DAY THREE: ANGEL TALKIES

At first, I had liked the story of Gururaj and his nightly travels to go and see the Gurkha, but then the story ended rather strangely in my opinion. Gururaj was a well-to-do editor of a paper and his bright world changes into a dark and nightly world. I thought it was interesting how he would wake up every night to go and see the Gurkha. I liked the Gurkha’s talks of the grapevine and the night watchmen who would share information with each other. It makes you wonder if such things actually happen around this country. The time where Gururaj learned of the truth behind the supposed riots had a shocking experience on him as a character. He eventually learned the truths behind the city of Kittur and it’s leaders and powerful figures. It was a sudden realization behind what Gururaj thought was a great and truthful place. In truth it was corrupt and he couldn’t take that fact. I’ve seen movies and read books that have had a similar scenario, a journalist not being allowed to publish the truth and such. It made me wonder if other newspaper firms covered up major truths such as these or if all governments hid corruption, you can see the corruption here in India of course but how about Western countries? Here in India there’s various cases of corruption on each of the different levels of government, for example if a policeman catches you they’ll want 100 rupees and they’ll leave you alone. A government official is going to jail soon for illegal mining as well. Being here for only 5 or 7 months I’ve noticed that protests are common in the streets here. I really liked the author’s scenes of the ‘nocturnal world’ that Gururaj experienced at night. He’d wake up at 2AM to go and speak to the Gurkha and learn of truths, they eventually became friends but then one night the Gurkha disappeared from his night job.