It is afternoon in a government primary his stomach out and throws his head back. Then he
school in Bakshi ka Talab block not far from walks forward in a leisurely fashion moving his arms
Lucknow. The Class 2 classroom is packed very slowly. “Ah ha” says a girl from the back of the
with children. In this school, like in many class, “Tahalna” is when you are a fat person walking
other schools in the area, the lower grades have many
many children. At least half of them look like they are
really too young to be in Class 2. We are busy with the
language text book. The chapter is long. We start with
the first paragraph. Except for one or two children, no
one can read even a few lines fluentl
