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The Grass-Eaters are no more suffering the miserable life, since India has developed tremendously with good industry base while the government emphasizes the modernization of agriculture and commence. However, the burden of India population is set to hinder the pace of national growing. And that is why we see a vivid life of poverty in such a developing country, so much alike China.
The Grass-Eaters represent for a specific hierarchy in India society. Referred to the mixture religion of India, I understand part of the clues why Ajit Babu lived such a life with content. The Hindu religion brings them the gift of tolerance that allows for different stages of worship, different and personal expressions of devotion and even different Gods to guide their life on this earth. However, most people practice the religion of Hinduism. They believe in the reincarnation, which they make every effort for the higher state after the transfer of the soul into another body after death. I also believe the optimistic character reflected by the protagonist doesn't really reveals the flabbiness, but his strong will to survive instead.
Moreover, I am quite interested in the religion of Hinduism which is a family of four main denominations - Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Smartism - under a divine hierarchy of Mahadevas. The originality of Hinduism differs with the value expressing that men are born equal, but much more alike with Confucianism. Religions are distinctive by influencing peoples' value and behavior. The story impressed me the necessity to dig the culture of the nation before totally understand a complicated, unbelievable story.
