“I never went to school. I don’t know what
education is. But I want my children to know. No matter how hard I need to
work, I shall educate all my children and never have them face problems I did.”
Said a mother. A mother of 5 children. A mother who gets meager wages because of not being educated. A mother who is facing challenges because her parents never sent her to school. A mother, for being a woman, who is “unworthy” of education.
Inspite of a miserable life, she holds no grudge against anyone. She instead accepts the harsh reality. She educated all 5 of her children, including 3 girls so that they have a stand in society. So that they are considered too, unlike her. So that they get rid of this vicious cycle.
Said a mother. A mother of 5 children. A mother who gets meager wages because of not being educated. A mother who is facing challenges because her parents never sent her to school. A mother, for being a woman, who is “unworthy” of education.
Inspite of a miserable life, she holds no grudge against anyone. She instead accepts the harsh reality. She educated all 5 of her children, including 3 girls so that they have a stand in society. So that they are considered too, unlike her. So that they get rid of this vicious cycle.
I
met this lovely woman at Kathputli Colony. There is something incredible about
the people there. Something extraordinary. Its not just their amazing art,
dances and music, but there is just something about those special people.
Something that made me have an attachment with them just by visiting the Colony
for the past few months.
Its not just the little children who amaze
me with their innocent smiles, but its also the adults who tell me so much
about their lives and experiences. So many of them inspite of being uneducated,
have such a open minded view about things that the so called “upper caste”
people may never understand or even try to understand. The people here believe
in equality, be it between young girls and boys or older women and men. The
most wonderful thing I’ve seen is the unity. They call refer to themselves as
one. They live together like one big family who are there for each other in
moments of triumph and failure.
These people inspire me.
The world is so unaware of their existence that it makes me feel terrible. We have so much to learn from them.
So today’s blog is a dedication to all those wonderful people living there who are now an inspiration for me, who have now become a prominent part of me.
A dedication to The Kalakaars (artists) of Kathputli Colony.
The world is so unaware of their existence that it makes me feel terrible. We have so much to learn from them.
So today’s blog is a dedication to all those wonderful people living there who are now an inspiration for me, who have now become a prominent part of me.
A dedication to The Kalakaars (artists) of Kathputli Colony.
Written by Anamika Sudhakar.
Dated 25.08.14
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