Since I have reached India for my vacations I have been noticing a lot of thing in my environment, different from the surroundings in Kuwait. But one thing that had constantly come under my observation was the large number of poor people on the streets.
Poverty is a disease that has been holding on to India for a long time. Poverty is the root problem to many other problems in India such as corruption, crime rate and many other problems that are often referred to with India. The main reason for this poverty is nothing other than the rising population in our country. Even though the Government is trying its best to curb poverty, but still poverty continues to remain a main problem in our country. I am sad to see the number of poor, disabled people on the streets, the children begging for enough money to have a meal and mothers begging to give her children enough food. It is really sad to see such a sight, especially in country which is heading towards being a superpower in 2020. What can we do in such a situation to ensure that our country reaches the top?
There are many ways in which the government and the people can ensure the upliftment of the poor people to a level of self-sustenance. First of all the Government should ensure that the money it provides for the betterment of the poorer people reaches the right hands. We have heard many reports regarding the corruption, not providing the proper shelter and facilities for the people who have been struck with natural calamities and many more. The government may not be directly responsible for such acts but rather the middle men and the third party people. The Government should ensure and guarantee that the money should reach the right hands.
The other very important aspect is education. Till now, there are some families which feel education is a waste and that there is no need for it. Rather education is a method to free not only the family from poverty rather a method for the coming generation to move forward in life. Education helps the future generation to escape the vicious cycle of poverty that their parents are going through.
What can we do in our own way to reduce this poverty? Firstly we have to understand that we can make a change, however far we are from our homeland. Help those around you who you feel need help financially. It is always a joy to give to those who are in need of it. As NRIs we can take toys, clothes and donate them to an orphanage or the homes for the needy. Children are the basis of the next generation. There are so many poor children in our country. Helping them is the basic step towards the realization of our goal of being the superpower. There are also many organizations in Kuwait, which provide a lot of help the poor and needy in our country.
As a summary, poverty exists in our country, but it is up to us Indians, in and away from our motherland to eradicate it. Just like our country removed the dreadful disease of polio after vigorous efforts from the Government, in the same way with a little initiative from the government and the combined effort from all of us, I am sure we can remove poverty from our country and achieve APJ Abdul Kalam’s dream of India being a superpower in 2020.
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