Why does the feeling of equality that the ballot box provides not extend to the most people’s lives?
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The feeling of equality that the ballot box provides does not extend to most people’s lives. The following reasons are responsible for this:
The increasing privatisation of health services and the neglect of government hospitals have made it difficult for most poor people like Kanta, Hakim Sheikh and Aman to get good quality healthcare.
A small juice seller does not have the resources to compete with all of the major companies who sell branded drinks through expensive advertising.
Farmers like Swapna do not have sufficient resources to grow cotton and so have to take a loan from the traders to grow their crops. This forces them to sell their cotton at a lower price.
Melani like the millions of domestic workers across the country, is forced to endure the insults and hardships of working as a domestic help because she has no resources to set up something on her own.
All adults in India have the equal right to vote during elections and this "power over the ballot box" has been used by people to elect or replace their representative. But this feeling of equality that the ballot box provides does not extend to most people's lives. Poverty, religion, caste, and sex are the key factors why so many people's lives in India are highly unequal.