The Taj was sweet, I sat on a roof and enjoyed the view for free! I headed to the train station early, and just sat on the platform reading and watching people.
A group of beggar children came up asking for baksheesh, and I told them no, but bought them some juice and insisted that they drink it right then (otherwise they sell it back to the shopkeeper for a couple rupees) they posed for some pictures, and I taught them how to beg in English!
Almost all the begger kids in India are working for a syndicate. They live and eat together somewhere, and pay all the money they earn from begging to the leader. Who through fear and dependence keeps the kids in his pocket. Many of the deformed beggars are mutilated intentionally to earn more money (Think Slumdog Millionaire)
The way to stop this, is to cut off the money to the leaders of these syndicates, as hard as it is - stop giving money to these children... But buying them food, and making sure its opened or watching the kids eat it, is a way to help them without paying into the corruption.
A group of beggar children came up asking for baksheesh, and I told them no, but bought them some juice and insisted that they drink it right then (otherwise they sell it back to the shopkeeper for a couple rupees) they posed for some pictures, and I taught them how to beg in English!
Almost all the begger kids in India are working for a syndicate. They live and eat together somewhere, and pay all the money they earn from begging to the leader. Who through fear and dependence keeps the kids in his pocket. Many of the deformed beggars are mutilated intentionally to earn more money (Think Slumdog Millionaire)
The way to stop this, is to cut off the money to the leaders of these syndicates, as hard as it is - stop giving money to these children... But buying them food, and making sure its opened or watching the kids eat it, is a way to help them without paying into the corruption.
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