In a recent article from New York Times, about 27,000 people gather in New Delhi to march to Parliament with only one demand- get have land. However, the police locked them up Monday and barricaded the demonstrators inside. The march organizer, stated, “Day-by-day the Sensex goes up but the common people get nothing from this.” He was talking about the Bombay Stock Exchange, which closed at a record high Monday.
He also claims, “people here are asking ONLY for the basics. There is no greed. They don’t want clothes or electricity, just land so they can feed themselves.” Consequently, after the protestors where barricaded they didn’t care how long it took, because at least they were getting one meal a day from the organizers; where at home they had nothing. Seventy percent of India’s 1.1 billion people are dependent on agriculture to survive. However, about 450 million Indians live on less than $1 a day.
Dherum feeds his five children on about 50 cents a day, made by selling firewood foraged from the jungles. He stated, ''I just want a small piece of land so I can grow some vegetables.'' He just wanted some land so he could provide for his family like his ancestors did before him. ''My father died doing this work, I'll die doing this,'' he said. ''Give us some land to farm, nothing else.''
In conclusion, my analysis of this story is very heartbreaking. I don’t understand how Indians who were here first are getting their land taken away from them. Here we American’s are so worried about immigrants and this country was based on immigrants. I think it is horrible that the Indians live on less than $1 a day and they aren’t even asking for anything but the basic needs to survive. Articles like these make me realize how spoiled I am or we are as American’s always wanting the best of things, and how all these people want is land to work on and to make a living for their family. I think the quote that hit me the hardest was, ''My father died doing this work, I'll die doing this,'' he said. ''Give us some land to farm, nothing else.'' My heart breaks for these people, they are willing to die providing for their families and all they are asking for is land.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-India-Left-Behind.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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