Tuesday, February 24, 2009

436 - 24th - Behind the bars

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 24th Feb'09

Poverty is a curse which makes small kids work hard for a living when it is their age to attend school and build a foundation for their future. They have to toil for hours just to make a few bucks.

This little girl in the picture is an example of how hard life can become. She was sitting by the street playing music and singing along. She had a small bowl in front of her for people to drop money. From time to time she used to get up and change places; hoping for a newer set of people and a bit more money.

She hid her face when she saw me taking her photo. So I went to her, dropped a 5 peso coin in her bowl and asked if I could just take a few. She nodded her head in acceptance and continued with her "business".

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