While we were at the India gate, we were constantly begged by young children and young Indian women (who looked like Gypsies to me) for money. Sushil had warned us that these women would try to draw on us and then demand a tip. At one point while near the monument I saw a young child, who had been begging, give an American dollar to what appeared to be a father-like Indian man. I wondered if the end goal of their actions were to help financially support their family. I could only imagine it was... Sushil also urged us to try the Indian ice cream while we were here. As we purchased and consumed ice cream, I was followed by a few young children. A young pretty little girl, who looked to be about my daughter's age, followed me as I ate my ice cream. She wanted me to buy her bracelet. When I kept walking away, she quit asking for money but instead started asking for my ice cream. She wanted to trade me her bracelet for the rest of my ice cream. I could not finish my ice cream as I wanted to just give her my half-eaten ice cream bar that she begged for. I wondered what she'd do with it though besides just eat it.. it had no monetary value.. she could not give her father-like Indian man a half eaten ice cream bar!
This field experience in India is meant to put us in uncomfortable positions at time.. This was one of mine today.
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ReplyDeleteI saw a news reporter standing right where you stood this morning on the news! Apparently India just successfully launched a missal capable of carrying a nuke 3,000 miles, which could hit Beijing and Shanghai China.
ReplyDeleteHave you heard news of this? How have the Indian people reacted to the news?
India want to be in par with China when it comes to the defense of the country. Indian military found out that Chinese Navy is being spying on Indian coasts, so Indian government want to be prepared to any kind of attach from China.
DeleteWe are taught in schools not to give any kind of money or food to kids because it will let them think that begging is ok and they would then do it for rest of their life....and more over I heard there is a big scale mafia that hire kids to beg and the kids at the end of the day should go and give them the entire amount they earned that day to them.
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