(*) Mother India

Here is a song lyric I want to share. It's not a new song, but a song that touched me. Imagine as we sit before our computers in our comfortable home, there is a large population of people in India that are suffering social injustice. They are called the Dalits (='downtrodden'), the "untouchables," or simply 'outside the caste system.' This is where you get the words and meaning of 'out-caste' or 'caste-out.' They are about a population of 250million people, roughly the size of the entire US population. Traditionally, they are treated worst than slaves. A lot of them have very little potential to succeed in the Indian society partly due to the 'Caste System,' partly due to traditions that other Indians hold on to. Jesus Christ, Son of God, in very nature God, declared that all man to be equal. Jesus spoke against the miss treatment of the poor, orphans, and widowed. Jesus also said that He will be their defender! Here are more information if you are interested:

http://www.dalitnetwork.org/
http://www.dalitvoice.org/

Mother India by Caedmon's Call
Father God, You have shed Your tears for Mother India
They have fallen to water ancient seeds
That will grow into hands to touch the untouchable
How blessed are the poor, the sick, the weak

Father, forgive me, for I have not believed
Like Mother India, I have groaned and grieved
Father, forgive me, I forgot Your grace
Your Spirit falls on India and captures me in Your embrace

The serpent spoke and the world believed its venom
Now we're ten to a room or compared with magazines

There's a land where our shackles turn to diamonds
Where we trade in our rags for a royal crown
In that place, our oppressors hold no power
And the doors of the King are thrown wide