Today in class we watched a video on India. It showed some jobs that India has, such as construction workers. If you are unskilled or illiterate you can have a job as a construction worker. You can carry bricks on your head. You get paid 2.50 a day. The mall of India, they are building one right next to an Industrial park. It will be the biggest mall and all of India. It is actually up now. This is the type of job and payment you would get if you didn't have an education.
There are illegal buildings all over the poverty of India. People who can not afford well built, safe buildings have to live in here because they are the only affordable housing around. Others are not available for rent. A building that was more than three stories and that were not built up to the expectations of the building codes, collapsed and killed many people. This should teach people a lesson. Especially the one responsible for doing this. He was arrested. The government told the poor people to evacuate all the buildings so thy would not collapse on them and many ended up homeless. (Mumbai) November 24th, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Men, women, and children are trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. The largest trafficking problem in India would be internal forced labor. Women and girls are trafficked within the country for commercial sexual exploration and forced marriage. There are one point three million children in sex-trade centers. These children come from poor areas of children and are trafficked usually to richer areas. More than 40% of 484 prostituted girls rescued during major raids of brothels in Bombay in nineteen ninety six were from Nepal. “High Supply Zones” for women in prostitution is India, Karnataka, Andha Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. Organized trafficking networks are when women migrate to big cities. Common districts are Bijapur, Belgaum, and Kolhapur. A lot of Bangladeshi women and children are held in foregin prisons, jails, shelters, and detention centers. In India, 26 women, 27 girls, 71 boys and 13 children of unknown gender are held in Lilua Shelter, Calcutta; Sheha Shelter, Calcutta; Anando Ashram, Calcutta; Alipur Children's Home, Delhi; Nirmal Chaya Children's Home, Delhi; Prayas Observation House for Boys; Delhi; Tihar Jail, Delhi; Udavam Kalanger, Bangalore; Umar Khadi, Bangaore; Kishalay, West Bengal; Kuehbihar, West Bengal and Baharampur, West Bengal. India sends women and children to the middle east daily. Women and children who are trafficked are tortured, held in virtual imprisonments, sexually abused, and raped. N estimated fifty thousand women who are involved in prostitution in Bombay are trafficked from Nepal. There are one hundred thousand and one hundred sixty thousand Napoleon women located in India. Trafficking is a very serious issue in India that needs to be stopped soon.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Homework; December 2nd, 2010
1. Compare the motion picture industry in India and the United States.
The United States has the oldest film industry. L.A. is the primary nexus of the U.S. However, four of the six major film studios are owned by East Coast companies. Only the Walt Disney Company - which Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, the Pixar Animation Studios, and Marvel Studios — is fully based in Southern California. And while Sony Pictures Entertainment is headquartered in Culver City, California, its parent company, the Sony Corporation, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
The Indian film industry is multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced. The industry is supported mainly by a vast film-going Indian public, and Indian films have been gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world—notably in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians. One third of the Indian film industry is mostly concentrated in Mumbai (Bombay), and is commonly referred to as "Bollywood" as an amalgamation of Bombay and Hollywood. The remaining majority portion is spread across North, West and South India (in Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu speaking areas). However, there are several smaller centers of Indian film industries in regional languages (apart from Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi,) centered in the states those languages are spoken. Indian films are made filled with action, romance, comedy, dance and an increasing number of special effects.
2. What are the names of the three main characters in Slum Dog Millionaire (The Three Musketeers)?
The names of the three main characters are Jamal K. Walik, Latika, and Salim.
3. What is a chaiwallah?
A wallah is one who performs a specific task. Chai wallahs are everywhere in India. Chai wallah is an authentic Indian spice tea made with organic Fair Trade certified tea and certified organic spices.
4. State five things we must know about the Taj Mahal.
-There is most likely 20,000 artisians that worked on it.
- It was built in 1631
- The estimated money spent on it was 35 million rupees.
