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12 Aug 2014 12:25 #206622
by ketchim
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.....
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12 Aug 2014 12:26 #206623
by ketchim
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.
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12 Aug 2014 12:27 #206624
by ketchim
More than a century after the Orwells left, the dilapidated colonial-era bungalow :
is being turned into a museum.
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12 Aug 2014 12:29 #206626
by ketchim
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."
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12 Aug 2014 13:23 #206649
by The Captain
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
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12 Aug 2014 13:24 #206650
by Meseret
i did it for O'Levels too.
Guyana has not become a veritable Animal Farm.
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12 Aug 2014 13:26 #206652
by Meseret
Thinking back, no I didn't for exams. Just read the book.
My book was To Kill a Mockingbird.
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12 Aug 2014 14:39 #206662
by ketchim
I did that Harper Lee book , too !
with Atticus Finch.....must look at the movie Mes !
Gregory Peck was Atticus....Duvall was boo radley
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