By Anne Backhaus
Millions of Indian children
work as slaves in factories, brothels or in the homes of families. Out of
poverty and desperation, parents sell their daughters, and human traffickers
wait at train stations for runaways and scour for orphans in monsoon-ravaged
villages.
On the day that
Durga Mala was rescued, she lay crying on the stone floor, where she was
attempting to cool her back. She was 11 years old and her skin was covered with
blisters, from her shoulder blades to her buttocks. A few days earlier, her
owners had poured hot oil over her because they thought she was working too
slowly.
Suddenly Durga
heard screams and huddled on the floor. Acting on a tip, police stormed the apartment
in the heart of Bangalore. When they broke the door down, Durga crossed her
arms in front of her chest and closed her eyes. She was only wearing a pair of
panties -- that's all the clothing that her owners had allowed her to have.
Durga says: "I was ashamed." …......To Read More....
Daughters for Sale: India's
Child Slavery Scourge, Part 2
Krishna lights a
cigarette and explains that the work has become difficult because there are too
many competitors. Most of them don't do their job as well as he does, he
claims. "I know exactly which child matches which employer," Krishna
says with pride. "They come here and want work and I find them the right
employment," he boasts.
A number of
passersby nod to Krishna. He returns the gesture with a barely noticeable
movement of the head. "I'm a good man," says Krishna, adding:
"People like me." He has been in the business for five years and he
immediately notices if a child is strong enough, Krishna claims. The boys are
brought to hotels and repair shops, he says, and most of the girls go to
tailors or to a colleague who caters to private buyers. Krishna wears a gold
watch…… To Read More….
My Take - There are two things that mold the structure of
every society. Its religions and its politics! In the case of India they have been
intertwined for so long it is difficult to separate them in the cultural
structure of Indian society. India chose
badly in both cases. Socialism has no moral foundation and only Judiac/Christian principles have ever given the world any solid moral structure.
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