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From excrement clearing to New York modelling
Made Popular Jul 4 2008
Walking down the catwalk in front of the great and the good in New York is a far cry from using your hands to clean up human excrement for a living.
But this week a group of such women - known in India as scavengers - have been doing just that. They...
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Bijoy
Jul 4 2008
tinsukia,
India
Feels nice to see that at least for a day they got the ’humanly’ treated which they undoubtedly deserve. Its unfortunate that this was done by people who didn’t belong to their own country.
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(Local Perspectives)
Hope this isn’t an eye wash and they aren’t just models to highlight UNs mission sanitation.
(Local Perspectives)
an effort that deserves a standing ovation and its not unfortunate that this was done by people who didn’t belong to their own country because it could have never crossed the minds of politicians like Arjun singh who has played the quota card only to secure some extra votes.
For this reason that one belongs to a dalit community of India deserves to be a scavenger or else TATAs or reliance group or the kinds would have invested their millions in creating jobs by replacing the traditional scavengers where it wouldn’t have been a surprise to see mangers coming from all walks of life not just the dalits.
For this reason that one belongs to a dalit community of India deserves to be a scavenger or else TATAs or reliance group or the kinds would have invested their millions in creating jobs by replacing the traditional scavengers where it wouldn’t have been a surprise to see mangers coming from all walks of life not just the dalits.
(Local Perspectives)
Personally, I think countries practising a caste system will never reach their true potential - they are condemning many of their own to a lifetime of misery.
Just as in the sexual mutilation of the young in certain tribes in South Africa I think it is time for the World to insist on better. We are talking about basic human rights after all.
I refuse to ”sit on the sidelines” as such inhumanity is practised. Too many practice ”political correctness” and ”turn their blind eye” to avoid offence - I don’t.
Frankly I have no respect for a country or system that allows such practices to endure. It is time for meaningful change - now!
Just as in the sexual mutilation of the young in certain tribes in South Africa I think it is time for the World to insist on better. We are talking about basic human rights after all.
I refuse to ”sit on the sidelines” as such inhumanity is practised. Too many practice ”political correctness” and ”turn their blind eye” to avoid offence - I don’t.
Frankly I have no respect for a country or system that allows such practices to endure. It is time for meaningful change - now!
(Global Perspectives)
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