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Before I went to India, everyone told me I would see poverty as I have never seen before. Not true. The people may be poor, but they are not impoverished. I have seen much worse poverty in Haiti, and have seen worse slums in Africa. The only slum I was able to find was in Delhi and when I approached it from the bridge above, I was greeted by many children waving at me. These are the children.
And this is the slum that they lived in. 1/5 of the people of the world live in India. I did not find the number of beggers disproportionate. This is one in Old Delhi, near the mosque. I did see individuals with physical handicaps much more frequently than in the US.
This is one such fellow in Old Delhi and someone is giving him money. (This is subset B-4.1. You probably want to go to Subset B-4.2)
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