Who is She?
She was a stunner, green eyes, great body and an exotic dress to boot. Anyone would give her a second glance even a third.She was selling cowboy hats at the Chirag Dilli red light, wearing them all one on top of the other as she walked through the maze of cars.
Everyone from the autowallah to the bus passengers to the car drivers and their owners looked out to see her gliding past.
She made for a good shot for me while I waited for the red light to turn green.
And then we all went our ways forgetting her, forgetting her plight. She belongs to a tribe from Rajasthan that had to move from their ancestral dwellings in search of money and food. She is a bewildered person, who has been made poor and a destitute by the unthinking, uncaring attitude of the powers that be.
She is someone who has recently joined the ranks of the poor in Delhi.
How do we help? Buy one of her hats perhaps? Does that really solve the problem?
Today an initiative was on to talk about poverty through Blog Action Day. Mampi and IHM inspired me to join the effort, however though I registered the site didnt send the promised mail and my registration process couldn't be completed. I was disappointed but then I thought what the hell why should one mail stop me from doing a good deed and hence the post that you just read.
I don't have any solutions to this problem to offer so am only appealing for one thing we may be unable to pull someone out of poverty but lets not judge them as less human than us just because their clothes seem torn and faces streaked. They have all the rights too that the constitution gives us.
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I was reading the blog of ' Life Of An Emt' and 'T-Dudes' blogs and this woman that was obviously wealthy was saying some very awful things about poor people like they could help it. She was terrible, she couldn't comprehend it. She think they all want to be that way.
God help her if she ever gets in that position, then again it would certainly give her a reality check wouldn't it. Kind of like walk a mile in my shoes.
Love these words! Who remembers this?
You can get a code to add their widget from here,
http://blogactionday.org/
so that they can track your blog.
I'm blog rolling you...
IHM....I tried, tried and tried but couldnt get the registration completed. anyways the job has been executed thats what matters most isn't it? Thanks for the help though.
Akshaya, thanks for the suggestion will look up those avenues and see what i can do. Problem is those guys are gypsy like and I haven't seen them lately.
well put.
**we may be unable to pull someone out of poverty but lets not judge them as less human than us just because their clothes seem torn and faces streaked
I agree totally! for clothes dun say anything abt our hearts...
Keshi.
Her problem, and indeed the entire nation's, stems not the lack of wealth but rather the uneven distribution of it. Read this http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/05/richest-people-billionaires-billionaires08-cx_lk_0305billie_land.html.
Three Indian residents in the top 10, and yet we have this lady in green on the road.
You have such a big heart.
Indeed we can not solve the problem directly (say buying one hat).
Let us decide to teach just one person (young or grown up) in our life and bring her/him to the level s/he can sustain herself/himself.
I have done that for a few kids who are poor. Try it whenever you can. Even if you can do that later in your life that is okay.
It works.
God Bless You
Manish
the city is a great equalizer i guess.
And I knew Pinku Would do something, anything for the blog action day. SHe has a never-say-die spirit. Loved it
Such innocence... thanks for sharing with us.
Mampi...thanks for the faith
ankur...thanks, will do the exercise
Will be coming back more often