Jesus must have known who he was talking to!
251_______Anglo-Indian boy 11 Christian Devlali 24 July
He said,
God is always at a party, he must eat plenty
of food. Only if you are rich or you are
God, you will not be hungry.
252-316 Indian girls 8-15 Hindus and Muslims Devlali
24 July
They all commented on the "high standard" of the
education. They all managed to describe their religious
education classes. One of the girls who was more fluent
in English than the others, articulated the opinion the
group shared,
I suppose we do talk about God, but, we are
more often told to be good and obedient.
Religion is more about being kind, tolerant
and friendly. We don't have discussions
about religions in the world.
All these Indian girls were bilingual in two Indian
languages, that is, Marathi or Gujerati their mother
tongues and Hindi. They understood English and could
speak it slowly. They could read and write English quite
fluently. One of the girls said,
We all need to learn English, because in most
countries you go to, they can talk English.
One Gujerati girl aged 11 said,
My mother-tounge is Gujerati. I am Hindu, but
I like Jesus Christ, and he dead for our sin.
I like this school because we study many good
manner. I want to only talk in English.
The group sang songs in English, Hindi, Marathi and
Gujerati. They discussed God. They drew pictures during
the interview to illustrate their answers. They read in
English from text books. They were relaxed, friendly,
chatty and informative. A few of them took the researcher
on a guided tour of the girls' block in the residential
quarters of the school.
One girl said,
I am Rajasthani Muslim Sunni and I think
English is important because most of the
people in world speak English. If I became
Headmistress of the school, first I will
improve the food, then the WC they given us
and then I will make it a multi religion
school.
317_______Anglo-Indian boy 8 Christian Devlali 24 July
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