{"id":3664,"date":"2015-12-08T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T09:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2015-12-08T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T09:23:32","slug":"taken-at-the-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/taken-at-the-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Taken at the Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is class:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sex workers from Maharashtra&#8217;s Ahmednagar district dipped into their savings and survived on just one meal a day to collect Rs 1 lakh as a donation towards relief work in rain-ravaged Chennai. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Of the around 3,000 sex workers in the district in western Maharashtra, almost 2,000 contributed to the relief fund, Snehalaya founder Girish Kulkarni said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These women were restless when they came to know of the deluge in Chennai. They decided that they should do something to help residents there&#8230; We are in touch with Delhi-based NGO Goonj for ensuring further relief to the people of Chennai,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And this is crass:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pranitha Timothy writes how her team was stopped, banner forcefully tied on ambulance, JJ pics put on all supplies <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lmqyBgB8o9\">pic.twitter.com\/lmqyBgB8o9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iamtssudhir\/status\/674146706808680448\">December 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There is something terribly unfair about this world. That is fine, the dice drops where it does, this is how it is. But if you, reading, this, are a believer, tell me this: where the fuck is your god?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is class:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sex workers from Maharashtra&#8217;s Ahmednagar district dipped into their savings and survived on just one meal a day to collect Rs 1 lakh as a donation towards relief work in rain-ravaged Chennai. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Of the around 3,000 sex workers in the district in western Maharashtra, almost 2,000 contributed to the relief fund, Snehalaya founder Girish Kulkarni said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These women were restless when they came to know of the deluge in Chennai. They decided that they should do something to help residents there&#8230; We are in touch with Delhi-based NGO Goonj for ensuring further relief to the people of Chennai,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And this is crass:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded tweet]<\/p>\n<p>There is something terribly unfair about this world. 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