Assess Inder Lal´s reaction to the narrator´s reasons for being in India.
When Inder Lal asks the narrator why she has come to India, she explains to him, that many Europeans come to India to find spirituality, because they want to leave behind the Western materialism. Inder Lal can´t understand this explaination and it really hurts him. Although he is a very tradional and religious man, he is very interestd in sience and the modern western world. He can´t believe that people, who have everything, leave their luxurious life to live in a country which has nothing. He doesn´t feel the Indian spirituality, but is longing for progress. Inder Lal feels ashamed for the poverty and the bad conditions in his country in front of the narrator. He is sure, that there´s no spirituality in a place like that and he is also sure that no one else could find it there. That´s why in his opinion the narrator´s explainations are a mockery. He even gets a little bit angry, because he feels ashamed and that his problems are not taken seriously.
I can understand Inder Lal´s reactions very well, becuase his feelings are comprehensible. How shall he understand that people leave their country and come to India, if he would so much like to swap with them?
