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1、I'dliketotakeyoutoanotherworld.AndI'dliketosharea45year-oldlovestorywiththepoor,livingonlessthanonedollaraday.Iwenttoaveryelitist,snobbish,expensiveeducationinIndia,andthatalmostdestroyedme.Iwasallsettobeadiplomat,teacher,doctor..alllaidout.Then,Idon'tlookit,butIwastheIndiannat
2、ionalsquashchampionforthreeyears.Thewholeworldwaslaidoutforme.Everythingwasatmyfeet.Icoulddonothingwrong.AndthenIthoughtoutofcuriosity.I'dliketogoandliveandworkandjustseewhatavillageislike.Soin1965,IwenttowhatwascalledtheworstBiharfamineinIndia,peopledyingofhunger,forthefirstti
3、me.Itchangedmylife.Icamebackhome,toldmymother,“I'dliketoliveandworkinavillage.”Motherwentintoacoma.“whatisthis?Thewholeworldislaidoutforyou,thebestjobsarelaidoutforyou,andyouwanttogoandworkinavillage?Imean,istheresomethingwrongwithyou?”Isaid,“No,I'vegotthebesteducation”Itmademe
4、think,AndIwantedtogivesomethingbackinmyownway.”“Whatdoyouwanttodoinavilage?”Nojob,nomoney,nosecurity,noprospect.”Isaid,“Iwanttoliveanddigwellsforfiveyears.”“Digwellsforfiveyears?YouwenttothemostexpensiveschoolandcollegeinIndia,andyouwanttodigwellsforfiveyears?”Shedidn'tspeaktom
5、eforaverylongtime,becauseshethoughtI'dletmyfamilydown.Butthen,Iwasexposedtothemostextraordinaryknowledgeandskillsthatverypoorpeoplehave,whichareneverbroughtintothemainstreamwhichisneveridentified,respected,appliedonalargescale.AndIthoughtI’dstartaBarefootCollege..collegeonlyfor
6、thepoor.Whatthepoorthoughtwasimportantwouldbereflectedinthecollege.Iwenttothisvillageforthefirsttime.Elderscametomeandsaid,“Areyourunningfromthepolice?”Isaid,“No.””“Youfailedinyourexam?”Isaid,“No.”“Youdidn’tgetagovernmentjob?”Isaid,“No.”“Whatareyoudoinghere?”Whyareyouhere?Theed
7、ucationsysteminIndiamakesyoulookatParisandNewDelhiandZurich;Whatareyoudoinginthisvillage?Istheresomethingwrongwithyouyou’renottellingus?”Isaid,“No,Iwanttoactuallystartacollegeonlyforthepoor.”whatthepoorthoughtwasimportantwouldbereflectedinthecollege.”Sotheeldersgavemesomeveryso
8、undandprofoundadvice.Theysaid,“please,don'tbringanyone