Idea of progress

Marcelli Celina TSTMG2

Idea of progress

The notion I'm going to deal with is location and forms of power. The idea of progress can be defined as an improvement, a developpement our a change, a technical, scentific or social   advance a track contributes to making the world a better place. It's a very wide topic so we will focus one a particular aspect wich is india on the move. The culture in india is very different from our in france. In india there is " Caste system ". In India there is big cities as New delhi for exemple. New Delhi is the capital city of India, or there is Bangalore nicknamed the " Silicon Valley of India " what is called. There is as well Mumbaï, where the indian film industry is based. (Bolywood) 

 In the first part we will talk about the text " Another Girl". In india, girls are often unwanted children. In the fist document we can see Kavita, a young women.  Kavita had decided to give birth to her child in an abandoned hut, not far from her home. When she gave birth, she whisper at her midwife to go seek kavita's sister. When the sun rises, Jasu, the father of the child come in the hut saying “where is my little prince ?”. He is looking for the child, Kavita answered him “ your little princess is right here.”  Jasu is angry. He wanted a boy. Kavita hears the shrillness oh her voice, feels the tension flood into her limbs. She wants to keep her child. Her husband takes a few steps toward he, then his face softens. He explain to him that they can not keep the child because they need a boy to help them in the fields, and they will not be able to pay the dowry. It’s not a rich family. Kavita does not want to hear anything from her husband, his eyes filled with tears. She knows he can not keep her little girl, she ask him for a night with her child and tells him that he can pick her up the next day. Jasu remains silent, looking down at his feet and he tells him “please”.

In the second part we will talk about he great Indian Dream. Mahatma Gandhi is an important man in India, he is the man who conducted modern India to independence. He said : “ Indian’s future is not in the cities but in the hands of people of the land.” He was sure that India’s future belonged to farmers and to people coho live in the countryside it is true that even today 750 millions people live on farms. India women are strong and resilient.  Indian women have inspired their men with their quiet resilience unshakable strength. Today, they can benefit from an educational program. This program gives boys and girls new opportunities to have a better life. In India, next to modern cities there are shanty …. we learn that India is changing rapidly: from a poor country, it is becoming in emerging country. Cities live Bangalore have high-tech cities. There you can find international industries. The people who work in these find constitute the new Indian middle class. They have a custom way of life.

In the third part we will talk about the text “ Changing India”. The scene takes place in New Delhi. It’s a color photography. We can see two girls on a scooter. They are wearing jeans and tee-shirt. They are in a street of a big Indian city. The two girls are far from the traditional stereotype of India. Their clothes, their lives are customized. The text is entitled “changing India” so we can imagine that it’s going to be about the many change India is undergoing. This text is an extract from an article for the famous newspaper, The New York Times. The title of this article is “ Farewell to an Indian I hardly knew” written by Anand GIRIDHARADAS in 2009. The writer was born in America but his parents are Indian and left their country because wanted to have a better life. Anand wanted to go India and live there to discover his country and understand it by himself. He wanted to have a personal view of his country. The Indians are in a new state of mind. They can decide about their own lives by themselves. For the writer, the most important change is that they don’t have to leave their country, to emigrate, to lead a decent life. Children from lower casts become graduates. Young people can develop their own identity through cell phones. People decide to become vegetarians or meat-eaters without paying attention to tradition or religion. In fact, modern-day Indians make their own decisions about their life, they don’t accept to follow their ancestors’ rules any more.

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