An Article on Street Children: True Real Life Sad Story of a Street Child & Child Labour Pictures

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By saleheensblog

street child beaten brutally
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street child beaten brutally
Two street children. Not every street child like the younger one get someone to care for them.
Two street children. Not every street child like the younger one get someone to care for them.
Look at the eyes of this street child, you will be lost in the depth of those eyes
Look at the eyes of this street child, you will be lost in the depth of those eyes
these street children can still laugh
these street children can still laugh
a starving street child eating leftover from the street
a starving street child eating leftover from the street
Child labour. This street child collects plastic from garbage to earn her bread
Child labour. This street child collects plastic from garbage to earn her bread
Child labour. street children under open sky
Child labour. street children under open sky
these street children never have got any love or affection
these street children never have got any love or affection
the two lines of a rail line never intersects similarly the miseries of these street children never comes to an end
the two lines of a rail line never intersects similarly the miseries of these street children never comes to an end
Child labour. a street children collecting papers from a dustbin
Child labour. a street children collecting papers from a dustbin
Child labour. a street child standing on a dumping og garbage
Child labour. a street child standing on a dumping og garbage

Story of a street child

The last leaf of the winter has fallen on the ground

No cloud in the sky, only infinitive emptiness over the head

The atmosphere is obscure and the night is misty

As if everywhere a mystery unfolded is embedded,

Acute silence all over, seems like the night is dead.

A big yellow moon floating in the sky

Scared air tries to escape in the warmth of the body

Nomad breeze pierce into the skin like sharp knife

Shadow of own structure scares from time to time

The leafless woods look like demons and the

Buildings around appears to be a death valley

Everything is surprisingly unmoved yet a strange business everywhere

The strange soft light of the moon condense the darkness even more

Drops of heavy fog fall on the forehead and triggers déjà vu

Scream comes up from the naval root but gets struck in the throat

Warm tears trickle down the chick of the little boy silently, cautiously

The little bare footed, hungry child doesn’t know its identity,

It doesn’t know to whom to pray for dawn to come quickly

Alone in the dark street at the deep of the night

The scared little boy shivering in clod fists its wrist

Presses the jaws with inhuman strength and closes its eyes

Seconds, minutes and hours pass through, the boy fall asleep

With the first ray of the dawn the little street child wake up with some dirty street dogs

Rubbing the eyes, jerking the body the lonely child tries to wipe out the fear of last night

With day progress in search of food the little kid roam around the filthy streets

And seeks for a piece of thrown-away rotten sandwich in the dustbin

Competes with street dogs for food all the day and again comes the evening

With fear, cold and an image of a city with no affection or pity

Time passes through, hunger and skin disease scares the boy every moment

All the darker aspects of life surround the boy and try to squeeze him every moment

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Endless time on hand for the boy but hardly a minute to spare to dream

Without knowing its name, with knowing what love is the little boy grows up

One day it plucks some roadside flowers and tries to sell each piece for ten cent

Gorgeous girls, lovely kids, affectionate fathers and loving husbands buy a few of those after a quick bargain

But with the trees cut down the little child lost its way to run the new business

The street child with curious dark big eyes with infinitive depth and mysterious light in that

In desperation of food one day it steals some flower and get caught by the gardener

The conscious society men can’t stand with such a big sin of stealing

A group of aware people rush into the spot quickly and become much overwhelmed with such a big sin in such a little age

They can’t hide their shame and start beating the child to teach the morals of life and the socials laws

The scream out “bustard” and slap and kick the boy so that every tissue of the body get the message of the trail of such a big sin

Blood bursts out from the tender lips and the little kid can’t bear it

Yet it doesn’t shed a single drop of tear, it’s just happy to discover its name “BUSTARD” after wondering about what was its name for so many days.

It knew there are two types of living being in the world one is human who has names and lives in home and gets food to eat, dress to wear

And another is street dogs that don’t need a shelter, name and has to eat the waste over of human though the little ones get milk to drink from their mothers.

The little child was always confused whether it was a human being or a dog

As it had a life of a street dog and a shape of a human.

Today is the big occasion for the child; the group of human again scream out “you son of a bitch”

The street child is about to lose its sense yet it can hear the scream and be sure of its identity “SON OF A BITCH”

Ah, what a pleasure, identity and name in a nutshell, what a pleasure!!

The poor child closes its eyes so that none can look at his eyes and understand what he has discovered

The little lonely kid hides its secret in the deep of its heart

And forgets all the pain before becoming unconscious

The gathering lightens slowly, few new comers started to regret not to reach quickly to the spot to participate the noble deed of beating a nasty thief. But they don't lose hope.

They could still offer some free kicks to the unconscious boy and try to take the pride of giving it identity whispering the two golden words for the boy “son of a bitch” and “bustard” once again before leaving.

