The one kept away the tigers if he could, and collected the wages anyway, and the other kept off the hailstorms, or explained why he failed.

He charged the same for explaining a failure that he did for scoring a success.

A man is an idiot who can't earn a living in India.
Major Sleeman reveals the fact that the trade union and the boycott are antiquities in India.

India seems to have originated everything.

The "sweeper" belongs to the bottom caste; he is the lowest of the low--all other castes despise him and scorn his office.