Poor Equals Thief!
October 30th, 2006
This graphic is based on a pretty common upper and middle class notion in India that stereotypes poor people as thieves. Money or item of even small value missing or misplaced is considered to have been stolen by a known/unknown poor. It is not difficult to see that an overwhelming majority of poor people are not thieves and that a lot of them do menial tasks, often in inhuman conditions, to earn their bread. Those willing to leave aside their egos can seek inspiration from the lives of poor and see in them presence of a great many values. By peering into the lives of the poor one can sometimes see justification for their acts or behaviour.
November 1st, 2006 at 1:17 am
I agree with what u said. Poors are not thieves.Not at all. Its over all us who are thieves. We dont give them the right to live, to eat, to have a work, to earn money, to success in life, we thief in fact their human dignity. We are thieves. Big thieves. We want all for us. And the word poor is just a word in a dictionnary. But how many great men and women we could meet between them. Many. THey have their entire and complete dignity and they give us lessons of courage. How many i respect and love them, and please, we must not forget that they are our mothers and fathers, and bothers and sisters. Never forget this. They need more respect than others. MOre and we must give them. A soul and a mind belongs as well to a poor than to a rich. We must considerate over all the human qualities, not the social situation. And between rich many dont need respect, many many. Because their mind and soul are as black as the devil.