India Essay

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India's Struggle

In India there are many problems that include child labor, human trafficking, and child exploitation. Human trafficking in India is for things like forced labor and basically child prostitution. Men, women, and children that are in debt are forced to work in places like rice mills, and embroidery factories. No professional studies on this human trafficking in India have been done but some NGO's say that the human trafficking affects tens of MILLIONS of Indians. India only has about 1.21 billion people so a good percentage of the Indian population is affected by human trafficking. In India children under the age of 14 are forced to work in glass blowing industries and carpet-making factories. It is reported that there are about 20-50 million child laberors and it has become acceptable in Northern India. Not only do the kids have to deal with being forced to work for extremely low wages, but they also have to work in unhygienic conditions. Child exploitation is also a growing problem in India. Exploitation means to take advantage of so basically it means people in India are taking advantage of children. This is the basically the same thing as rape in America but it is nowhere near as big of a problem as it is in India. Child exploitation could either mean taking advantage of children by making them do labor, or using them sexually. 

Mumbai Riots

1. What is Kaun Banega Crorepati? An Indian game show that is basically like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. This is the game show Jamal is playing in Slumdog Millionaire.
2. List five essential facts about Bombay (Mumbai).

• Has a literacy rate of 85.6%
• Estimated to have 28 million people by 2020
• Rupees are the currency
• It is home to both the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay stock exchange.
• Accounts for 16% of income tax collections and 35% of corporate tax collection in the country

1. What is Dharavi? A slum that has been known to be "The biggest slum in the world"
2. What is a shantytown?  How many people live in shantytowns worldwide? A shantytown is an area in the slums where people live in unauthorized houses made from scrap metal.
3. Who is Amitabh Bachchan, and what does he have to do with Slumdog Millionaire? He is an Indian actor that acts in movies from Bollywood. He plays himself in the beginning of the movie when Jamal gets his autograph and the first question of the game show was "Who is Amitabh Bachchan"
4. What is Bollywood? Bollywood is basically an Indian version of the United States' Hollywood. It produces around 2,000 films a year.
5. How much is 250,000 rupees (or any amount of rupees) in American dollars? (Hint: find a currency converter.) 5,379.48$

In Class 11-30-10

In class we started to watch Slumdog Millionaire to show about poverty in India. In the movie we saw Jamal get beaten because he won Who Wants to be a Millionaire but they think he cheated because hes a "Slumdog".


Mumbai:
#1: Has a literacy rate of 85.6%. Men with 90% and women with 82.7%.
#2: Rupee is the currency.
#3: Accounts for 16% of income tax collections and 35% of corporate tax collection in the country
#4: Estimated to have 27 million people by 2020 and will be the second largest city in the world after Tokyo
#5: It is home to both the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay stock exchange.

http://onlybombay.blogspot.com/2007/01/interesting-facts-about-mumbais.html
http://www.mumbaiproperties.com/Mumbai_-_Fact_File/page_748140.html

Dharavi: A slum where over 18,000 people crowd into one acre and has been known to be "The largest slum in the world." It's found right in the middle of Mumbai
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/dharavi-mumbai-slum/jacobson-text

Bollywood: The film industry of India. It is described as commercial Hindi films, producing only 1500-2000 films a year. Only 15-20% of Bollywood films are successful each year.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:bollywood&sa=X&ei=OwP1TNWlKsOB8gbgtLDhBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQkAE
http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001907.html

India Questions

#1: What is the current population of India? About 1.21 billion http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=8719
#2: What is the total fertility rate in India? 2.65 children per 1 woman https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#3: What percentage of the Indian population lives below the poverty line? 25% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#4: Briefly describe two terrorist attacks inside India? 1: On Feburary 13 Islamic terrorists bombed a restaurant killing 17 people. 2: 9 people were killed and 57 were wounded in a bakery explosion. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/india/terrorism/index.html?offset=25&s=newest
#5: The Human Development Report of the United Nations ranks the countries of the world by poverty. What is India ranked? 119th http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/world/asia/19iht-letter.html?ref=india
#6: Briefly describe the effects of monsoons on India? It made water levels rise above 350 ft. flooding the town. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/world/asia/01india.html
#7: What are some of the problems India has getting clear water to its people? Raw sewege pours into the city through the river http://video.nytimes.com/video/2006/09/28/world/1194817098866/part-1-water-woes-in-india.html
#8: What is the litarcy rate in India? 61% https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#9: What are the major religions in India? Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Sikh https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
#10: When did India achieve independence, and from what country? August 15 1957 from the UK  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

China & India

China and India are the only two "population billionaires"

China: 1.35 billion
India: 1.21 billion

40% of the population, live in China or India.

The population in 1950 is about equal to the population of China and India combined

The United States is the third biggest in population with 318 MILLION.

Each of their population is bigger than the whole western hemisphere's population.

The life expectancy for China is 73 years, and India's life expectancy is 64.

International migration is not that big of a deal to them, they don't like it, but they're not worried about it.

Homework

Organic Certified Coffee: Is coffee grown by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality
http://www.groundsforchange.com/learn/organic.php


Fair Trade Coffee: Coffee that is made sure that more money goes to the people that produce the coffee 
http://www.lwr.org/coffee/


Crop: A plant or animal product that can be harvested for profit. 
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop

Commodity: An economic good.
http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/commodity

Poverty: When someone doesn't have a acceptable amount of money or belongings
http://dictionary.weather.net/dictionary/poverty?show=0&t=1289417475

All my other questions are already answered on my blog yesterday