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illness make it all seem hopeless.

India is such a bittersweet land. Its glory is past. It produced a culture of marvels, philosophies that exploded beyond the limits of western thought. Mythology that makes the Greeks mytho seem simple by comparison It came to grips with the elemental forces of life and humanity and enveloped a culture to cope with them. It developed out of the land and the climate. It was tied to man's direct reaction to his environment. Art music language science all on the highest level. But now India is a ghost shell of the past. It is corrupt, small minded, narrow, diseased. Money is the god here. Everyone speaks of nothing but money. The cost of something is the first thing you are asked. Were you cheated. Money rules. Why because most people don't have any. My tutor earns only Rs. 150.00 ($20) as a teacher in a local school he can not support a family on that so he

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tutors three pupils after school at 60.00 Rs. each and earns more than he does at his job. The quality of education is low, the teachers are paid low and as a result don't teach properly, so every Indian student must hire a tutor in order to pass exams or learn at all. If the system and the teacher create the jobs of tutor so the teachers can make enough money to exist. It is a vicious circle the pay is small, so the person in the job doesn't give a damn. The service is poor, the quality of the product is poor. Graft is a way of life India is a country of kickbacks the quality of life is low. My tutor is bright has worked hard to pull himself up he was orphaned at a young age and had to support himself and put himself through school. He is saving money to work on his M.A. in English literature but he hasn't a chance to expand, to really learn, his life will be one of drudgery. I ask him if he