Born to win, maybe a catch phrase that sets goal for mankind to race with one another. Slowly and steadily the big bad world is turning cruel with every passing day. Greed for making money leads to unhealthy practice-bribe,corruption,stealing,forgery, murder etc. What is lost is love for humanity, passion to uplift the poor and downtrodden in the society and to look at the other way when someone is in distress or in a deep problem.
How many times have we thought about the sufferings of the homeless and why are they there?
Those people with their families come from villages to the big cities in search of employment. To live in such miserable conditions without a roof over their head- cooking,sleeping and carrying on with their ablutions in full public glare - is not enough to make your heart feel for the lesser mortals, who are also the children of the same God, is appalling.
Understandably they are being exploited by local politicians,goons,police to ask for favour to pitch their tents or sleep beside a closed shop. Men in some cases are booked under frivolous charges by the police, young women are sexually exploited and abused; babies suffer from malnutrition and children do not get education. The homeless also do not have access to medical facilities.
On the work point of view, the homeless pick up construction work and the labourers are not provided with basic needs like shelter and creche for babies. The meagre income what they get is just enough to get on with the expenses for the day, for the whole family. To keep away from their sufferings, men and women turn to alcohol. The government and social welfare organizations should come out with solutions to keep them under temporary structures and ensure their safety and well-being.
If a part of the money ear-marked for the welfare of the poor reaches the poor, the nation can become a super power within ten years!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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