Children 's Day 2008

November 14th is the birth anniversary of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and it is celebrated as Children 's Day in our country.But because hardly anything is being done to alleviate the pathetic condition of millions of poor impoverished children, its become a farce - just an excuse to immortalize the undoubtedly great Nehru, architect of modern India.
Our children are victims of poverty, illiteracy, disease, abuse, child labour and human trafficking. The good work being done by social and Christian organizations is just a drop in the ocean.
I read in today 's newspaper that in Orissa , the state in which violence against Christians precipitated to unfathomable heights, more than 100 schools run by Christians lie in ruins. A group of Orissa children went to New Delhi to rally against it and to show their support for their ransacked schools. They say the Orissa police tried to stop them because they did not want these young children to tell their horror stories to the outside world.

I am posting two videos of a street child in Bombay.

The second video was filmed after a gap of 3 years.

Ravi is a peacock fan vendor out on the streets. He has

never been to school. He has learnt several languages

on the pavement which is his classroom.

In his broken English (2nd video) he talks about

the Hanging Gardens of Bombay which are laid out on top

of a large water tank and the Parsee graveyard

or Tower of Silence.