#Model_Essay #Poverty Question - 1 billion people in the | Essay Model Answers
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#Poverty
Question -
1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are
overweight.
Answer -
Human history is replete with the examples of distortionary developmental pattern.There has never been the case of ideally uniform type of societal development. Some sections have
recklessly exploited the ―global commons and some sections have not even availed the resources for basic needs fulfillment. And the developed gap of haves and have-nots has now reached all time high.
Though this rich and poor divide is visible in almost all walks of human lives, the issue of hunger of a big population and at the same time the issue of overweight owing to over-consumption of another big population are the most prevalent. While a large population is
struggling everyday for availing two meals square a day, another big number is finding tough to shed their flabby muscular body. The tussle between these two sections are in perpetual mode fueling the gap of scarcity-ridden section and abundant resourced section.
Food is the basic need of human. One cant live without it. In fact one cant do anything without a healthy body. Our entire effort throughout life goes for accessing better basic needs only. But suppose a section of society doesnt succeed in even availing this inevitable
need then what would be social-mental status of this section. Obviously there would be vigorous internal agitation in them and their frustration would spill over in the form of social evils, inhumane incidents, crime and all maladies would follow then.
Today a protracted population all over the world is passing through this inhumane , wretched and miserably hunger situations. They are fighting among themselves, committing
crime and even getting trapped in perpetual civil wars. Sub-Saharan African countries, central African countries, eastern African countries, south Asian countries and sporadic
aboriginal population are having a large population grappling with chronic hunger , malnutrition and many of its fallouts.Somalia, Eritria, Ethopia,Western Africa, central African Republic, Mali and Chad etc. are epitome of hunger situation.They have intense food
shortage, no source of income to
purchase food, hence trapped in complete vicious circle of chronic hunger. Even in case of south Asia the KBK region of Orissa in India, the tribal belt of Afghanistan and Pakistan are
reeling under the unbearable hunger problem.
These are some of indicative spatial locations but the situation of hunger is quite entrenched in almost all developing and under-developed countries. It is really inhumane situation to see a five year child looking far older than his age. The life expectancy in these places have
been too low( hovering around 30 year only). People become inhabitant of all diseases owing to low immunity. The situation of women is even more deplorable. Maternal mortality rate is too high and infant mortality rate is unimaginably higher.
In fact these are the poor who bear all the brunt of natural disaster, and vulnerable to all environmental
degradation. They are victim of slave trade, human trafficking and many
societal fallouts. They are pushed into naxalism, terrorism, sea-piracy and many human- induced crime.
For such a miserable situation of this sections various reasons can be attributed such as negligence on part of the state, colonial subvention of past, historical marginalization by
their society, displacement due to industrialization, loses of their habitats to predatory minors and conspicuous consumption of other section creating shortage of food resources.
Despite scarcity there are others section who are living luxuriant, extravagant and expensive lives. They are gulping and swallowing the global riches reasoning that if they won`t then
someone else will, so why they should not do themselves ( thanks to tragedy of commons).
