What we did in class today 12-17-10

Today in class we just had a Christmas party. We ate food and just talked. I had to leave early for a Indoor Track meet.

What we did in class today 12-15-10

Today in class we all sent in our reports. We then started a discussion about the problems in India and talked about how we can help to stop them. We also discussed things like why we even bother when its not any of our business. We will continue the discussoin tommorow.

What we did in class today 12/14/10

     Today in class we just worked on our project and we worked in groups. My group is Jordan, Colleen, and Catherine.

What we did in class today. 12-10-10

     Today in class we watched a few videos about India. They had to do with the bad living conditions in India like we saw in Slumdog Millionaire. We saw a building collapse and a video about building the mall of India. We have to be in a group . Im in a group with Colleen Jordan and Catherine. We have to make a discussion about the problems in India.

What we did in class today 12-8-10

     Today in  class we watched more of slumdog millionaire. We dont have any new homework tonight but instead we must revise our old project and make sure its perfect. Its due by Friday morning and is worth twenty points.

What we did in class today. 12-7-10

     Today in class we worked on a project about India and what we have learned so far. It had to be around 500 words and all about what we have learned about India and how they relate to each other. Also we had a shadow.

500 Word Essay on India. 12-7-10

     So far in this unit we have learned about India and its slums. We have learned about things like why India has such bad slums like Dha Ravi, and how it is like to live in these slums. We have learned about human trafficking and how it happens in India with children and adults being traded. We learned they are exploited, used for slavery, prostitution, and forced labor among other things. Finally we learned about Mumbai, Bollywood, and India's poverty.

     We have learned about the bad slums in Dha Ravi. Dha Ravi is a shantytown in Mumbai. It is one of the biggest slums in Asia but not the biggest in the world. Over 18,000 people are forced to live in a acre or two together. Over a million people are living in Dha Ravi and it’s very crowded. Poverty and disease are everywhere and there is a ton of pollution coming from everywhere. Waste is dumped into the river, trash is just dumped in piles, and sludge is dumped into the rivers. The people in these slums still have jobs put are paid very little. Even some of the children get an education so they can read and write. Still Dha Ravi is a horrible slum stricken with disease, crime, and poverty.

     We learned about human trafficking in India. We learned that human trafficking is a big problem in India. Both children and adults alike are forced to do work. They do everything from slavery, to prostitution, to basic forced labor. A lot of the people that are put to work in this crime are poverty stricken people. They are promised legitimate jobs but they are really being trafficked. Most of these organizations that run the human trafficking are gangs. India is on the tier 2 watch list for human trafficking which means that they do comply fully to TVPA's standards but are making strides to. Also India has been accused of not prosecuting offenders good enough and protecting trafficking victims. 

     Also we learned about Bollywood which is the Indian film industry. Its name comes from the mix of Hollywood and Mumbai. This film industry produces any musicals and not as many violent films like Hollywood does. Also Bollywood produces a lot more films than Hollywood. Another difference is that not a lot of films in Bollywood don't have a big budget like Hollywood might. The Indian film industry is very popular also and a lot of people love watching the movies.

      The most important part of all we learned though is that all these things come back to relate to one another. For starters India’s poverty is something that causes shantytowns because the people are so poor that’s where they must live. On the other hand shantytowns make poverty even worse. More people are born into this poverty and can't get out of it. Also they are dragged into human trafficking, my next point. A lot of poor people go into trafficking because they are promised good jobs but they really are not. They are just trafficked for prostitution, labor, and slavery for a few examples. Also the bad life in the slums is driven by poverty. Poor conditions mean disease spreads easily; you can't get water easy due to a lack of a sewage system which pollutes the water. Also living conditions can be crowded. This all means a bad life in the slums.

    Finally this all leads to the fact that the movie Slumdog Millionaire doesn’t show all of India but does represent fairly what it shows. It shows the slums fairly but it doesn't show all of India mainly the good parts like suburbs or upper class city. It only shows the poverty stricken parts. Overall the movie does a good job of representing India in what it shows.

http://www.humantrafficking.org/combat_trafficking
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/123132.htm

Human Trafficking in India.

