http://www.bbc.com/news/business-25947984
Child Labor: India's Hidden Shame
13 year-old Lakshmi was abducted in her village. Before she was rescued, she was working in people's homes in Delhi. She had to clean, cook, and take care of children. She was not able to sleep, and when she did something wrong, the family would hit her. They would not let her leave the house so she did not even realize that she was in Delhi. When she was too tired and wanted to sit down to take a break, they would scream at her and hit her. Lakshmi was also sexually abused by the man who kidnapped her. Four years later, her uncle finally found her. She states, ""What can we really do? We are poor people - I didn't have enough money to come to Delhi to look for my missing niece." Many kids go missing everyday in India and are sometimes forced into the sex trade or forced to work as "slaves" to the people who kidnap them. This is a real and serious issue that has been happening for many years in India and it needs to change.
Questions: How can families keep their children more safe and prevent them from getting kidnapped?
What can the police or other authorities do to rescue these children faster?
I agree that this is a very serious issue. Obviously the main source of the problem is that the police force is not being strict enough and trying to prevent this from happening. People usually come up with the solution to invest more money to the issue, but as we have discussed in class, this is not the main issue in India. Because they country is so densely populated, there is a lot of corruption especially in the police that occurs. I think that there needs to be a more rigorous application process to become a police. Also, there should be extreme punishments for police corruption such as if they take bribes to not report the kidnappers. The reason this is so important is that there are children's lives that must be protected. Education with these types of issues can also be a solution.
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