We get irritated when we are asked to work on weekends.....
We do not want to help our colleagues after office hours......
We do not even wish to think about our work during vacation.....
We get upset when our work is not recognized......
Now in the same world somewhere there are some less fortunate people who are expected to work in weekends.....
People who has to work all day long jusy for the sake of one meal.....
People who cannot even dream about vacation....
Forget the recognition they are not being paid a decent wage....
They are mistreated, being taken advantage of, molested and what not?
I'm talking about the child labours in India.
There are laws in India too. Yet we see that the number of child labours keep increasing every year. You know why?. Its because of us. Its like we are encouraging people who are encouraging child labour. So indirectly we are encouraging child labours. Let me be clear. What do we do when we see small kids being used in road side entertainments? Most of the hostelers(including me) must have seen small boys nd girls being used as maids in hostels. What have we done about it?. I'm writing this article coz i feel guilty. I used to live in Bangalore and my neighbour used to have a small girl working for her. Though i dint like it i never said anything to her. It seems that the girl was tortured and the couples were arrested recently. It was shown in NDTV. I felt really bad for that girl. But hows that gonna help her. Thats what we all do. We just feel sad for them. Instead we could do something that might help them. I could have talked to my neighbour and expressed my opinion about having a child labour. But i dint. Thats y people are not afraid.
Whenever you see someone employing child labour just talk to them. Its not like picking a fight. Just explain them and make them understand that what they r doing is not right and also against law. Some people are still not aware of it. Some time you can make them understand. And also while buying any products just make sure that it doesnt involve child labours at any stage. For eg when you buy any knid of clothing in Tirupur just confirm from the shopkeeper if child labours are involved in manufacturing the piece. If so then do not buy the product. Do not support people encouraging child labours. These are the things that would make difference in the world........Lets all contribute not just money but some sensible work to take the load from the child......
There are lots of loopholes like this...Unless otherwise there is awareness and each one of us change, our society is not going to be changed. That's my opinion!
ReplyDeletei guess if we all make a consious decision about not supporting anyone supporting child labour then there will be a tremendous improvement....
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ReplyDeleteI liked your blog very much. Child labour is a major problem in our country and it happens mainly due to poverty. People are not at all aware and do not take any action to stop child labour.
Thanx Babli...yep the main reason is people taking advantage of other's poverty...lets create awareness among those people...
ReplyDeleteMy home town is Sivakasi, crackers city... when i was in my schooling i had seen hundreds, thousands of kids working for the fire works,.. Even we had a rally protesting child labour... to b sure there is a change... there is no child labour in my town,.. I reason behind it is the parents are aware of the importance of studies... earlier they wanted money from their children, now there are more aware of the education. I feel the education is the best medicine for child labour. We should create awarness abt education to such family. We can spend a minimum of our pocket money to help them. They will make us proud someday in future. Nice post...
ReplyDeletenice to know that u have taken part in the rally protesting child labour.....u r rite abt the kid's parents ....most of them realise abt the importance of education....but now we have to spread awareness among other people who take advantage of the child's financial status...thanx for sharing such a positive experience here....it sure gives hope....
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