New Delhi: Even as human trafficking remains a major curse in this country as in the rest of the world, the conviction rate as against the cases filed was a mere 0.6 per cent last year.
And though an American report claims that 15 per cent of the cases relating to human slavery are solved every year in India, there is unfortunately very little sympathy or support for those who are fighting against human slavery often at the cost of their lives.
According to Kailash Satyarthi of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, ‘human memory is very short. We are hurt but what we very quickly forget’.
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“Indian children go missing in India every eight minutes”, said Satyarthi, one of the prominent human rights activists interviewed in the film. “These children become slaves. They work in factories and in brothels, and they number in the millions.” He called for an End Child Slavery Week globally from 20 November.
The remarks came soon after the special screening of Oscar nominee Robert Bilheimer’sNot My Life, the first film to depict the harsh realities of human trafficking on a global scale, during a press meet at the India International Centre in the capital on 26 June.
The meet was addressed in addition to Satyarthi by Doordarshan Director General Tripurari Sharan, eminent filmmaker Mike Pandey, Mr K B Kachru of Carlson and the Carlson Family Foundation, and Ms Sumitra Mishra of iPartner India.
Doordarshan will telecast the 56-minute documentary dubbed in Hindi film in its international premiere on 29 June at 9.30 pm. The telecast is sponsored by Carlson and the Carlson Family Foundation.
A heart-rending film that moved all those who saw it, Not My Life is a co-production of Worldwide Documentaries, and Riverbank Studios in Delhi. The film was filmed on five continents in a dozen countries over a period of more than four years.
Speaking on the occasion, Doordarshan Director General Tripurari Sharan said Doordarshan had joined the endeavour to take the film to the remotest corners of the country and overseas where it is seen, so that it can create the right kind of impact about the horrors of human trafficking. He said only a public service broadcaster could do this kind of work.
Mike Pandey of Riverbank Studios who co-produced the film said the Earth Matters Foundation is actively involved in creating awareness amongst the common people about the problems around them, whether they relate to human slavery or to the degradation of the earth. He said the film emphasised “the urgent need for a nationwide collective effort at all levels if we want slavery to end. This alone will ensure a secure future for our children and a life without fear”
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