Poverty – Pinning for a much better quality of life. Opened to great suffering and pain. violence and hate society’s disdain. Every step seems a step in the wrong direction. Realizing each day is losing a battle. Trampled by the powerful, frowned upon by the middle class. Yet always wondering, how long will it last ~Melvina Germain

When it comes to hearing the word INDIA, the first phrase that comes in mind is that it isn’t a word it is a feeling. INDIA a land full of cultures and diversity and essence of eccentricity and flavours of colourfulness and simplicity, this land will always remain the most sacred land until the end of the world.

Then what is it that is unfortunate about INDIA? Just like it is said that even the beautiful enchanting moon has scars, India has been given a cruel curse of poverty, which even after so many attempts still remain as if it has just begun.

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India has always been a land of marvels and gems enticed with rich culture. India, however, lacks as a nation in the world economy. Although the population rate of India is a major setback in many other situations but it holds a star villain role when it comes to terms of poverty. People and resources have a very unequal ratio and hence also very less employability too.

However, it still cannot be decided either to use an exclamation mark or a question mark to the phrase, India is a poor country. There was a time in history when India was called as “Sone Ki Chidia” for being the most gifted and a land full of riches. Even after 75 years of British invasion has ended, we are still unsuccessful to bring our economy back on tracks. However, if we talk about poverty it’s not so sure that India is suffering from all real poverty. Not all people are poor who seem poor, and that is a very big question, “HOW?”

Poverty in India doesn’t only start in the slums, it has its essence everywhere. The current situation of poverty has two different sides. The real poor and the poor who either fake or bring the economy down.

INDIRECT AND HARSH CHILD LABOUR

The kind of child labour we are talking about is not the literal one. Although the real child labour is also a big national current issue but this problem has been forming a bigger shape day-by-day.

Whenever you are on the street, you see some kid begging to you, ever heard of things like this; “Do not give them money, they are forced to beg and then give the money to another person.”?

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This is a very serious national issue that nobody ever focuses on. The reaction of common public to situations like this is only and only ignorance. Little children on the street who are maybe orphans or too broke and poor to make a living are caught and kidnapped by gangs who are into the wrong business. These children are made to beg around the street the whole day and at the end of the day, whatever begging’s they collect are submitted to these gangs. The people of such gangs even kidnap kids and people to beg. These people are torturous and often these children sleep with empty stomachs even after roaming and begging on the streets all day. There are cases of rape and murder also coming out like bulls from a cave from such gangs. People here break the legs and cut the hands of children for them to look more pitiful in front of the public. Now, who is actually poor and needy in this situation? how can we judge and for once if think, how helpless are we when some kid comes begging in front of us and we never know what he is going through.

The poverty rises from hideous people like this who are actually very rich. India is a strange country. Here the rich become richer and the poor become poorer.

Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. ~ Nelson Mandela

CORRUPTION AND POVERTY

It is so ironic to say that corruption and poverty always go hand in hand and what is more surprising is that there are multiple reasons to prove the above statement. Corruption in India is as big as the snake in an anthill. There are so many ways how corrupt people and poor people in this country are related, for a newbie it is almost unbelievable.

The first most basic and obvious reason for proving that poverty is caused by corruption is: corruption sucks the money from Indian economy which is supposed to be government funds and almost 70% of the government funds are for the betterment of the poor like schools, health care, houses, electricity. So, the cash flow reverses and we end up giving more money in the form of taxes to corrupt people.

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The second most reason is that during the time of elections these same people try to use their power and bribe the poor people for voting in return. Poor being in the situation of need always fall in the traps and again due to the vast poor population, these corrupt politicians win the elections and the game goes on.

AND THIS IS HOW POOR IN INDIA IS A PARADOXICAL CONCEPT.