I remember watching Peepli Live a few years back. It was indeed a shocking reflection of the truth regarding farmer suicides. Apart from the protagonist, the writer's depiction of a farmer who never bothered to talk but was shown as always digging a pit evoked my interest. Towards the end of the movie, the farmer dies out of exhaustion in the same pit.
In a corporate world, people keep on emphasizing that time is equal to money. Is it really so?Let's take the case of a farmer. Have you ever wondered how much time and effort go into producing 10 kgs of rice? If you really had to pay him by the hour...trust me you would have eaten much lower in your whole lifetime than what you ate in the last ten years.
A few months back, I visited the Lindt chocolate museum in Cologne, Germany. The museum had loads of information about the cultivation of Cocoa. The plant only grows in tropical weather. Ghana is one of the key countries for Cocoa cultivation. Even the museum rightfully proclaimed that almost none of the children who assisted in drying cocoa have tasted a chocolate in their life! It is indeed this sleazy inequality which drives the corporate world today.
A major part of Bangladesh's economy is contributed by the Textile sector. The lives of textile employees in Bangladesh came into spotlight after the fire accident in 2012. Most American brands outsource their production to these unsafe places.
In a corporate world, people keep on emphasizing that time is equal to money. Is it really so?Let's take the case of a farmer. Have you ever wondered how much time and effort go into producing 10 kgs of rice? If you really had to pay him by the hour...trust me you would have eaten much lower in your whole lifetime than what you ate in the last ten years.
A few months back, I visited the Lindt chocolate museum in Cologne, Germany. The museum had loads of information about the cultivation of Cocoa. The plant only grows in tropical weather. Ghana is one of the key countries for Cocoa cultivation. Even the museum rightfully proclaimed that almost none of the children who assisted in drying cocoa have tasted a chocolate in their life! It is indeed this sleazy inequality which drives the corporate world today.
A major part of Bangladesh's economy is contributed by the Textile sector. The lives of textile employees in Bangladesh came into spotlight after the fire accident in 2012. Most American brands outsource their production to these unsafe places.
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