The son of a poor rickshaw-puller who is taken out of school as a boy and put to work in a teashop, Balram nurses dreams of escape.

他是一个贫穷车夫的儿子。年幼时，他中途辍学，到一家茶社里打杂，但他一直梦想逃离这种生活。

Neil: Indeed! The suffragettes started small with teashop talks but they began to take more militant – or aggressive – direct action.

没错，妇女参政权论者开始在茶馆举行小型的演讲，但之后他们开始采取了更为激进的直接行动。

The teashop: the teashop often plays videos. The poor kids always stand at the gate and watch the videos. Indian movies are their favorite ones.

《藏餐茶坊》藏餐茶坊里正在播放录像，没钱的小孩常在门口围观。藏民喜欢并经常接触的是印度电影。