normally street kids don’t approach cars with their windows up and the AC on…. it is too much waste of time, they are possibly better off approaching open ricks or cars with their windows down. this girl maybe thought that i would be interested in flowers, or she saw rani in the car and thought [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Poverty’
ClapTwo tales from a ‘modern’ State
Two very different kind of stories that caught the eye today. One of a girl who said NO.
When 13-year-old Minati Gagaria from Orissa bags a bravery award from President A P J Abdul Kalam on Wednesday, she will symbolise a punchy protest against the ancient tribal custom of child marriages. Gagaria, who had almost [...]
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Woman Sold
This from the DNA
A labourer’s wife has been sold off by his employer because of the former’s inability to repay debt in Gothada village of the district, police said on Friday.
Kanwarlal used to work at Karulal’s farm along with his wife, Shardabai. Kanwarlal used to take credit from the farm owner and the debt on [...]
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Nobody’s children
Three very different pieces of data
There will be 18 million orphans to the AIDS epedimic in Africa by the end of this decade.
95% of children with AIDS, across the world, are not receiving any treatment.
And the Pope recommends abstinence over safe sex.
I had blogged about the last of the three statements here.
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Are they murderers?
She strangled her first two babies to death because they were girls, terminated two other pregnancies because the foetuses were female and lost two baby boys to infections acquired in infancy. Married at 18, Ranu, from Rajasthan, is now fiercely protective of her only remaining offspring, a baby boy.
Yet she and her husband Muktar have [...]
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Miss, May I Come In?
About 15 months ago -has it only been that long? – i was in Marathwada making a documentary on Self Help Groups set up by destitute women that form the basis of bare foot capitalism. Starting with nothing these women have built up amazing capital – in the form of goats.The women [...]
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Reservation on the basis of Religion- A bad idea
A few months ago AP began the trend of reserving jobs for Muslims on the grounds that the community was ‘backward’.
Now the RJD and the Congress in Bihar have made a similar promise.
There is something fundamentally wrong, if in a secular nation, we introduce reservations on the basis of religion.
If a community is backward – [...]
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Bharateeya BlogMela – a round up
The Day has arrived. And after an extensive search through Indian blogdom – this week’s Bharateeya Blog Mela is finally in place. Thank you for all those who nominated. And as usual, this task would have been chaotic without Bloglines.
Announcements
JK at Varnam announces the setting up of the new History Blog – The [...]
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A Glimmer of Hope – Bare Foot Capitalism
Today i went into viewing the rushes from the shoot. All you can see is dry heat and warm tones. And viewing the footage made me realise that no matter what the fuckups the story that is going to be told is one of hope. Not one of despair. It is not the story [...]
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The Real Issues – Corruption, Caste, and Reservations
“It costs Rs.3 lakhs – Rs.300,000 – to get into the army. About Rs.1 lakh to become a teacher and something inbetween to get a job as a pune in a college. where do we get that kind of money from?” is a constant refrain that you hear.
The levels of educated unemployed amongst Dalits [...]
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