News Blast from the Hindustan Times of Delhi
By Gabi. Filed in India |
Teachers in Bharatpur, Rajasthan Province, which is where we had spent a few days, are each required to get one family per month to agree to voluntary sterilisation. They must show success of this or be in danger of losing their jobs. Talk about extra duties for teachers!:shock:
I guess with the exploding population rate, they need to do whatever they can:?:
AIDS is another tough topic here. According to the paper, about 5 million are infected with HIV, with a prognosis of 40 million by 2010.
We have not seen a single advertisement in print or TV for safe sex, condoms, or any public service campaigns about the risks of contracting HIV or the methods of prevention. Is this a means of solving the population explosion 