Passage 7

In English

Once happened to travel by train in a compartment with some English men. He sat between two of them. One of them asked: “Who is this donkey?" The other one asked: "Who is this pig?" A third English man asked: "Who are you?" coolly replied: "I am a human being sitting between a donkey and a pig." The two English men felt ashamed of themselves. They felt even more ashamed when they saw a large crowd of persons with garlands waiting to receive when he got down from the train. The English men then realised that though Indians might appear simple they were inherently noble and gentle.