Poverty in India Blog #7

   In the movie Slumdog Millionaire, it tells the story of two brothers and a girl. They faced many hardships throughout their life, and had to sacrifice many things to survive. they had to give up a lifestyle of having fun, and playing games, to stealing and killing. At first, when looking at the eldest brother, I thought he was selfish, selling his brother's autographed photo was not very brotherly of him, but the more i think about it, he had to do those things. Yes, he was selfish and should have confronted his brother but his family need money and when the older brother found an opportunity he took it. The brothers had two different personalities, one would do anything for a different life, even it meant stealing, killing, robbing etc. the other wanted to have a fair life where he could work for his money. Living in a pretty rich community you don't experience life like theirs. Where they might not be able to afford shoes, yet I own like 10 pairs. After the movie I researched Poverty in India and discovered many facts.
  
     Poverty in India - Statistics

• 50% of Indians don’t have proper shelter;
• 70% don’t have access to decent toilets (which inspires a multitude of bacteria to host their own disease party);
• 35% of households don’t have a nearby water source;
• 85% of villages don’t have a secondary school (how can this be the same government claiming 9% annual growth?);
• Over 40% of these same villages don’t have proper roads connecting them. 

   Because of the lack of decent toilets it is estimated that 98,000 people in India Die from diarrhea each year. The children living in India is said that 46% below the age of 3 are too small, 47% are underweight, and 16% are wasted. Many girls are married off at a young age, and some become servants or prostitutes just to make money.