Explain the role of beggars and cripples in Indian life.
Beggars and cripples are part of the daily Indian life. There are so many of them on the streets that people are used to them and do ignore them. Some of them have afflictions and suffer from bad diseases, but also that is ignored by the other people. The homeless and poor people always trie not to attract attention and be part of the crowd. To foreign or European people the conditions and circumstances under which the baggars are living often are very cruel and the ignorance seems to be very inhumane.
In my opinion the way the Indian treat those people shows that they still maintain the cast-system. It´s also part of their religion, that everything a person gets or doens´t get in life is what he/ she deserves, because of his earlier incarnations. That means that all the beggars and cripples are responsible for their own sufferings because they did something bad in an earlier life. I can imagine that this is the reason why they get no help or charity from anyone.
Outline Olivia´s daily routine
Every day of Olivias life in India is the same. After she has had breakfast with Douglas early in the morning, Harry arrives with a Nawab´s car to pick her up. Together they drive to Khatm to the Nawab´s palace, where they spend the day together. The three of them, Olivia, the Nawab and Harry, have become quite good friends and a good company for each other.
However, Olivia always has to return to Satipur before Douglas arrives at home, because he doesn´t know about her daily trips to the Nawab´s palace. She doesn´t tell him, because she wants him to forget and leave behind all his problems when he comes back from work. She does everything to make him feel comfortable and they spend wonderful evenings and nights together, which make Douglas love her even more.
