The Trade

Head shaved, tattered clothes, aged about six, his face covered in muck and dirt, slowly and stealthily he approached the table on which donations of the day were kept in the camp.

These were donated to the Anganwadi (government run village play schools for kids aged 3-6 years) of the village.

The boy seemed to take great interest in only one particular toy. "Madam give me that motorcycle, will you?", the boy asked.