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I am only one in a Billion. 
  I don't say that with pride. I am saying that as I think of how really insignificant I am in this vast world with all the people on it. I feel small. I have had nightmares. Everyone does. 
But you can't imagine the night mares some people have. At least, times I have to admit, I would not want to. 
I watched in horror and not disbelief as a report I have been seeing from a Channel News I get here (yes in English.. Online) has been doing undercover reports of Human Slavery in India. This is mostly of women. 
 This is no shock to me because over the last 20 years with all the reading and research that has been shown about India there has been much said about Slavery in the past. But mums the word from the actual Government recently in this Century of course. they don't want to lose their status as Leading Global Economic Potential. that would make them look bad. 
 I have to admit, though, I can read all I want to about it and I still cry when I see reports of this happening. 
 I feel even smaller as I know that I want to scream out to help these helpless women and yet, I can not help, because I don't have the money. 
  I wonder how, if I were a woman or a little girl in this country, how I would survive. Would I have the same fate as these women? 
  I watched this Documentary two different times, trying to absorb it all. I know that this had been happening but to see the faces of the helpless women and to see the hurt in their eyes and the hopelessness of their situation. It was really heart wrenching. 
 The Government of India does not allow this practice to happen however, it is hard to control and  according to one interview with a woman What is her fate if she were to escape?  Can you imagine worse fate than being sold into slavery?
  Traditions and Different Cultures set me apart from the girls and women in India, but that is all. The only reason I am where I am is because I was born in USA. What if I were born in India? Would my life be like these poor women? 
   People say this is a new practice in India. I would be more inclined to say that people are hearing about it now, but heavens, I am sure it has just not stopped and people are starting to be more vocal about it now that India and China (yes... It is happening in China too) are becoming more and more chummy with America. 

(Please consider this:) There was what used to be a law imposed by the British Raj, called Veth.  
  What this meant was when someone just got off a train or ship from the Western World (namely Great Britain), the little boys would have to get the bags of the British. If not there were punishments of imprisonment and fines, because the Indian people were considered slaves to the British Raj. 
They were to remain that way until the Revolution in 1947, and finally were considered a Free Country in about 1954. (You Don't Remember the Gandhi Story?) So, really how new is this slavery been going on?
I don't want this to be a slam against India. Human trafficking has been going on all over the world, not just in India. I just happened to see this Documentary about India's Bride Trafficking and my heart went out to these girls. The men were so blatant about it and so unfeeling. It made me hurt for them. Not only that, As I said India is growing and thriving and in the poorer districts, the women and children are being taken. I talked about girls but little boys are being taken to labor camps. They have the highest rate right now of Trafficking and Bride Trafficking. There is an estimated 250,000 Nepalese Women in the red light districts of India in 1999 and they said back then that 5,000-7,000 girls between the ages of 10-14 are taken for brothels. Some of them barely 9 .Below are some of the faces of India's Bride Trafficking. I can't help but think that I just happened to be born in USA and had a decent life. The fate of these women and children are unknown. I am so sad for these women and wish I could help.

This  woman was taken against her will and it was so long ago she can not remember when she was taken.

This man is interviewing a Traffick Bride, taken against her will

This woman said she feels there is nothing to live for anymore. She was taken from her Village, and has no way to escape the rape, beatings and abuse she has endured.