Describe Jagu's kindness in the story The Sri Krishna eating house by Anita Desai.
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Hari had been so tired the night before that he hadn’t had a chance to get to know his surroundings. He finds himself at the Sri Krishna Eating House, the meanest and shabbiest place he has ever seen; even the eating houses in Thul are nicer. There are no decorations at all, or perhaps they’ve been buried under the layers of soot and dirt in the restaurant. It is the cheapest place in all of Bombay, and attracts a crew of laborers and homeless people who need cheap, filling food. Cart-workers, coal-draggers, and all sorts of workers come every day, all day, so Jagu and his staff barely have time to rest.
Jagu has two boys who help him roll out the chapati dough in the kitchen and bake them. Jagu tells Hari that he can work in the kitchen for one rupee a day plus meals, which Hari agrees to; Jagu tells him to get started scrubbing pots and then he can knead the dough and roll out the chapati. There aren’t any sponges so Hari must scrub with ashes and old coconut husks. He helps the other two boys roll out the dough, which is hard and strenuous work. He tries to speak to them, but they speak Tamil, a language he doesn’t know; they don’t know Hindi or Marathi, Hari’s own languages, so eventually they lapse into silence, just working sadly and silently. No one seems to have the strength to talk because there is so much work to be done, and Hari too falls silent.
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