Saturday, 24 November 2012
Temple leeches
While I feel sorry for most beggars in India (but my generosity is reigned by the various mafias and sheer background of poverty) it is not so for the temple beggars. Hindus believe that money should be given on a pilgrimage and so a number of beggars, some with very clear disabilities, cluster at the temples. When passing a row of them they raise their arms as I approach, creating a kind of mexican wave. Much as the leeches in Kerala, which stand end up when searching for food, begin to wave around when they each sense movement. The hand gestures are combined with a similar annoying phrase, which rises in pitch and volume as it becomes clear I'm just going to walk by. I hate them. I have my doubts about each of them that seems to suffer from what can only be described as limp wrist
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