Child Labour

And we call ourselves a developing nation!

When we witness the very brutal scene of child labor and do nothing. I don’t know about others, but my one and only concern about being a socialist is being against child labor. Back in school, I always read that illiteracy is the root cause of all evils. So true. Small chaps in around almost every corner of the country are compelled to face these brutal and inhumane deeds which we are not even aware of all our lives.

They are forced to work at tea stall, garment shops, dump yards, etc, for little or no wages. And they work for as many as 10-12 hrs a day. For all the amount of time when we (IT professionals) are on bench and enjoying an online Sudoku or a nice sip of coffee in an air conditioned office, these little innocent children of God are facing the most brutal and adverse conditions of their lives.

And you know what the worst part is? No one gives a f**k about it. It has been legally banned to hire a child and to practice child labor. But who the f**k cares about rules and laws in India?

These young kids, who should probably be given at least an un-torn piece of clothing and minimal education to make them wise are rubbing their fates at work we can’t even imagine. They are molding iron in hot furnaces in extremely hazardous conditions, serving tea to utter bast**ds, cleaning cars and buses in garages and doing all the shitty work they are not supposed to do, and that without or minimal wages.

I find many forces responsible for that one child’s fate. First and foremost are their parents. When you can’t raise your child why the f**k do you give birth to them. Just because you can , doesn’t mean you should create babies and then leave them at stations and roads and ask them to beg or leave them without any clothing, shelter and food wandering all the places.

Then, why is the government in place. To make laws and to strictly follow these laws and punish those who don’t. Such is their simple job. But such a cheap character is portrayed by so called politicians now a days, that they are in-efficient to solve such ground reality harshness. What is the use of all the nuclear deals and oil allies and all the billions of dollars in projects when you can’t eradicate a small bug in the system?

Most of the problems threatening India today are due to lack of awareness. Media can go to utter bullshit things to create hype of all the unwanted and shitty facts (?) but they won’t go and create awareness of such grave scenarios like child labor or raising literacy. Why are all responsible people so f**king careless about their responsibilities? No doubt, every other Indian utters a word that ‘India ka kuch nahi ho sakta’. I somewhat agree to these workforces now. Because, a common man is helpless (?) and an extra-ordinary man is too way beyond of all these concerns.

Cricketers and film stars who drive India crazy by their style quotient have so much to their credibility to give it back to the society. But they are no humans, coz they don’t know how to give back. And so is their morale - low and tweak. Hats off to Sachin Tendular who recently announced that he will be sponsoring the education of 200 poor children. These are men of honor. I bow to such people. And believe me, whatever I can do for such concerns, I will do.

It is high time that educated and knowledgeable people like us, take the responsibility of driving our society in particular and India in general to a successful path. We just can’t rely on the government for solving all the problems faced my mankind. We just can’t completely rely on God to do all the justice. Coz He helps only those who help themselves.

Aspire a feeling of help towards other, to those who are less fortunate, to those who struggle their lives just for one meal a day, to those who are physically challenged, to those who, unfortunately, belong to the under privileged societies. For, even they are human. And the war is not (or rather should not be) against humanity.

Lets inculcate a feeling of humanity within us. Lets plan to heal the world. For then, we can at least heal one life.