BBC World News and The Times of India newspaper released information today on the most recent statistics from the Global Hunger Index. India scored extremely poorly, behind many war-torn African countries including Congo, Rwanda and Sudan. It was claimed that India scored so badly due to the levels of malnutrition amongst children under the age of 5. India would like to regard itself as a developing country, with the potential to become a world super-power. I hope the government take note of these statistics and address the levels of poverty in the country.
Yes, it is sad that some countries, India and China being a couple of them, seem to prioritise "more important needs" such as military and space researches and the procurement/manufacture of weaponry.
ReplyDeleteImagine... if half the funds spent on such researches were redistributed to help their people in terms of the base of Maslow´s hierarchy/triangle, i.e. food, clean water, a roof, basic education..., these countries would have an even stronger workforce supporting them, and eventually lead them to the super-power status even more convincingly.
I find it strange to depend on charity from outside w.r.t. the basics of survival and at the same time advancing in terms of military and space technology. Don´t you think so?
People shouldn't need charity at all.
ReplyDeletePoverty in India is so obvious. India may be getting richer but only a very small minority of people.
The film maker Raj Kapoor said:
"...most of us are forced to live a life pre-ordained by powerful groups for their benefit. The point is, they need the poverty, which is very good for their enrichment, for raising political hopes, for passing out food parcels, so to speak, and for reinforcing divisions of religion and caste. However, all that is distraction: just as my movies are distractions. When people fully understand this and act, things will change in India."