<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375611174445268286</id><updated>2025-09-17T12:31:36.046-07:00</updated><category term="child labour or child abuse"/><title type='text'>geetas</title><subtitle type='html'>the  thinker</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geetashekar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/375611174445268286/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geetashekar.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>geeta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08155693620253042089</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-375611174445268286.post-2867868649630625117</id><published>2010-04-01T09:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-01T09:36:49.326-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="child labour or child abuse"/><title type='text'>daily happenings</title><content type='html'>Have we become very insentive to what is a happening around&lt;br /&gt;Just travelling in bus way back home from work  in chennai some where near vepary just of rippon road made me ponder as to     how indifferent people have become in this materialistic urban world, or is it same every where . The bus just turned around the corner, I still have the entire thing as if  it was scene out from movie .Is it child labour, or a mother hitting a child&lt;br /&gt;a small girl lean and frail looking being punished by a lady who looked to be weighing around 85 kgs a huge belly .either she was using this girl as a beggar or is punishing her own  child.&lt;br /&gt;She made the girl kneel down  with hand up and the child holding a huge slab of cuddappa stone or concrete block of about 3 sq feet probably weighing about 15 kgs and this women canning her with a cane similar to the ones police use.&lt;br /&gt;If the girl moves the slab could probably even smash her head.&lt;br /&gt;why are all th e tresspassers and shop keepers around quite . there is also a mosque around.Its difficult os sleep to night with so  many disturbing things.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://geetashekar.blogspot.com/feeds/2867868649630625117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://geetashekar.blogspot.com/2010/04/daily-happenings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/375611174445268286/posts/default/2867868649630625117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/375611174445268286/posts/default/2867868649630625117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://geetashekar.blogspot.com/2010/04/daily-happenings.html' title='daily happenings'/><author><name>geeta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08155693620253042089</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>