Out of the twelve schools I went through the 60s-70s, seven were missionary schools. Like others I went to school in the day & returned home to the safety, warmth & comfort of my family in the evenings.
Besides academics, I enjoyed the extra curricular activities these schools offered - in theatre, elocution, debate, music & sports.
I have many fond memories of those schools & some teachers left an lasting impression & lessons that serve me well to date.
I have many fond memories of those schools & some teachers left an lasting impression & lessons that serve me well to date.
It was however, in a missionary boarding school where I spent a year that I changed my opinion completely about this system of education & the influences it yields from morning to night, day after day without the cocooning protection of parents.
It is here that I witnessed such casual cruelty to small children that thereafter I mistrusted anyone who claimed to be a Servant of God.
What was worse was that it was mostly the Indian nuns, in charge of dormitories & kitchen that showed their worst side.
What was worse was that it was mostly the Indian nuns, in charge of dormitories & kitchen that showed their worst side.
Either the foreign ones knew & turned a blind eye I’m not sure. But the Kapos, did their job well.
Last year when skeletons came tumbling out of Canadian residential schools that were home to some of the most harrowing examples of abuse against indigenous children
Last year when skeletons came tumbling out of Canadian residential schools that were home to some of the most harrowing examples of abuse against indigenous children
many bad memories bubbled forth.
No doubt, some of us came out unscathed.
Others with recollections they would rather forget…
And then there is #Lavanya who paid with her life.
No doubt, some of us came out unscathed.
Others with recollections they would rather forget…
And then there is #Lavanya who paid with her life.
That feeling of being alone, afraid, abandoned in the face of aggressive proselytising is real.
#LavanyaSuicide #StandUpForJustice
#LavanyaSuicide #StandUpForJustice
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