Nangla's Delhi

This young man, probably fifteen to sixteen years old, sees the first rays of the morning sun only after having earned two to four hundred rupees. He keeps the length of his hair long. A sack always hangs on his shoulder. His face is dark, and he always chews tobacco.

He can be seen in places where probably everyone hesitates to go. He collects money from the ground, but money which probably no one else would agree to pick up. He bends his body forward to pick up anything he finds, and puts it in his sack.

Dogs and pigs follow him around. But he roams fearlessly in places around Nangla where garbage is thrown. He picks up whatever he finds – plastic bottles, scraps of paper – with his hands or a wire that he carries with him. He pokes the object with the hard, long wire, picks up the object, and it goes straight into his sack. He also carries a stick, at one end of which he has attached a magnet. Whatever the magnet catches, he deposits in the broad iron vessel with steep sides, which he also carries with himself.

He finishes his work before the sun rises; and then drinks tea with everyone else in a tea stall in Nangla. He disappears with the appearance of the sun.

bedo @ 01.01.2007 18:04 CEST
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