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Interviews with Poverty -- Introduction and Index

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Fruit vendor
	A blind street beggar plays flute through his nose, Bangalore
A beggar at the Mangeshi temple, Goa
	Born in poverty, raised in poverty. A girl of Santal tribe covers herself in West Bengal
The capital of her business does not buy a meal, so imagine her profits
	A carpenter hardly needs to wear clothes
Tribal women balancing work, errands and children
	An ascetic (Sadhu) performing rituals Begging is their primary source of living
A barefooted Brahmin offers alms to a beggar
	Beggar by choice: A Sufi fakir seeks alms on the street
A rag-picker boy Rag picking seems to be the profession of choice among the urban orphans
	Beggar with his entertaining bull
A handicap beggar on the street Children sometimes donate their candy money to the beggars for 'good luck' in the examinations.
	Begging as a Devotion to God This man told me he begs only on certain days of the month to fulfill a vow.
A destitute woman takes to begging as a last resort
	The face of poverty
Recycler of a different kind The urban rag pickers scattered all over India wander the streets looking for pieces of paper and plastic to make a living. They sometimes have to *lease* the container (white bag shown) from the buyer
	He blows his sacred conch and seeks assistance
Beggar Outside of a Bangalore Church
	A Patient of Leprosy
Siddi Boy in Torn Shirt Sambrani Village, Karnataka
	Quilted Shirt of a Fakir, Plassey This mystic is carrying or wearing all his material possessions
Destitute Musicans Begging musicians playing on pavement

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