Pavan Kaul's Images: AMBROSIA
The Wishlist - In The World We Have Made....
Posted by Pavan Kaul (Mumbai, India) on 19 June 2010 in Documentary & Street and Portfolio.
“Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.”
~ Seneca
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This man is educated up to class 4th and can read and write English. He worked as a Peon in a travel agency until he contracted Leprosy. Shunned by family, friends and the world at large, today this destitute lives on the pavement. He does not beg but accepts whatever passers by may give. After I listened to his sad story he dug out a scruffy note pad on which he had scribbled a few thoughts. He was graceful enough to allow me a picture and share his Poem with us.....
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These pictures were taken at 1.30 pm, on a bright, hot afternoon...it was lunchtime as I walked the backstreets of Marine Lines, a busy up market main commercial area of Mumbai. It is appalling to see the scores of homeless, poverty stricken people that work, beg and live on the streets in this commercial capital of India. One of the most crowded places by day and night, the scores of people who drive and walk down these roads, do not so much as glance at these human rejects...who eat like animals, live like animals and die like animals on these sidewalks!! This is my humble effort to make someone look at them....
A film maker from India who has recently rediscovered his passion for photography.
@Nitin: Thank you so much for your visits and appreciation, Nitin:)
@Christel: Christel, I am grateful for your kind words and I completely understand what you are saying. I know that in the end there is no gratitude for what one does, and I do not expect any, for the things I do, from anyone at all. Besides all that I am compelled or obliged to do, as my duties and responsibilities, I do the things I wish to and those that please me or give me satisfaction & fulfillment. In the end it is all that matters. An act of charity is after all an act of deep selfishness. So why should I expect any other reward, return or even thanks? Wish you the best:)
@6ft5: Thank you so much Goran:) I shall be posting more of these as often as I can, as for the book....maybe someday:)
@Phil David Alexander Morris: Phil, that is so very SWEET of you..!!! Thank you and the same to you friend:)