I had gone to an adventive American couple’s newly rented house
as part of infare. With my interest in books, I asked them to suggest me a good
book to read from their excellent collection that was on display. After a brief
pause came a seaming reply “Pedagogy of Liberation” with a cursory smile saying:
‘You will like it!’
Returning home, I read the book sincerely for the first 30-40 pages and I read about 15-20 important questions from the remainder chapters of the book. During my next visit when I returned back the book, prompt came the question: “How was it?” I replied honestly, “Okay! It’s a 1987 book and the world has moved ahead since then.” A short conversation took place between us on the book, followed by their looks and body language that sort of told me – “What does he think of himself by commenting on Paulo Freire and Ira Shor’s book?” “He really would not have understood the book!”
I reflected on their non-verbal communications and thought that it may be a good idea to write a brief review of the book I read.
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