Last Day of 2010

Today in class we through a party and had a lot of junk food and listened to a bunch of music. We also watched Darryn and Mr. Schick rap to each other, it was a fun class.

Class of 12/15/10

Today in class we had a class of discussion about all of our project about India.

Indian Questions

Who
is Mukesh Ambani?

How did Mukesh Ambani get so wealthy and does he
give back to the community?

What
is Antilia?

It is a huge 27 floor sky scraper funded by Mukesh
Ambani; it has 3 helipads, grand ballroom, 50 Seat Theater, nine elevators,
airborne swimming pools and a spa. And only five people are living in this
enormous house!

What
is the percent of poverty in India?

How
many people can read and write?

Why
does the government continue to use all their money to make huge buildings and
not support the poor people?

Why
do the police and government agree on taking bribes from people?

Why
is it a law to only have a building that is three stories high, when they
definitely have the supplies to make bigger and safer building?

What
percent of the people in India are living under the poverty line?

 25% of India
is living under the poverty line.

Where
is Altamont Road?

 Upmarket residential street in South
Mumbai

What
percent of India lives in the slums?

Roughly 62%

How
many criminal charges does the building owner Amrita Singh have?

Over 25

What
is the average number of floors in neighborhoods?

How
many residents died in the fall of the illegal building?

About 70 people

class of 12/10/10

Today we got another project about India.

Slum Dog Millionaire

Today we finished the movie Slum Dog Millionaire and I actually really liked it and I hope to watch it again some day. I taught me a lot about India and the way people live there.

Class of 12/8/10

Today we continued to watch Slum Dog Millionaire and Jamal is still going strong winning money even after the host lied to him by telling him the wrong answer, Jamal still got the answer write cause he said the opposite of what the host told him. I can't wait to continue watching the movie.

India Paragraph

So far in human geography class, I have learned a lot of stuff about India. I have learned about India’s population, India’s poverty, India’s problems with human trafficking, and the life in the slums of Mumbia. I also think that the movie Slum Dog Millionaire is a good and honest example of India, because it has all the problems and poverty that India in real life has. 

                In India poverty is a huge problem and many people are homeless or dying because they don’t have money to get themselves food or water. Many people live in shanti towns, which is basically a bunch of trash pulled together to make a house for themselves. It is sad to think about it because India has a population of 1,173,108,018 and 25% of all those people are living under the poverty line in India. Also another huge problem is Human Trafficking. This is when people own other people and they put them up for trade or money. This is a giant problem in India because some people think that they can own other people and make them do a lot of jobs for them. Human Trafficking is basically like slavery, and slavery is completely wrong and you should not be a loud to make other people do work for you unless they are getting paid in some way.     

                The lives in the Slums of Mumbia are very difficult, many people have barely any money and they will do absolutely anything to get some money to get themselves food or water. The people in the slums are very poor and the shanti towns that they usually live in are very crowded and busy.

                The movie Slum Dog Millionaire is a great example of real India because it shows pretty much everything in that movie. It shows the poverty, the trafficking, what people will do for money, and how the people live in the conditions. I have learned a lot from the movie and I hope we continue to watch it in class.

                I have learned a lot in class about India and their problems and I hope to continue learning about them and hopefully it will get better in their country.

Hard Times In Inda

                Today in India there are many problems with human trafficking, child exploitation, and forced labor. India is one of the worst countries with these problems, and it needs to be stopped.

                Human Trafficking is when people own other people and they put them up for trade or money. This is a giant problem in India because some people think that they can own other people and make them do a lot of jobs for them. Human Trafficking is basically like slavery, and slavery is completely wrong and you should not be a loud to make other people do work for you unless they are getting paid in some way.

                Another huge problem in India is child exploitation and that is when people will use children to have sex with or just get pleasure from. An estimated number of 158 million children at the ages of 5-14 are engaged in child labor because they were rapped or forced into bad situations. I think that this is disgusting and that they should not ever be putting children into these problems, because then the young girl will have to deal with a little child and raise it while she is still being raised.

                The other main problem in India is forced labor. Forced labor is a horrible problem because while they are doing the labor and getting threatened they are most likely not getting any food or drink, and both of these things could lead to death for the person anyway. It should be a law in India that people cannot make you do anything and if they are you betting be getting a little bit of pay.

                I think India needs to work on many of these problems and I hope everything gets betting for the people in that country. 


https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_childlabour.html

Maj Mahal

• The Indian film industry is multi-lingual and is the largest in the world, in terms of ticket sales and total numbers of films produced.
• In Slumdog millionaire the three characters names are Salim, Jamal, and Latika.
• Chai is a Hindu word for tea and a Chai Wallah is a person that provides the tea to other people.

1. Taj Mahel is in Agra, India
2. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife
3. In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site
4. It had over 3 million people visit, and that was back in 2003
5. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen

5 fact about Mumbia Riots

• Through December 1992 and January 1993 nine hundred people were killed
• About 575 Muslims and 275 Hindus died and at least 2,000 people were injured in the riots of Mumbia
• The riots still go on today
• In 2008, several members of the Shiv Sena were indicted for their involvement in the riots
• About 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, died and the violence