The homeless people in New Delhi are a little savvier than your average beggars on the street. They can't "afford" to lose any opportunities for making a little cash. If you are in the city for the Commonwealth Games, you may find a beggar asking you for change in your own language.
Sources say that possibly thousands of beggars in New Delhi are cashing in on the tourism of the city. English is a language that's common, but now these business smart beggars are learning Spanish and even French so they don't miss any chance for a little extra cash.
A street performer named Savitri said that "There will be thousands of foreign tourists when the games are going on. That is why some beggar families are teaching young child beggars to beg in foreign languages." These beggars aren't doing it alone, they're uniting so they can actually cover more ground and see more "profit".
Phrases like "I'm an orphan", "I haven't eaten for days", and "I'm ill and have no money for medicine, please help me in the name of God" are only just the beginning of what child beggars can say in different languages as well as their own. And they (along with their parents) know just where to station themselves to see the biggest results.
They learn these languages in classes they take at a night school. People that have never been to school before are attending night school courses where they are being taught to beg in different languages!
One tourist from Croatia said that they were "shocked when a man dressed in rags approached me and asked me in English if I was German or French, and started saying "please give me money" in various languages." Visitors shouldn't be that surprised, since the Commonwealth Games are approaching fast-October 3 and 14 of this year.
What do our readers think about these beggars who are learning phrases in different languages to get money? Do you think that they should spend that time trying to get out of their homeless situation? Or do you think that it's smart of them to use the means they can to get a little bit of change? Give us your thoughts on this unusual story!
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