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The Bihar provincial government in India announced recently that it intended to restore George Orwell’s birthplace, in the town of Motihari, and open it as a museum. Doesn’t hurt to be reminded that Orwell was a child of the Raj — as was Kipling, whose birthplace, in Mumbai, is already a museum — but it’s hard to imagine that the Orwell bungalow will become much of an attraction. Orwell spent a mere year there, his first, and Motihari, on the Nepalese border, is one of the remotest places in India.
Where Baby Orwell Lived [NYT]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwein8nEoy1qzl69uo1_400.jpg)
The Bihar provincial government in India announced recently that it intended to restore George Orwell’s birthplace, in the town of Motihari, and open it as a museum. Doesn’t hurt to be reminded that Orwell was a child of the Raj — as was Kipling, whose birthplace, in Mumbai, is already a museum — but it’s hard to imagine that the Orwell bungalow will become much of an attraction. Orwell spent a mere year there, his first, and Motihari, on the Nepalese border, is one of the remotest places in India.
Where Baby Orwell Lived [NYT]
