Our Country Today Is Trapped in the Vicious Webs of Various Social Issues
Our country today is trapped in the vicious webs of various social issues. No longer an Indian can boast of a beautiful India. You pass through every street in India, irrespective of the town or the city, you will see garbage or litter thrown here and there, you will come across small children begging you for a coin or a piece of 5 or a 10 Rs. note. All these problems crop up due to the issue of illiteracy in India. The government can make up policies but the success of the policies being implemented lies in the hands of every individual, not just the government.
I will describe a happening that changed my life and kindled in me the spirit to contribute towards the well being of my country. Past joining IMI, I was working with TCS and was staying in Mumbai with my friends. Everyday going to the office on a local train, one could experience the trailers of some of the social issues India is facing today. Small children cleaning trains so that looking at them public may feel empathy and give a coin or two to them. You could experience the problem of sanitation in India. People living in jhuggis alongside the railway lines have dish tv’s in their home but sanitation facilities are just not there. It is more of a humiliation for specially the female members in these houses who have to get through their cleaning and sanitation related activities before the day breaks. What is the meaning of aspiring to be a world power and have high industrial growth , if still our nation is cropped up with the basic issues of education, child labour, sanitation etc.
The society in which we were staying , there was a person who had a job of cleaning bikes and cars there. One day he was standing alongside a small boy around 10-12 years old. The man asked me to look for some work for the boy saying that he will clean my bike for a meagre payment. I strongly refused him and asked the child why he doesn’t study and I offered him that I can teach you but he resisted and said