- Built by Shah Jahan
- It is estimated that is took 22 years to build (1631-1653)
The United States has the oldest film industry. L.A. is the primary nexus of the U.S. However, four of the six major film studios are owned by East Coast companies. Only the Walt Disney Company - which Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, the Pixar Animation Studios, and Marvel Studios — is fully based in Southern California. And while Sony Pictures Entertainment is headquartered in Culver City, California, its parent company, the Sony Corporation, is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
The Indian film industry is multi-lingual and the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced. The industry is supported mainly by a vast film-going Indian public, and Indian films have been gaining increasing popularity in the rest of the world—notably in countries with large numbers of expatriate Indians. One third of the Indian film industry is mostly concentrated in Mumbai (Bombay), and is commonly referred to as "Bollywood" as an amalgamation of Bombay and Hollywood. The remaining majority portion is spread across North, West and South India (in Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, oriya, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu speaking areas). However, there are several smaller centers of Indian film industries in regional languages (apart from Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi,) centered in the states those languages are spoken. Indian films are made filled with action, romance, comedy, dance and an increasing number of special effects.
2. What are the names of the three main characters in Slum Dog Millionaire (The Three Musketeers)?
The names of the three main characters are Jamal K. Walik, Latika, and Salim.
3. What is a chaiwallah?
A wallah is one who performs a specific task. Chai wallahs are everywhere in India. Chai wallah is an authentic Indian spice tea made with organic Fair Trade certified tea and certified organic spices.
4. State five things we must know about the Taj Mahal.
-There is most likely 20,000 artisians that worked on it.
- It was built in 1631
- The estimated money spent on it was 35 million rupees.
- Built by Shah Jahan
- It is estimated that is took 22 years to build (1631-1653)
2nd of December
Today in class we continued watching The Slum Dog Millionaire.
The Babri Masjid, was a mosque in Ayodhya, a city in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, on Ramkot Hil. It was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, despite a commitment to the Indian Supreme Court by the rally organizers that the mosque would not be harmed. More than 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in ensuing riots in many major Indian cities including Mumbai and Delhi.
The mosque was constructed in 1527 by order of Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India. Mir Baki, after seizing the Hindu structure from priests, named it Babri Masjid. Before the 1940s, the Mosque was called Masjid-Janmasthan, acknowledging the site as the birthplace of the Hindu deity, Lord Rama. Mir Baki, after seizing the Hindu structure from priests, named it Barbi Masjid.
The Babri Masjid, was a mosque in Ayodhya, a city in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, on Ramkot Hil. It was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, despite a commitment to the Indian Supreme Court by the rally organizers that the mosque would not be harmed. More than 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in ensuing riots in many major Indian cities including Mumbai and Delhi.
The mosque was constructed in 1527 by order of Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India. Mir Baki, after seizing the Hindu structure from priests, named it Babri Masjid. Before the 1940s, the Mosque was called Masjid-Janmasthan, acknowledging the site as the birthplace of the Hindu deity, Lord Rama. Mir Baki, after seizing the Hindu structure from priests, named it Barbi Masjid.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
First Day of December (:
Today in class we continued watching The Slum dog Millionaire.
We went over our homework from Monday night.
India:
Birth rate - 21.24 births/1,000 population
Death rate - 7.53 deaths/1,000 population
Homework:
4 Essential Facts about the Bombay Riots:
* The Bombay riots occurred in December 1992 to January 1993. Followed by the March 12th, 1993 Bombay Bombings.
* Approximately 900 people died in the first Bombay riots.
*An estimated 575 Muslims and 275 Hindus and 2,000 people died in the riots.
* Occurred in 2 phases, 1st phase as a result of Muslim backslash; 2nd phase on result of Hindu backlash.
We went over our homework from Monday night.
India:
Birth rate - 21.24 births/1,000 population
Death rate - 7.53 deaths/1,000 population
Homework:
4 Essential Facts about the Bombay Riots:
* The Bombay riots occurred in December 1992 to January 1993. Followed by the March 12th, 1993 Bombay Bombings.
* Approximately 900 people died in the first Bombay riots.
*An estimated 575 Muslims and 275 Hindus and 2,000 people died in the riots.
* Occurred in 2 phases, 1st phase as a result of Muslim backslash; 2nd phase on result of Hindu backlash.
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