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Women and children are affected the most.
Who are affected the most by these widening gaps and rising inequalities?
Caste, religion and gender.
What are the causes of this divide in the Indian society?
What is the common theme between the two texts?
The common theme is the growing inequalities in terms of economy in India.
She was 18.
How old was Pratima when she has her first daughter?
In an urban slum next to the city of Patna, in the state of Bihar, in Eastern India.
Where does Pratima live?
The government barely taxes them.
What is the advantage that the government gives to the wealthiet citizens?
Who is possessing 70% of the total national wealth?
What is the point presented in this document published on the website oxfam.org ?
The point is to show that India is an unequal country which is divided between highly wealthy and terribly poor people.
The baby girl first.
Who was the first twin to die?
Because she was poorn she lived in an urabn slum and belong a marginalized family.
Why was Pratima not able to get the maternal health service?
70
How many new millionaires are there every day in India?
Medical tourism.
What type of tourism mentioned in the text is India known for?
Why do we learn about Pratima?
Pratima is used as a striking example of the situation of many people in India.
Pratima could have had 3 children.
How many children could Pratima have had?
Because Pratima had to wait for hours before she was operated.
Why did Pratima lost her baby girl in the primary health center ?
2 people are pushed to poverty every second.
What are the healthcare cost and its consequences?
The number increases of 92 people.
How many people became billionaire between 2000 and 2017?
How does the example of Pratima illustrate the first text ?
Pratima's example shows that if you don't have enough money, you can't have access to decent healthcare.
Her baby girl was dead in her belly because Pratima had a difficult pregnancy and not enough prenatal care.
Why did Pratima's twin daughter die?
Because their newborn son needs an expensive treatment.
Why does the family have a huge debt?
17%
What is India's part of global maternal deaths?
- the richest 1% got 73% of the wealth generated in 2017
- the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth
What does the writer want from us?
He wants ro raise people's awareness, he wants us to know about the situation so we can do something to change it.
Pratima's son was placed in a private clinic to be treated. Pratima and her husband had to borrow a lot of money. When they were no money, the boy was sent back to a public center where he died.
Why is Pratima's financial situation connected to the death of ther son?
Medical care is not accessible for everyone in India.
What can be said about inequalities in terms of medical care in India?