Wednesday, August 17, 2011

What have you done on your level to stop corruption?


Its a dog’s life (for most), Sayeed Mohammed, a disabled crab seller, who lives in Mumbai is disadvantaged thrice over: he’s poor, physically challenged, and being a Muslim, he’s part of the minority. His existence may not very different from Rani, the dog he’s interacting with. More than 40 per cent of India, lives on less than Rs 50 a day, with which they can barely feed themselves; let alone buy clothes, get an education or have access to clean drinking water and sanitation.

India has one of the largest illiterate populations in the world, with the highest number of labourers under 14 years of age. A UNESCO report estimates that 72 million primary school children are not in school, with a staggering 12.6 million children engaged in hazardous occupations. India holds claim to 17% of the world’s population, and one-third of the world’s poor. The World Bank estimates that 41% of Indians live below the poverty line, in situations of abject scarcity.  In many villages, women have to walk distances of 2.5 to 5 km to fetch water. This time spent in fetching this water is equivalent to 150 million women days, and translates into a loss of 1000 crore per year. the UN estimates that four children die every minute in India, from tragically preventable illnesses, with nearly 1000 children dying every day from diarrhea alone. The whopping 35% of population that live without access to electricity in India. Sex-selective abortion has grown into a Rs. 1000 crore industry, and India’s sex ratio is skewed to the point of 940 females for every 1000 males and not to talk about the Miss Mayawati who spend millions and millions of rs in just building some statues..... 


I guess these are bigger issues. Anna Hazare raised voice but i feel its against a wrong thing. Including pm and judiciary in lokpal are least concerned factors then the one i quoted above and it surely is distracting both people and the people in concern from looking into the major issues that india is facing. Getting support from people is one thing but getting it for right purpose is another. How will this all mass revolution help "Sayeed Mohammed"( and many others ) who i started this post with? Identifying the real problem is most important.


And all those writting slogans and praising anna in this act, just a simple question, What have you done on your level to stop corruption? Does filling social networking sites and raising the TRP of new channels solve the issues? 


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