India - The Factory

One of my jobs on the trip to India was to tour the local companies, factories and businesses of the towns and villages we visited. We toured glass cutting factories, chicken farms, slaughter houses, shrimp farms, and rug making factories, just to name a few. Although many of the scenes I experienced in the factories are etched in my mind forever, one manufacturing company stands out because of it’s interesting “benefits” and “practices.” As always, the men controlled the company and the women were merely pawns. The women had to sign a contract before starting employment stating that they would meditate each day, conform to the company uniform policy and agree to be a subject of bio-feed back each quarter. Not bad for a steady job in a horrible economy – but once they were there other tests were performed too…

The company provided a day care for the women’s children while they worked: 15-20 kids in a small room – but they were monitored very closely, you see they were all test subjects while in their mother’s wombs. Once a female worker conceived (we didn’t ask how) she spent her lunch break for nine months watching television, either violent movies or religious propaganda (of course, with sessions of bio-feedback.) Once the children were born, they were divided into two groups and separated; mother’s who watched the violent movies and mothers who watched the religious propaganda. These children were being monitored for their behavior. Did the movies their mother‘s watch influence and affect the children’s behavior after birth. It was all a big human behavior science project. Yikes.

All was not bad – each female worker received a free facial every quarter.