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| I came to India about ten years ago to find a village in which I could live and write. However, it was many months before I 1 down happily in this Himalayan village. I 2 alot oftimelooking for the 3 village. Yet no such thing exists. 4 were quite different. But the villages I stayed in had much in 5 -dirt,poverty, no 6 . Often the villagers themselves were 7 about why I had come. I had 8 my work as a political newspaperwriter 9 my ideas had changed. I had 10 to believe that what was happening in the 11 World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three quaqters ofthe 12 peoplelive,and how their 13 might affect ours,lfelt that I first had to try and 14 their way of life. 15 I chose a mountain village because it was a little 16 than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a bumpy(崎岖) road. Then came a 17 down a steep path to the river. After that I began the climb into the hills. WheneverI stopped to 18 my breath, I saw a beautiful 19 . After several hours' walk the 20 came into sight. | ||||
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