Alfonso was from Bolivia or rather from the elite atmosphere. He came to Cambridge University at England to study planning or more precisely State planning. He was residing at Cambridge with his wife and child. He was interested in human knowledge. In particular Eastern knowledge. And I was studying Chinese language at Cambridge at the Oriental institute.

Cambridge University is a beautiful university with beautiful scenery. And I was supposed to study history, economics and politics as sociology and all walks of civilization all men in China. From the looks of it, it seemed to be difficult but I was ready for the challenge.

One day I was at the buttery having my afternoon tea after my class. Without invitation a student came and sat on the same table in front of me. He was black he said he is from Bolivia and he said his name is Alfonso Ugrate, that he has come to Cambridge university to continue his studies concerned State Planning.

My eyes shun and I asked him have you read the newspaper yesterday about Bolivia. He said no. And asked what's happening. I said the Local newspaper mentioned about coup d'etat in Bolivia. He smiled. He rebuked by saying that everybody makes a coup d'etat in Bolivia. It is a national treasure. Even the layman makes a good coup d'etat. He asked have you been to China? I've heard you've been to China? I told him in the posit and he said China is very revolutionary country how did you go there. I said I went on a scholarship. He said so the state put you in prison. I said how did they put me in prison they have sent me there and I was there to study Chinese language only? He said you must come from a working class or better yet from a revolutionary class? I told him we have no peasants in Kuwait only normal citizens. And I come form a well to do family. But he insisted by saying that Kuwait is a futurist place. The only thing you have is oil and by oil the country thinks can buy everybody. Then he asked his ultimate question, did the state buy you? I told him education is free in Kuwait everybody has a right to be educated; our leaders have made sure that we become educated. And the state above all takes care of all its citizen when they pass away they bury him in a grave and he is free. His eyes glittered he said this is a boring way of living .It is even here to die in a peaceful way and everybody knows that you are gonna die anyway? And then he continued by saying have you heard about Cheguvera?

He continued by saying he was defending all his life the plight of the masses. Our relations continued on familiar basis for over a year until I decided to go Oxford University. I didn't look back to Bolivia to continue whatever he said. He stopped by and I finished from Oxford University and came back to Kuwait. After years while I was in Kuwait I received a letter from Cynthia. I was very surprised she said she stopped over in Kuwait in her way to India. And she looked at the phoned number in Argentina 3 years later I went to U.S.A and from one end I gave Cynthia a call in Argentina. And when she went to India she said he has sent to be a Guru? And then he stole my time and to come to India to be a Guru also? Now I am staying in Argentina all alone.

DR.HASHIM S.H. BEHBEHANI