It takes 10 hours 45 minutes to reach London from Kabul in a flight. Around 3-4 months if you intend to skip visas and go there not for leisure, but for survival. But for 16- year old Jamal, it took a bit more than that. He reached London, his dream workplace, were paupers become rich, by paying a price. He paid in cash, he paid by losing his innocence, his elder brother on the way, his student life...now that's a lot for a kid, ain't it?
This documentary was shown in GTZ Summer School... a melancholic insight to human trafficking.
Cramped in a little tin box that' stuffed in a big truck, crossing the borders on a wooden patta (plank) under the truck, walking across snow- peaked mountains of Turkey in the dead of night are only a few journeys he made with his brother to reach London.
But why London? Why does a 16 year old need to travel 3554 miles to earn? The answer lies in the country he was born in...turbulence, atavism and lack of opportunities. The film made me uncomfortable. It made me realise the situation within...in India.
Large population coming from Bangladesh enter India in the hope of a better living. Many rural people become urban poor in search of a better life, only that their dreams our thwarted the moment they recognise the truth of the city.
Is it just a regular movement of people or something more serious? I guess its time we think about it a little bit more.
This documentary was shown in GTZ Summer School... a melancholic insight to human trafficking.
Cramped in a little tin box that' stuffed in a big truck, crossing the borders on a wooden patta (plank) under the truck, walking across snow- peaked mountains of Turkey in the dead of night are only a few journeys he made with his brother to reach London.
But why London? Why does a 16 year old need to travel 3554 miles to earn? The answer lies in the country he was born in...turbulence, atavism and lack of opportunities. The film made me uncomfortable. It made me realise the situation within...in India.
Large population coming from Bangladesh enter India in the hope of a better living. Many rural people become urban poor in search of a better life, only that their dreams our thwarted the moment they recognise the truth of the city.
Is it just a regular movement of people or something more serious? I guess its time we think about it a little bit more.
1 comment:
Yes ! It was a very nice film indeed and very touching.
We often forget to adress such issues and overlook them
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