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Dear Gobar Times Readers,
One day, a long time ago, Prince Siddharth went on a chariot ride outside his palace. As
he rode through the city, the people bowed to him. But instead of being pleased, Siddharth
was horrified. For among those who bowed, there were a kind of people he had never seen
before.
These people were strange. They wore torn clothes. They had running sores and scars on
their hands and bodies, and their faces were lean.
The Prince asked his charioteer: "Channa, what kind of people are these?"
"Poor people, my prince," the charioteer replied. The Prince was bewildered. He
asked: "But why are people poor?"
Everybody knows India is a country full of poor people. But when you ask some people this
question, they get embarrassed. Others bluster and holler: "let’s not talk
about it!" Yet others shrug their shoulders and say: "we don’t know."
Some say that in the last 10 years a few people in India have got richer while many,
many others have got poorer. Others say that given the way India is developing, people can
only get richer.
Gobar Times will select the three most thought-provoking answers, and print them in a
later issue. If your letter is selected, you earn points for yourself and your school.
You, along with a teacher and a friend from your school, will
As part of this Special GT Annual Tour, you will get a first hand experience of
environmental communication and research styles and tactics at CSE in Delhi. A field trip
into rural India will help you understand your country better. Gobar Times will pay
all expenses for this tour.
So write to us, whichever way. Maybe a poem, or an 800-word essay? ...feel free to make a sketch or a drawing too. You should be in Standard 6 or above. Tell your friends and school also.
