Based on a short story by the British born Indian writer, Bali Rai, 'The White Towel' relates a minor accident which prompts painful memories of innocence and questioned virginity. Two cultures clash, and the bitterness creeps into the present.

Bali Rai's harrowing story is provoking and deals with some difficult issues. The kit has been sensitively complied by teachers from four countries who attended the BritLit course at NILE UK in the summer of 2008.

How to use this BritLit kit
The material is divided into three sections: Pre-reading, While Reading and After Reading activities. There is also the story itself and an accompanying PowerPoint presentation.

The student activities for these three sections are all contained in the pdf attachment below, Student activities while the teacher's notes for all three stages can be found in the file Teacher notes. 

The story itself is in the attached file Text and the PowerPoint presentation is the attachment The White Towel presentation. 

The materials in this BritLit Kit are available to download in the Attachments box below. To download pdf files and audio, right click on the file and save to your computer.