That's how much Baby Naaz's family of five earns in a good day, cutting about 240 rubber slipper straps.
Six rupees for three meals for five people.
If it weren't so tragic, it would have made for a brain-racking puzzle.
(Part of ongoing work for a local NGO here. With luck, should be able to post all the stories here in the coming weeks.)
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11 comments:
For once i dont know what to say. Will come back to read more.
Please do, and welcome :)
thought i'd tell: this isnt about monetarism (numerics; how little daily wages is 'sad'). but rights. and basic universal services; right to daily meals, clean water, education, information. If Rs1000 a day cannot ensure access to any of this; you see it was never a matter of how much money.
*finn
I dont understand: when did human rights get divorced from economic ones?
And strictly speaking, Rs 1,000 a day could get them meals, (relatively) clean water, and education. Cant say the same about information, though.
It has always been a matter of how much money.
oops. dont mean to sound arrogant. but pick up a primer on economics. also 1000 can buy them that sure. but are we forgetting public amenities? and thats for those who dont match that peg u put. youre not just talking about money but a lot of money. i'm saying basic services, no matter how much money one makes. avlatha
Please define public amenities.
Or, never mind, you are beyond me.
i can go down my road and use the water pump for water, carry it back home and use it for whatever. i didnt have to pay for it. i could have also used the privatised water. and i'd pay it in the bill.
My question still is: how are 'basic universal services' unrelated to money/power?
(ration cards for subsidized grains. the moneyed dont need it. but some ppl depend on it.) Basic Universal Services bypass the singular claim of money/power. A capitalist market (to even a small degree) gives you the variety and frills but such socilaist initiatives recognize the very basic bemefit must not be denied to those who cannot sustain purchases of that kind.
i mean the basic no-frills necessity; rice
I frankly wish your sentences could be clearer. I have but average IQ, you see.
Now, assuming I have understood you, my hunch is we are talkin about the same thing.
I'll leave it at that.
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