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Im 2much hurt n unable to come out of it

Before one year I was at WARORA tahsil of Chandrapur District of Maharashtra. It was the move of assembly elections. We were with a family and just general talk was on elections. The lady head of the family told us that who will give them 500 rupees for each vote they will give their votes to him. The family is not so poor and the husband of that lady is in central government service. Their son is in college and daughters are schooling. It is a scheduled caste family and ever seek help from Government for job to their son under reservation. Her claim is that "Even reservation policies are going on but why her son is not getting a Government job?". She questioned me that "What DRF is doing for it if we are not helping them to get a Government job?". WHAT TO DO FOR THESE PEOPLE? AND WHO CAN HELP THEM THOSE SALE THEIR VOTE IN 500 RUPEES AND WANT EVERYTHING FROM GOVERNMENT?

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Renuka Gupta ( Gender Researcher ) 05 November 2010

Just a few ideas:

Sustained efforts for awareness, higher education, support for getting into highly competitive world. The process of reflection-action-reflection which is used effectively with grassroots for SWOT analysis of the communities is very empowering. Try to do it on sustained basis--not just once or twice. It would have promises of good results, because from within the community it would prepare a group of aware men and women and children which would work for securing their entitlements. Difficult but not impossible.

Democratic Indian (n/a) 05 November 2010

Yes idea of Renuka is good. Basically it is question of level of awareness. Unfortunately these kind of people are in plenty eveywhere not only in our country but in every country, who are willing to trade their freedom for money.

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." —Samuel Adams

"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

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