{"id":27,"date":"2005-09-13T20:23:27","date_gmt":"2005-09-13T20:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2005-09-13T20:23:27","modified_gmt":"2005-09-13T20:23:27","slug":"of-human-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/of-human-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Human Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WATER EXPORT - 017.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intentblog.com\/archives\/WATER%20EXPORT%20-%20017.jpg\" width=\"349\" height=\"228\" \/><br \/>\nThe descent into anarchy in New Orleans may have many reasons. But events like those make me wonder whether civilization exists only on the surface, for all it took was 3 days for a people to spiral back to tribalism.<br \/>\nAnd yet, the people you see in this photograph are defiantly celebrating life and community in the face of abject poverty ..<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe kid on the left is actually doing a pretty nifty version of a break dance.<br \/>\nThis group,like thousands of others, live underneath the 100 odd fly-overs (over passes) that are bieng built or planned in Mumbai, in India. Most of them have little to eat, and all live on the streets. The kids, judging by their clothes, are probably rag pickers, or just beg and steal.<br \/>\nAnd yet, they celebrate life as you can see. Families live together, hold each other in the embrace of love. They celebrate all the festivals with a lot more abandon than those I know with a lot lot more going for them in life. Atleast materially.<br \/>\nWhat gives them the courage ? The Dignity ?<br \/>\nThese photographs are part of my research for a film I am writing called Paani (Water in Hindi). It deals with a city of 20 million that runs out of water. And the water wars begin between those that have and own the few water resources, and those that do not. Water becomes a political and ecnomic weapon of control.  Shekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The descent into anarchy in New Orleans may have many reasons. But events like those make me wonder whether civilization exists only on the surface, for all it took was 3 days for a people to spiral back to tribalism. 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