Originally posted by: angie.4u
Its a hard fact of our country that accounts for some 2.4 percent of the world's landmass but is home to about 16 percent of the global population . We cant just blame the politicians & policemen for these problems. I feel that the main reason is the ever bludgeoning population of india together with its accompanying problems like lack of education, poverty , superstitions. Its a vicious cycle - more population leading to poverty, lack of adequate resources & facility that fail t keep pace with the rapid growth .- leads to lack of proper education & women empowerment- which again lead to uncontrolled birth rates in the country. A family consisting of 6-10 children is not rare amongst the economically & educationally weaker section of society. No amt of measures taken up by the govt alone is going to meet their needs. We as a society have to come forward & contribute in whatevr way we can in terms of money, time, education.
Agreed apart from politicians the society needs to share the blame too. Still since the polity is expected to give a direction or formulate measures for safeguarding the child rights, how many have we seen since Independence? Schools lack basic facilities like classroom, drinking water, toilets and imp adequate no of teachers.
The each one teach one campaign started a few months back by a leading news paper in the country is a good eg of social responsibilty . Its heartening to C ppl turn up so enthusiastically for it. On the other hand we do hav ppl saying why shud we bother to share the burden. Some feel its not their fault that these ppl R poor or deprived & so grudge their hard earned tax payers money . Both sets have their points of view- so what do U feel shud B the solution ?
The campaign was started with so much buzz and hoopla but what is the status now? Is anyone evaluating that? Does the society feel conscientiously about their responsibility towards children? Yes there are some selfish 😒people who were fortunate to have a good childhood but that doesnt mean they can shrug off the unfortunate ones just becoz its not binding on them. A civil society functions as a Whole and not as independent units. What if they were to lose everything tom then what right does it give them to seek Govt grant or aids?
Its condemnable that despite Nithari happening, we still havent woken up? What will awaken us?🤔
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