Shanti Bhavan
they say
“it takes a village
to raise a child …”
in India
they do this
in an incredible
way
watching the stories
unfold across the screen
it reminded me
of Wonka’s “Golden Ticket”
and how the boy from a poor family
is given an opportunity
to change his life, his family’s life
in the documentary series:
“Daughters of Destiny”
they go a step further
in changing all the lives of India
one child at a time
to come from a place of no books
no paper, no pen
then to be given a book
full of words
they don’t understand
and learn how to read those words
until they make sense
how to contemplate them
how to write them
how to re-write them
English, math, history, science, art
it can lift a child
from the darkest depth
out into the light
of understanding
not only themselves
their worth
but others
how the world
works
the good and the bad
the joy and the sorrow
the love and the hate
the giver and the taker
the connection
what it is to live
and what it is to die
TL