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Some people are fortunate and some are not. Some g...

2011-03-14T17:51:52.498+05:30

Some people are fortunate and some are not. Some get to the top, while some fall to the ground and doesn't know how to pick themselves up again.

Still some use begging to con others and some are honest.

Getting out of a tough spot is a choice, no one else will make that choice for you.

And we can't make those choices for the ones who beg.

who ever can not put money in a beggars plate is t...

2011-01-25T07:41:01.287+05:30

who ever can not put money in a beggars plate is the biggest beggar in this world.

No need of this much analysis to drop one or two coins.

If you think they are the most hard working people than you,some of them are pushed to beggary as the last hope to live.
Some of them don't know anything else to do.

They are not as cunning and as cruel as the rest of communities like this ,to do any thing to live.

Though you are not putting anything,its ok.

But dont spoil others also

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2009-12-19T06:43:06.807+05:30

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2009-11-15T00:45:17.731+05:30

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Nice posting. Yes you are right Juhi. Nataliya is ...

2009-09-25T11:00:48.443+05:30

Nice posting.
Yes you are right Juhi. Nataliya is going out of the discussion.

Surely the beggar offers a service by providing th...

2009-08-05T16:49:25.233+05:30

Surely the beggar offers a service by providing the opportunity for a person to be charitable and thereby feel good about themselves.

I remember a woman in Mumbai with a small child sitting on a pavement in the same place for a week or so. I gave her a contribution each day which she acknowledged with a smile.

One day she was gone and I felt concerned, what had happened to her, was her baby alright, had it been taken ill, has she been arrested and perhaps beaten.

Some time later at Delhi Railway Station I saw her getting off a train, she looked well and so did her baby and I was pleased.

My contributions had provided the opportunity for her to move on - the cost to me was minimal but the opportunity it provided her and her child was, it seemed, a positive one.

hehe.... no natalia, not exams abhi tohh. But busy...

2009-04-23T14:54:00.000+05:30

hehe.... no natalia, not exams abhi tohh. But busy with rambhai work. Would write soon waise...

Are you hibernating or are exams eating into your ...

2009-04-23T11:10:00.000+05:30

Are you hibernating or are exams eating into your time?

I stopped watching Star World and Chanel [V] a lon...

2009-04-17T10:14:00.000+05:30

I stopped watching Star World and Chanel [V] a long time ago. It is mu Mom who is a fan of that 'Bai' of the [V] guys. She is especially fond of that line 'Itna paisa mein itnaich milenga'! Anyway, I prefer programs on TV5 Monde Asie these days.

TAHM is 'two and half men' ... a sitcom we people ...

2009-04-09T10:29:00.000+05:30

TAHM is 'two and half men' ... a sitcom we people watch to get out of our boring lives :P.. somewhat like FRIENDS and scrubs.

Cant believe you watch channel V but not star world!

What is TAHM? Talking about 'Bais' in our humour, ...

2009-04-09T10:04:00.000+05:30

What is TAHM? Talking about 'Bais' in our humour, even Channel [V] programmes are brought to you 'bai' some company, and not brought to you 'by' some company!

why are you comparing my posts yaar... they two ar...

2009-04-07T19:54:00.000+05:30

why are you comparing my posts yaar... they two are completely different.
The bai blog was meant to be funny and exploring while the beggar blog was a serious blog and was more experimental. Secondly, we dont observe beggars and we have never given thought about them. Rarely have they been highlighted by media. But Baees have been a part of our lives and humor (from 'dekh bhai dekh' to 'TAHM' all have maids playing dominant comic roles) and hence it was easier to write about them.

As for beggars, it becomes difficult.

Neway... nice to know about this although.

Nowhere in comparison to The 'Bai' Blog! Not as gr...

2009-04-07T18:47:00.000+05:30

Nowhere in comparison to The 'Bai' Blog! Not as great ideas and insights here..

or if they want typical AC, they can grip a live w...

2009-04-06T21:16:00.000+05:30

or if they want typical AC, they can grip a live wire!!
hehe sorry fawkes (haldi)... just kidding.

If some wants a typical AC, ask them to visit a el...

2009-04-06T12:22:00.000+05:30

If some wants a typical AC, ask them to visit a electronics showroom!

As for writing a post, this are the instances tha stand out in my memory. It's good to talk about these things, especially after Slumdog Milionaire took the Indian Begging Mafia all over the world.

There are lazy beggars and then there are those who are forced into it. I get a gut-wrenching feeling when I see amputees begging. I was horrified when my dad, an orthopaedic surgeon himself, told that once a bunch of orthopaedic surgeons had been arrested for amputating children and that they were working for begging mafias. Whatever happenend to the Hippocratus Oath?

hehe....glad too see you wrote an entire post as a...

2009-04-06T11:42:00.000+05:30

hehe....glad too see you wrote an entire post as a comment to this. :)

But cool observations. You are in fact very right about begging mafias. Once I saw this beggar who was begging and showing people that he was handicapped. But then I saw him comfortably crossing the railway line on both his feet when he saw an approaching train. :P

And thats the reason why I chose such a topic. Now what can I do if some people feel it is not typical ac. :D

If a beggar earns Rs. 5000 a month, that makes it ...

2009-04-06T10:50:00.000+05:30

If a beggar earns Rs. 5000 a month, that makes it Rs.166.66 per day. That's way above the Rs. 12 per day that we have set as the poverty line. In fact it's nearly 14 times the amount!

Since you were talking about the innovative ways these people come up with for begging, here are some of the things that I've seen.

1. Beggars, mostly kids, keeping touching your feet while demanding alms. They nearly perform the Surya namaskar over and over again to get money. Ofcourse they wouldn't know its the Surya Namaskar! I never fell for such tactics. This can be seen at Panvel station, just outside Bombay.

2. Beggars parents and kids alike blacked thier hands and faces with soot. They aren't really dirty. I saw some kids doing that again on Panvel bus stand. That family of beggars then to a bus to heir village, a few stops outside Panvel! Can you beat that? It must have cost them atleast 50 bucks for the whole family. They travel to and fro on that route everyday.

3. Small kids, perfectly capable of walking, act like toddlers. They older ones carry them on their waists while begging. Once I saw a bunch of kids begging like this. Some police constables arrived on the scene. The first kid to flee the place was the one siting on the waist, feigning her age. My friend asked me what went wrong becoz all the beggars had started running for their life. I told him it was the police they were afraid of. He was confused. I enlighenend him about the fact that begging is an IPC offence. He was stunned. I also told him that policemen extract bribes from beggars. He was furthermore confused. What could a policeman possibly ge from a beggar was his question. I told him that beggars roughly earn Rs.150 to Rs.200 per day so they can afford bribes. My friend looked liked he had never read newspapers and told me that he was learning about the begging mafia and their revenues for the first time. Talk about ignorance! I bet there must be many more people like him.

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2009-04-06T01:01:00.000+05:30

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2009-04-05T16:53:00.000+05:30

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