Out of the Ashes

(Slum child learning to read and write) Since returning to Indi@, I moved to a new house and outside the comforts of the government cantonment area in which I lived before. I used to always say the part of the city I lived in before didn’t feel like Indi@. While there were poor people, very rarely did you see beggars. I have now moved into “Indi@”.  While the other house and part of the town I lived in before had it’s own oppression, it was felt differently. Before, I lived at the top of the mountain close to many Buddhi$t, Mu$lim and H!ndu temp1es and mo$ques. Many of the locals here believe G0d resides in the mountains and more so in the peaks.   Therefore many temples are built in the high places. The government also took over the high places to be used as a fortress and defense against enemy attacks. There was a clear oppression felt living in this area, with the false relig1ons and false id0ls and g0ds being wor$hipped so religiou$ly each day.   It had this biting, ta