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Nimble Fingers

Krishna is the leading character of this miserable story. He is so poor that he cannot go to school, so he doesn't even know how to read or write, but he can count, only up to 1500. He can't work with Weaver-Maama, but with Saami, because he has been sold to Saami to pay for his grandfather’s debt which were 5000 rupees taken from the owner of the factory. At first, he is happy about his nimble fingers, but when he knows the truth, he doesn’t feel his nimble fingers nimble any more.

It’s a story that reflects the poor who live in the bottom of the society. There are poor people in every kind of society, not only in the capitalist society, but also the socialist society.

The Chinese civilization has always given prominence to the people and respect for people’s dignity and value. Centuries ago, the Chinese already pointed out that “people are the foundation of a country; when the foundation is stable, the country is in peace.” Nothing is more valuable in the universe than human beings. The ancient Chinese emphasized the value of serving the people, enriching them, nourishing them, and benefiting them. We are pursuing today a people-oriented approach toward development because we believe that development must be for the people and by the people and its benefit should be shared among the people. We care about people’s value, rights and interests and freedom, the quality of their life , and their development potential and happiness index because our goal is to realize the all-round development of the people. Ensuring the right to survival and development remains China’s top priority. We will vigorously promote social and economic development, protect people’s freedom, democracy and human rights according to law, achieve social fairness and justice and enable the 1.3 billion Chinese people to live a happy life.

The story makes me think about the present life and our improved living standards. There are still a lot of people in the world not having enough food or clean water. What we can do is not to think, but to do. To take efficient measures, to take the initiative, to take new methods,…these are the most important things.

Take action! Now!