No dull resignation. Allan Downs had a similar experience. The 57-year old gray haired American volunteered with an Indian humanitarian group. Just look at a village and there s nothing but devastation. It must be very difficult, but they don t show it.
People don t seem depressed and down.
Everybody seems to be buoyant, handling it very well. But it was more than that. People weren t just coping. One night, when I couldn t find a taxi, a couple of young Indian guys picked me up on their motorcycle. Halfway back to the journalists camp, our ride ran out of gas.