Pure Water : Amniotic fluid


Its easy for me to type a few words…. expressing concern if my precious garden does not get water on any particular day.
Just half a kilometer away is a slum where in majority Muslims reside.


Over population….. children scampering barefoot on narrow slushy lanes with open drains containing raw sewage running parallel.
Not enough drinking water….& what ever is released on alternate days kills some of these children as they drink it un boiled.
To boil water their poor mother would need kerosene or some other fuel…every thing costs money.
The cost to boil water consistently would cost about a third of the earnings.
Then what about the cost of food?
Everyone in the slum drinks the water, usually without boiling, and water seems so natural that most mothers do not understand the threat it holds.
The water comes from cracked pipes that runs into the slum.
Some pipes run into a ditch filled with sewage.
Even though, the water is treated at its origin, sewage seeps into the water to generate one of the most deadly ailments in the world today: diarrhea.

For most families living in this slum--perhaps nothing would make more difference than clean drinking water and a toilet.
Naturally, most families has no concept of hygiene..With no running water. .

My maid ,who happens to live in the same slum...has been absent since 3 days ; quite an irritant factor..

As a result, I rang her brother who informed me that her pregnant daughter has lost the amniotic fluid. ...on Friday.
Its been 3 days.. will the baby be alive in the womb ??!
The thought, that I have been so indifferent to the maid’s problem is killing me .........
I tried to reach out and called the brother again with the thought of offering monetary help..

The ignorant man had switched his mobile off.

Perhaps tomorrow dawn will break with the cries of a baby.. conceivably not.

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