Sonu Sood Calls for Human Rights Education Program About Government Food Schemes

“Yes, the law and rights to food and shelter exist, but how many people are really enjoying it – in the heartland there’s a lot of classism, there are a lot of people not aware of their rights and, like what this Born Free and Equal podcast is doing, it’s just about bringing that awareness – awareness of your rights. Half of the people, I would say five out of 10 people, they are not aware, or if they are aware, they don’t know how to make use of their rights. So, I think that that’s a little bit of a knowledge that needs to be given to these guys.”

Sonu was joined on the podcast by actress Sheena Chohan, South Asia Ambassador for United for Human Rights, who was awarded the Hero Award at the United Nations in New York last year. Sheena said: “The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Indian Constitution make it clear that people have a right to these basic rights. Article 47 of our Constitution says raising the level of nutrition, standard of living and health is among the state’s most important duties. So, it’s wonderful to have someone like Sonu, who has done so much to provide for those without food and shelter in this crisis, call for education programs which would permanently see that awareness of the food schemes provided by the government to comply with the constitution, reach everyone who needs it.”

Sonu Sood further added, “I think people from the core of these societies, who are actually the real suffers – they should come forward and they should be a part of our team to send that message across – you deserve this, you need to be provided all these benefits that the government has made to reach you.