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This is an archive article published on June 4, 2012

Salesman at Six 

The child was too keen,too innocent looking,too helpless,to do anything but plead with passers-by to buy from him.

Last evening at Delhi’s Bengali market,I spotted this 6-year-old boy selling mogra garlands. He was too keen,too innocent looking,too helpless,to do anything but plead with passers-by to buy from him. I stood by to observe him for a few minutes,he noticed I was taking pictures and squirmed. I cringed too,for all our lofty claims,something or the other starkly reminds us everyday of the injustices we heap on our children and the underprivileged. “Will you buy a mogra gajra and encourage child labour?” I pointedly asked a lady who was looking at the little boy’s wares. Guess I put her off. She withdrew but didn’t respond. I didn’t buy one either.

What would you do in a similar situation?

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