To grease the palm or not to: that is the question
There is nothing harder for the Western tourist in India than confronting the pain of abject poverty - and ignoring it. In a crowded market near the Red Fort in Delhi, an emaciated young girl, carrying her baby brother, plucks at your jacket and gestures towards her mouth.
You know that a five rupee coin — just a few pence — could buy her enough to feed her for a day. But you have been sternly warned that to give to one beggar is to invite mayhem from the rest, that you will be surrounded by a hundred others and that you will never satisfy the demand.… Seguir leyendo »