     Well first of, to make more sense of the situation concerning Human Trafficking and children, I'll talk about how child labor laws work. First off if you are at least 13/14 in most countries you can do light work that doesnt interfere with education, and you can't do any dangerous work until your 18, work that interferes with schoolm or rest, or work that exploits you. This exploiting is happening when involves trafficking you, forced labor, prostitution, unfair pay. All these things make labor illegal child labour and it can also be human trafficking.
     First out of all these ill talk about Indias problem with Child Labour. Child labour poses a big problem for India. The government is trying to stop it but they have a lot of work to make up. Children are forced to work a lot of times due to the fact many are illiterate or not very smart and that they are living in poverty. The government has also concluded that until poverty is erased then they can't completetly abolish child labour. This child labor consists of everything we saw in the movie, prostitution, begging, and forced labor. The government is trying to put a stop to it by first making any child work in hazardous conditoins illegal.. Also the government is trying to alleviate poverty in India. Finally the government is doing raids to try and take down people suspected of this crime.
     The next subject ill cover is Human Trafficking. Human trafficking in India is another problem and a horrible crime. It's a center for internal trafficking and International trafficking. If you dont already know human trafficking is like slavery in a way. It's when humans are bought, sold, and traded and used for labor. These people are forced to do prostitution, begging, factory workers, servants, and forced marriage to name a few. These can be kids or adults. Also India isnt doing much to combat human trafficking. What they could do is do raids or try to help people in poverty, but that is a dream right now. Going on from that, many of these trafficked persons are poor and not very smart. This leads to them being traded. India should try to crack down on this some more but it would be very hard.
     Finally, forced labor in India. Forced labor is basically what is happening with child labor and human trafficking. They are captured, or as we saw in the movie, lured in and forced to work. They could beg, be a prostitute, be a servant or whatever the owner of the people decides. If the victims dont do the work the owners could kill, or torture them. This is why human trafficking happens and is the heart of the problem.  If India can stop this then everything else would get better. Of course like I said its hard due to poverty.
     These three issues all connect and help each other out. They are a big problem with India and very harmful to the victim. We should all be aware of these issues so we can help out too by spreading awareness.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/433_457.htm#to_work
http://labour.nic.in/cwl/ChildLabour.htm

What we did in class today 12-3-10

     Today in class we continued watching slumdog millionaire. We talked some more about human trafficking in india and how it relates to what happened to the kids. Also we had a shadow in class today. Finally we have to write a paragraph for homework about the human trafficking problem in India.

Slumdog millionaire questions 12-2-10

1. What are the names of the three main characters?     The main characters names are Latika, Jamal, and Salim. They also refer themselves to the names of the three musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.                      http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question3669.html
2. What is a Chai wallah?     A chai wallah is a form of a chai. A chai is someone who performs a specific task whether its pulling a rickshaw, washing clothes, or in this case making tea. Chai is a type of tea and it is made ny these chai wallahs. They can be found many places and make this chai. The chai business is huge and there are many chai wallah in every city. They are each unique in the way they make the chai to keep customers coming back. Chai is a huge business and chai wallahs make it. http://chaipilgrimage.com/2008/11/28/what-is-a-chai-wallah/                                                                                       
3. 5 Taj Mahal facts.    

1. located in Agra along the Yamuna river.
2. over 20000 workers built ithttp://hothottest1.blogspot.com/2009/11/history-of-taj-mahal.html
3. took 22 years to build
4. based on palace gardens of the great nobles
5. Dedicated to Mumtaz Mahal
6. http://www.tajmahal.com
4. American/ Indian film industry comparison.
1. First of all Bollywood is much larger than Hollywood. They film around two a day and film around a thousand a year. About three billion Indians visit movies in three months.   Hollywood movies cost much more to make than Bollywood movies though. Bollywood movies are longer sometimes though up to three hours long. Also Bollywood usually hsa musicals for movies while Hollywood doesnt. Hollywood has been around longer, since around WW1 and Bollywood came about in the 1930's. Also Bollywood movies are generally cleaner. These are some comparisons of the two industries.
2. http://recomparison.com/comparisons/100156/bollywood-vs-hollywood/    http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/bollywood/article1419969.ece                       

Notes 12/2/10

• Bombay riots started with Barbi moque demolition
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Bombay riots.

     The Bombay riots were a series of riots that occurred due to Religious tension between the Muslims and the Hindus. The two religions fought each other to the death because of what the Hindus thought the Muslims did. They killed over 100 people and wounded around 600 people over all. The killing was ferocious with stonings, disembowelment, and burning like we saw in the movie. One reason these occurred were that some Hindus believed that some Muslims stole two of their babies and were going to sacrafice them to ala. These riots happened in 1992-1993 and were every deadly. They were even worse in the slums as these people were terrorized constantly like we saw in the movie. It was a horrible times and many places of worship for each religion were destroyed. This was a horrible time in Mumbais history and tore them apart.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737421,00.html

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/100921/bombay-riots-ayodyha

What we did in class today. 12/1/10

Today in class we talked about our questions for last nights homework. We covered the Mumbai facts and the Amitabh and his afilliation with Slumdog millionaire. We then watched some more of the movie then talked about the Mumbai riots for a little bit. We have to research them for homework.