by B. R. GOWANI
Jamie Lynne Grumet’s three-year old boy sucking her breast. “The World Health Organization recommends breast-feeding ‘up to two years of age or beyond.’ The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that ‘babies should continue to breast-feed for a year and for as long as is mutually desired by the mother and baby.'” PHOTO/Time TEXT/USA Today
the newsstand sales are down
please! please! please!
in the name of capitalism
for the sake of economy
and for financial health of TIME
buy our magazine
Jamie wouldn’t sit and nurse
till you enhance our sales
have some pity on her malnourished legs
“When we arrived in Cebu, our boat was met by a fleet of paddling beggars. They held out home-made coin-catchers while ferry passengers tossed coins and food scraps. Not an easy way to earn breakfast, but then nothing’s easy for those at the bottom of the food chain in the Philippines.” PHOTO/Chris
please have some mercy
God has blessed you with so much
since last two days
my child is without milk
please help us
may God bless you
“Half of Mumbai’s 12 million inhabitants live in shantytowns, and many of them—like this mother and child—survive by begging.” PHOTO/National Geographic
in the name of God
please give me some money
to buy milk for this child
may Lord bless you with many children
and turn you into a milllionaire
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com