The book "I Am Rain" contains the photographs and summaries of the stories of disadvantaged urban Indian children.I was going through this book during the library period at Future Hope school.
Munnalal is a 14 year old boy from Bihar who ran away from home and is presently at a shelter.He is finally receiving an education of sorts and dreams of becoming a bus driver.
Shekhar is a 15 year old boy who shares a similar story.Dinesh is a boy who watches helplessly,hands tucked in his patched little pockets as bulldozers reduce his slum home to rubble.
Rajesh is a 14 year old who has never known love.He has written a poem and that little book in which he says he'd be fortunate if he ever found true love in his life.
This is the state of Indian children.No,this is the state of our children.And here all the politicians are desperately trying to increase their "vote banks".Obama preaches the policy of change in his country but who is there to invoke metamorphosis in ours?Love stems from the heart.God exists in the soul.Humanity isn't a word,it's a way of life.None of us can actually do something concrete for these children but at least we can try to bring their plight to the forefront,to question these saintly leaders,to compel them to change our lives for the better.We hold the power but we're too indolent to utilize it.Let's change things this election.Let's try at least.
