Born To Beg.. And Achieve a Daily Target or Get Beaten or Burnt, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.
Most of the earlier kids I shot were branded on their faces but mostly on the buttocks they told me and they had to bring in money or get severely punished ,sometimes beaten by drunk parents hands broken, and so the kids sought shelter with adult kids were used abused and if they got pregnant it wa a blessing in disguise as the new born child is a bonus more money than the bigger kids.. these are hardened kids they have lost all sense of touch or love .. some take to gambling stealing or move to other towns ..
The parents fuck, grumble and gamble fully drunk.. once this community stayed on a Mound near Rang Shards Hotel close to where I live in the open ground..
They make good money on holidays feast days and the best time is the Mount Mary fair selling flowers or begging in torn tattered clothes .. some kids are purposely made to beg nude as than people give them clothes to cover their shame , that again are sold off ..
And I am not an activist I shoot pictures that society hates too see .. and the only way they are kept at bay is charging them a fine of Rs 1200 , and they find ways to pay it and continue some of them during the Mount Mary fair make as much as 1000 a day.. a good amount by any standards.
These kids have watched the eunuchs hijras and now some of them , the women dress up as hijras and collect more loot.
