Story: Travellers And Sea
Two Travelers were walking along the seashore. Far out they saw something riding on the waves.
“Look,“
said one,
“a great ship rides in from distant lands, bearing rich treasures!“
The object they saw came even nearer the shore.
“No,“
said the other,
“that is not a treasure ship. That is some fisherman's net, with the day's catch of savoury fish.“
Still nearer came the object. The waves washed it up on shore.
“It is a chest of gold lost from some wreck,“
they cried. Both Travelers rushed to the beach, but they found nothing there but a water-soaked log.
Do not let your hopes carry you away from reality.
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It’s a man looking over his family during the British Raj in India. There were many cases of cannibalism and he feared someone would try to kill and eat his children or wife. I acknowledge this is a difficult picture to look at— but I included it for a reason. Many people in the US/West aren’t even aware of the terrible famines that swept through India and which are comparable to the holocaust in deaths (an estimated ~30 million people have died in famines in India). This was taken from the Great Famine of 1876–1878, which was far worse than the infamous Bengal Famine. It was caused by a crop failure/drought and was exacerbated by the crown’s export of wheat abroad. In total, 5.6 - 9 million people died (it’s hard to get exact figures). And within huge statistics like these, are forgotten stories. These are individuals and families, who slowly faced the despair of knowing they had no food and would have no food in the near future. They faced the horror of knowing there was
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