2. INTRODUCTION
The moment you stop your car at the traffic red
light, you see a dirty looking woman with a child
in her arm come running to you or a little boy
with running nose banging your car window or a
handicapped old man asking for alms. This is a
common sight in India. You will find many of
these people in the railway stations, metro
stations, tourist spots, in temples and in many
areas where there is a regular crowd. At times,
out of sheer pity or out of fear from being cursed
by God or out of irritation, we tend to give them
some coins or money and shoo them away.
3. BEGGINGININDIAFORPOVERTY
In some cases, we find the entire family is involved in
begging. The family members keep on increasing with
marriage and birth and each of them gets into begging on
streets or temples. Children of such families do not go to
school but only beg. They have to do begging because their
family's income is not enough to feed the entire family in a
day. Here, poverty is one big reason for such a situation,
But at the same time, begging is not the solution for such a
situation.
5. BEGGINGIN
INDIAASA
SCAM
The beggars are trained to become very persistent while
begging that you are bound to give them money. This is
especially true for foreigners when they do not know how to
react in such situations and ultimately give money to the
beggars. Some of the young beggars also become anti-social
elements of the country. They get into drugs. To buy drugs,
they start with begging first, then slowly graduate to pick
pocketing and then move on to bigger scams like robbing and
killing.