Who's the real criminal for begging?

I still have the vivid memory of those days when I was in Delhi for almost a year and used to take metro to commute from Sector 16 Noida to Barakhamba. On my en route, i used to see this lady, who begged every day accompanied by her child. From early morning to late night, she used to do begging in the name of her child’s injury. One fine day she came up to me asking for help and said “I need money for my child’s treatment as my child is severely injured.” I did see a bandage on his head and blood coming out from it but I knew that it was fake blood. So I ignored it like every other person but the realization of the murky future that child might have and the innocence that is getting sabotaged due to his involvement in all this, made me distraught. At this age when a child should be studying, playing and exploring the enigma of universe, he is being deprived of all of this.

Deluged with these thoughts, I couldn’t resist myself and called upon her as to know the reason behind her begging when she is sufficient enough of earning by doing any work of her caliber.

To this she said, madam ji “we are doing this because our master (Malik) forces us to do begging and earn money for him (Malik).”

Listening to this I didn't have any words to say at that time, so I simply bought one packet of chips and handed it over to her child. That incident kept me thinking the whole day about that lady and her helplessness. Though begging is a crime in our country, she was not a criminal in my eyes. I believe, the real criminal here is that Master who takes advantage of the vulnerability and immense sufferings of the poverty stricken and exploit them to a point where they are left with no other option but begging.

If our system really need to bring some change and stop such evil practices like begging, then it is required to find these masters and put them behind the bars. Also, the Government should initiate some welfare schemes to eradicate the root-cause i.e. the crippling socio-economic conditions which compels the poor people to earn money and suffice their basic needs through begging.

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