Diary

Come and say hello.  I am flesh and blood like you. My blood is blue inside and but bright red when it hits oxygen just like you.  I get scared of things just like you.  I believe things just like you.  I get tired just like you.  I am scared for the future just like you.  I have to make choices just like you.  Your very presence, enriches my existence more than you will ever know.

I got this letter and I asked Sri if I could post it here. Sri is from Nepal. He contacted me through Facebook. He asked me to correct the grammar slightly so it would be clear. The content is exactly the same.

“Dear Sarah,

Would you please drop this message to the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) at Newyork? Your little contribution will save life of thousands of women being victim of dowry each year in Nepal, specially of those living in Terai region. This year about 90 girls sacrificed their life and many of them lost their parents because of dowry.

Dowry has been a social evil since our ancestors inour society and each year it takes lives of many girls. Because of this concept of dowry, girls are compelled to commit various dangerous events such as taking poison, suicide by rope, spreading kerosene over the body to burn themselves, and using knives and other equipment to end their lives. The women are dominated by the men and behave in a bad manner. Men take females as material to rub the thirst of sex and their womb as a machine for the production of baby. Girls after marriage are given severe pain by men. Parents of females in this culture are pressured to collect and and save dowry, instead of educating them. Parents spend their whole life in tension being harassed.

No government of Nepal, Ngo’s or INGO’S are helping us solve and eradicate this problem. It must be done at a grassroots level. Governments are only interested political gain. In Nepal, due to political instability and deep corruption, no any plan has been successful. All the budget and financial help from assisting countries like America and UN has gone in vain because of corrupted politicians and weak government policy. Government hasn’t cared about this evil problem yet seriously and hasn’t shown any intenson to eradicate it from deep rooted traditions in our society. Due to bad government, lack of strict rules and regulations to be action upon those illegal activities even NGO’S and INGO’S have failed to implement any program successfully. They have shown many false report and corrupted more than 50% of projected budget. So now it has become intolerable to me and I want to eradicate this problem immediately as soon as possible. This is possible only when I will get support from UN.

Therefore Sarah, I heartily request you please contribute your little efforts to share this letter and save the lives of thousands women being victimized by the burden of dowry each year, who are leading lives with no mercy in Nepal. I would be very grateful to you if in anyway you could also drop this message in right hand i.e. To the honest staff of the headquarter of United Nations in New york. If possible, please drop in the hand of secretary general of UN Ban ki- moon. I hope you will surely contribute your efforts to relief women from chronic pain of dowry.

I look forward to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Sri chandan Jaiswal”

So does anyone know how to get a letter to the U.N.?