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Poverty
Poverty is a deceptively light powder
That dusts skin and rims nostrils like burning trash
Drifts into cracks in knees and ankles
Coats unshod feet while it's
Shoveled into a plastic tub and
Shoveled into a plastic tub and
Hoisted
Upon a twisted head rag above a slender neck where
Heavy and wide, it forces its weight into
Hollow eyes and hollow belly born by
Movement
Of dusty unshod feet carrying
Lightweight bone and flesh and skin and,
In a plastic tub on a slender neck,
In a plastic tub on a slender neck,
Deceptively light powder that becomes a
Highway or a Corporate Office or a Place of Learning
Highway or a Corporate Office or a Place of Learning
About poverty.
Informal construction laborers commonly carry cement on their heads in plastic tubs. According to Dipanka Gupta, pre-eminent sociologist, in his lecture "The Hollowed Village and the Hopeful Slum" these informal workers have a 70% literacy rate and live in the hope of a better life having escaped rural impoverishment.
See his lecture here:
Dipankar Gupta: The Hollowed Village and the Hopeful Slum.
Informal construction laborers commonly carry cement on their heads in plastic tubs. According to Dipanka Gupta, pre-eminent sociologist, in his lecture "The Hollowed Village and the Hopeful Slum" these informal workers have a 70% literacy rate and live in the hope of a better life having escaped rural impoverishment.
See his lecture here:
Dipankar Gupta: The Hollowed Village and the Hopeful Slum.
We are very fortunate
ReplyDeleteI'm glad we get so many privelages
ReplyDeleteindia has a higher rate of literacy than i thought
ReplyDeleteIm glad we have what we have. Its sad that some people cant have it but other people abuse it.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that poverty can be visualize easily.
ReplyDeleteWhen they have less to use they make the best of what they do.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard knowing we have so much, but they barely have water or clothes on their back.
ReplyDeleteWe're lucky that we don't have this in the U.S. but we shouldn't take anything for granted.
ReplyDeleteWe should appreciate things more than we do on an everyday basis. It seems like the things that come so easily to us like shelter, water, and food we expect more than appreciate.
ReplyDeleteThey definitely seem motivated, cynical in fact. It's crazy how advanced some parts of the world are.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean?
DeleteLiving in a 1st world country causes a lot of people to take what they have for granted ~Derek Duran
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Very descriptive makes you really picture the poverty in India.
ReplyDeleteThis really helps picture how poor people are in India, especially in the beginning.
ReplyDeleteVery good, really helped me picture a days work of a informal construction worker.
ReplyDeleteIt is very descriptive and it is astonishing how hard it would be to compare the poverty in India to poverty in the U.S. as in our nation we many privileges that people take for granted.
ReplyDeleteTHIS POST IS A VERY EYE OPENING DESCRIBING OF POVERTY IN INDIA
ReplyDeleteWhat surprised you? The appearance of the women is still strong and pleasant.
ReplyDeleteWhat are you reminded of in your own experience with this entry? The outward broadcast of my father overshadowed the wonderful people in my family and most people never gave us a chance because of is energy and his outward attacks.
What would you like to know more about. How deep is the corruption and what outs are there for the resident living in poverty.
Something that is a big issue worldwide would be poverty. It opens your eye to the struggle that indian citizens endure. This is relatable to many people in LAs Vegas. The homeless rate in this area is huge and I would like to know how they compare.
ReplyDeleteIt is a Nice reading because it helps us see what poverty is like in India
ReplyDeleteI feel like this gives us a good perspective of a side of of life there that not alot of people talk about and I think it's good that you're shedding some light on this topic
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