The story "India is a strange country" by one of our eminent writers gives a perfect insight of human nature.
The story is set at the time when when India had just won her Independence and the former rulers, the Britishers were leaving our country en masse.The newly won independence created a feeling of euphoria and also gave the Indian necessary courage to speak out their minds what they really thought about the English rulers.
It is about one particular Englishman Mr. Kenneth Tyson who is snobbish to the hilt, but when the new brown sahibs of Gymkhana offer him free drinks he never reuses but n the other hand he never repays them also. He shows them very clearly that he still thinks that he is their superior. The Bengali sahib,the Punjabi maam may critisise his behavior but are secretly proud that he has deigned to join them. But he refuses to tell them his motive for not going back to England despite much probing
Mr.Kenneth has a Dachshund bitch Martha the apple of his eye, He is forever indulging her whims as she was fond of investigating holes. He takes her or walks, and always carries her leash even when she is not tied to it.
The most revealing aspect of Mr. Tyson Character comes to the fore when one of his friends who came to see him off tells him that everyone thought he was planning to settle in India. The reply proved every Indian right that Britishers could never ever treat Indians as equals.
It seems that the quarantine rule of England stated that one had to leave their pets in Quarantine for six months before they can be brought to England.
Mr. Tyson was ready to suffer the company of lowly Indians in order to be with Martha the dog whom he loved as his child.
The story is set at the time when when India had just won her Independence and the former rulers, the Britishers were leaving our country en masse.The newly won independence created a feeling of euphoria and also gave the Indian necessary courage to speak out their minds what they really thought about the English rulers.
It is about one particular Englishman Mr. Kenneth Tyson who is snobbish to the hilt, but when the new brown sahibs of Gymkhana offer him free drinks he never reuses but n the other hand he never repays them also. He shows them very clearly that he still thinks that he is their superior. The Bengali sahib,the Punjabi maam may critisise his behavior but are secretly proud that he has deigned to join them. But he refuses to tell them his motive for not going back to England despite much probing
Mr.Kenneth has a Dachshund bitch Martha the apple of his eye, He is forever indulging her whims as she was fond of investigating holes. He takes her or walks, and always carries her leash even when she is not tied to it.
The most revealing aspect of Mr. Tyson Character comes to the fore when one of his friends who came to see him off tells him that everyone thought he was planning to settle in India. The reply proved every Indian right that Britishers could never ever treat Indians as equals.
It seems that the quarantine rule of England stated that one had to leave their pets in Quarantine for six months before they can be brought to England.
Mr. Tyson was ready to suffer the company of lowly Indians in order to be with Martha the dog whom he loved as his child.
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