Monday, January 24, 2011

A strange tourist attraction: Delhi's street kids...


It's noisy, smoky, smelly, crowded and chaotic — not a part of New Delhi that you'd consider a tourist destination. But every morning, a young Indian guide shepherds a dozen or so visitors into the maze of alleys that surrounds the New Delhi railway station.

It's a tour called City Walk, onto the turf of the scruffy kids who beg, steal, shine shoes and smear car windows in an effort to make a few rupees.

The 18-year-old guide, Satender Sharma, is a former street kid himself, so he knows firsthand about the perils and freedoms of living by your wits in the city. More...

Don't miss:
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  4. India's brisk trade in child slaves...
  5. The prostitutes of Calcutta. Sad... 

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