37
He sheds superstition and prejudice
:22:42
He takes nothing on trust
:22:45
He tries to be rational
:22:47
He has imagination,
he's intrigued by little things
:22:53
He has greatness in him, perhaps.
He has the ability to create
:22:59
But he doesn't