There Is Gas And There Are No Dirty Streets

THERE IS GAS AND THERE ARE NO DIRTY STREETS

KarabakhOpen
31-03-2007 11:16:20

When they have guests, Uncle Vardan asks Siranush to dance. She
dances well, and one thinks she must have gone to dance school for
several years, but she learned everything from TV. Besides, there is
no dance school in their village, Haterk. Perhaps this is the reason
why 10-year-old Siranush does not want to live in the village. "Two
years ago we lived in the town of Martuni, but we had to come to live
in the village," her mother says.

Siranush has two sisters and a four-month-old brother. She says it
is not interesting in the village, she likes the city (she means
Stepanakert). When I asked what exactly she likes about the city,
she said everything. And her 5-year-old daughter mentioned gas which
suddenly came to her mind; there is no gas in their village. The
sisters said together they hate the dirt roads.

The little sister also likes the city. "I have many friends but it
is more interesting there," she says.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS