STREET BEGGARS

STREET BEGGARS

 

Street beggars are common sight in big cities. Clad in rags, shivering with cold, they can be seen everywhere begging in the name of God.

 

Obvious reasons for the evil are illiteracy, poverty and unemployment. There are quite a few how take to begging because of it. But another reason is that begging has become quite a playing profession. Many evil practices have come into existence because of it. Kids are kidnapped and sold to be trained and used for begging. At times they are brutally crippled, made lame, blind etc. these get more alms as their miserable plight arouses sympathy. They suffer while their oppressors reap the benefits.

 

Broadly speaking, beggars are of two types—able-bodied and disabled. The able-bodied can work and earn their livelihood, but if they did not get work initially, now they do not want to work. They find begging easier and more profitable. The disabled, some due to natural causes and others due to their mentors, have no option.

 

Beggars are a great nuisance. They are a blot on humanity. They even indulge in many criminal activities. They must be apprehended, taught come craft and made to work. The kidnappers, they sellers and the owners who make the kids beg, should be given exemplary punishments. 

 

It is our moral duty to help the weak, the hungry and the suffering people. But the dispensing alms as charity, we do not help them. We should help to educate and rehabilitate them.