I want to start my post by asking this very critical question, Do we need to change the way we look at our society? And I will tell you why I am suddenly asking this question. I saw a very shocking news this morning on t.v. that some hundreds of under-age children are being rescued in Hyderabad from a bangle making factory. They all were working as bound laborers and were supplied to the factory owner for almost nothing. Now, one thing that out-rightly irritated me is that when I wanted to reconfirm the number of kids rescued by revisiting the news page online, I couldn't really find it on the front page of ndtv.com. It was neither on top stories listing nor on editorial section. Somehow, in the hustle bustle of Delhi Elections, this very critical issues got a back seat. No one wrote about: How conveniently future of hundreds of kids is being compromised by the factory owner who hired them or should I say bought them; What was the reason they were kept in bound conditions; Who are these people who can supply human beings illegally without even worrying about the law for a single second; How are the authorities trying to support these kids now and doing what to help them forget trauma of being captive in the factory for so many years. This is such a sensitive issue which unfortunately could not attract the attention of the news headlines online.
Making a news is imporant but the most important thing is what do we do to help avoiding cases like these from happening in future. I can bet how much media attention a news like this would have got in US, where human loss is the ultimate loss. I fail to understand why value of life is so small in our country. All of us who can afford to get their kids admission in various hobby classes and science classes and all of that, but as a society are we able to think how we can change lives of thousands and millions of these kids who end up at places like these in their early childhood. At this age these kids should be learning new things and not earning for living. It breaks my heart when I see childhood and innocence going waste and news related to them getting neglected. Our government is announcing programmes like "Beti Bachao, beti Padhao" but what about under-privileged and poor children as a whole. What about their childhood, what about their dreams, what about their standard of living. Why is it that we don't think the future of all these children in this country is Ours too. Just because they are poor, they can be sold, abused, kept in inhuman conditions and treated like an object!! Government & authorities need to introspect and do something about it. And now there is an idea that comes to my mind, Why can't every well-off family in this country adopt one under privileged kid and support him or her for life. This might be thinking out loud but isn't it possible? Imagine if this happens all the under-privileged would be taken care of. If Members of Parliament can adopt villages for development then why can't each rich, wealthy, successful family adopt a under-privileged kids for the sake of their future?? Isn't it a worthy thought to call the day off and contemplate it in silence and figure out Can't we change one innocent life??? And won't it change the future of our society as a whole, will we not be then a happy & successful society in absolute sense!!?? Think about it...!!!!!
