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Grandeur and penury (Column from an India news service)
Grandeur and penury (Column from an India news service)
Grandeur and penury
JAYATI GHOSH

Guatemala in Central America hides behind its picturesque beauty the harsh realities of an unequal economy and a polarised polity.

EXOTIC and beautiful birds grace the trees in the courtyard garden of the elegant hotel, a 16th century convent converted into a luxury facility. The birds occasionally squawk, but they do not move from their branches because they no longer can fly. They have had their wings clipped, and are placed in their positions by the staff every morning so that their magnificent plumage can be admired by the hotel's guests. It could be a metaphor for the combination of beauty and cruelty that characterises the Central American country of Guatemala.
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