“One of the early tip-offs to me about the enormous changes that were going on with being in a Bangalore house, home, where the young woman from a nearby village, who had been hired to baby sit newborn twins, suddenly said after two weeks of work: 'I'm sorry, this is too much work, I'm going to try applying for call center jobs. The pay is better.'” TryingSaidTwoHomeJobsYoungHousePayToo MuchWeekBabySorryEnormousVillageTwinsYoung WomenI'm SorryTwo WeeksNewbornToo Much WorkBangaloreCall Center Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“But a piece of paper can be a powerful presence. I have always had enormous respect for the written word and invariably find a letter more revealing than a face-to-face conversation. In a strange way I suspect I will get to know you better at a distance than I would if you had stayed at home.” IfsKnowsWayHomeFacesPowerfulPiecesWrittenStrangeConversationPaperLettersDistanceEnormousSuspectsRevealingFace To FaceWritten Word Book:A Woman of Independent Means Source: A Woman of Independent Means
“The American child, driven to school by bus and stupefied by television, is losing contact with reality. There is an enormous gap between the sheer weight of the textbooks that he carries home from school and his capacity to interpret what is in them.” ChildrenHomeRealitySchoolEducationUnited StatesTelevisionLosingCapacityWeightDrivenEnormousContactCarrieGapsBusSheerTextbooks Book:With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey Source: With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey