Keeping our friends and family up-to-date as we experience life in Chennai, India
Thursday, 12 February 2009
At a Loss
This is a home.
A family of at least 6 live here. There is also a child of about 4 and a baby of about 8 months who play with dust and rubble. They live next door to Ellie's school.
Everyday a tonne or more of bricks are dumped outside their house. Everyday they all pick up a hammer and smash those bricks into rubble for the foundations of new office buildings that are being built all around this area.
A couple of months ago I stopped and gave the baby a couple of toys. A friend had also stopped and gave them some childrens clothes. We have not seen them playing with or wearing either.
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2 comments:
They probably sold the clothing and toys. Confusing, isn't it?
Yep, certainly is confusing and those were our thoughts exactly. Just hope those children had a good meal out of it. Doubt it tho.
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