I made clear to her how laughable would have been the waywardness of English spelling but for the tragic compulsion we were under to cram it for our examinations.

Omprakash Valmiki, whose Hindi autobiography, "Joothan: a Dalit's Life", has been translated into English, read poems about the routine wretchedness of the lives of poor Indians.

Because he asked me a question about the use of a Chinese vocabulary yesterday and I wanted to explain it to him in English before, but unfortunately I found it was too difficult to me.