That children are the citizens of tomorrow- is an oft repeated phrase in a speech a child gives on Children's Day. In fact, yours truly is guilty of starting this post with it. International Children's Day is celebrated on June 1, and Children's Day in India on November 14th of every year. While usually it is a day celebrating children and their innocence, it is also a day that one is reminded of the numerous kids that are exempt of the privileges that some of us have so shamelessly misused.
Here's my crib. Why remember them on the day that's meant to be theirs? The rest 364 days, forget about them or don't give them that much attention. In no means is it a generalization, there are lots of people who have devoted their lives to ameliorate the kids' lives, but they too go unnoticed until its Children's Day. Remember the dead when they died is it? News websites in India flash reports about malnourished children in rural India, the sorry state of affairs prevailing all their life, that money directed to uplift them often fails to even be heard of.
Where do we go from here? Feel sorry for them on the day we are meant to think about them and then go back to our business of doing petty chores that we so relentlessly run behind? Or do something that will in deed be of help? Where do we go from here....
Here's a nice TedTalk I stumbled upon today...Sort of connected...but not I suppose, either or its a good talk
1 comment:
Dear Titir..
What ever you have said in your post is very true. But my opinion to look at it is different.
If at least one day we are celebrating its still good. On that day every one will do something good for the children and spread joy.
I will take an example.
I am a part of a CSR team in my organization. We have a tie up with 2 orphanage where we help them momentary or by any other means. every quarter only the CSR team goes and helps them because they really do care. but on this 14 Nov we requested few more from the organization to come and celebrate with us. just because it was 1 Nov we got more volunteers and our team strength increased.
My point is these days help us to remember what our responsibility is and few from the billions realise their responsibility.
One more example is for 26/11 one year has passed and the safest person in India is "Kasab" this year on 26/11 anniversary media made a big statement on this and result todays headline kasab will get his sentence in six weeks. its a long time but very short compared to those of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
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