Then a storm over a nearby tea stall, someone speak up “What happened to our society, full of thief, in every lane, in every road you will find some thieves, sigh”, someone else, “How daring, stealing in such a young age, what will it do when it will get older, sigh!!” and another intellectual said, “How long we will protect our society from these insects of hell? Everyone has to be conscious to wipe out these garbage from the society”, everyone else shake their head and announce their consent to those invaluable words.

The life of the little kid has been stolen but it’s no big deal as we all know stealing for food is always a far greater sin than stealing a life. Whatever it is, there was a happy ending of the evening. Everyone was happy to take part in a noble social work and the little street child was happy to discover its identity.

Another night came down to the world. Some lucky kids managed to discover their identity, some others were yet to find that luck. Seconds, minutes and days passed through. Nights passed through and mornings came, winter gone away and spring came but the dark cold night, the fear, the world of no pity, the sense of no identity never left those street children.

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annmackiemiller Level 2 Commenter 13 months ago

truly awesome!

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Twilight Lawns Level 7 Commenter 15 months ago

I have read it and know so much about it, but somehow your treatment of the subject, with your "verses" getting fuller and heavier, made it even more distressing. Of course I marked it awsome, but what more can I sayY

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saleheensblog Hub Author 17 months ago

I recommend everyone to read this hub also http://hubpages.com/hub/An-Article-on-Child-Abuse-

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qwark 17 months ago

Saleheen:

What makes this such an important piece, is the fact that it is true! It is real! You speak from experience.

A child dies every 3 minutes on this planet! Too many die, "suffering" terrible indignities such as the boy you wrote about.

As human population grows over the next 50 yrs, deprivation, squalor, ignorance and intolerance will increase. There's not a damn thing anyone can do about it.

Human life is dispensable and replaceable.

The "real" world cares not about the plight of suffering children.

Their pain is not experienced. It exists in a surreal world far removed from the "knowing," of the fortunate few who govern and live in luxury and profane opulence.

You wrote a sad and touching "hub" concerning a subject that, unfortunately, there is no cure for.

This is an awesome "hub!"

Qwark

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daydreamer13 17 months ago

I love your writing! So much passion and emotion! This is sad but I appreciate the energy you put into this!

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Nellieanna Level 8 Commenter 17 months ago

How incredibly visceral and disturbing. How could these poor children just be turned out to fend for themselves? Someone gave them birth. Where are their mothers? How can a society allow such mistreatment - and then pride itself on "social conscience" against a minor theft of a flower. I'm too appalled to be able to say anything lovely although your presentation is truly lovely in its portrayal of the horror of this. I really don't know what is appropriate to say right now. It's too stunning. I voted it up and everything but funny. It's memorable and poignant and so graphic I can't forget those eyes and - the sweet ones still able to laugh. oh my. . . .

As for the monsters who would dare to punish these poor babies whose whole lives are living punishments. . . . well there are no words to fit them and it's hard to imagine any punishment for them that is enough. But if their hard hearts could be melted so that they reached out to help, not hurt, wouldn't that be something wonderful? sigh . . .

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saleheensblog Hub Author 18 months ago

@Lucildoll, thanks for visiting. Children only deserve a beautiful world and loving environment to live in.

@Feroza, thank you my friend. You know we can change the world if we all work together.

@2uesday, thank you for reading and giving some value to this hub. I know such misery is beyond imagination in the developed countries where you live in. What you see in TV is just a glimpse of a never ending sufferings. If you come and see life you will just be shocked and cry out spontaneously. And there are people who have so much wealth and authority to change the condition of the street children but they hardly care. No matter the so called elites of the society care or not, we will keep raising our voice and its a matter of hope that there are still people like you who care.

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saleheensblog Hub Author 18 months ago

@saddlerider1, I know you feel the reality of the life of street children shown in this story as you were a victim. I read your poem "City of no pity" and it really shocked me. I wish I could change the society so that no child has to suffer anymore in this beautiful world. Thank you very much for reading and sharing your experience.

@Nell Rose, thanks for reading. The world is more cruel than you could imagine. You won't believe what I shared here was nothing but a very simple example of the misery of the street children. If you visit a slum of a poor country you will wouldn't believe what you would see. The cruelty of this world is beyond imagination.

@leni sands, I really appreciate your visit here. The misery of the street children really brings tear to eyes but there are also people who shamelessly abuse poor street children. We can just pray for the poor street children and try to change the society so that the scenario change.

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saleheensblog Hub Author 18 months ago

@anujagarwal, thank you very much for reading and giving much value to the content. You are a great person who also work for street children. I hope our afford will bring some change in the world.

@lex123, thanks for your valuable words. If it touch anyone and motivate to do something for these poor street children my afford will be successful.

@roberttraczgroup1, you are right. People are either not aware of the fact or ignore this. We need to bring people together to change the worst scenario. I really appreciate your visit.

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saleheensblog Hub Author 18 months ago

@Karen Wodke, thank you for reading and appreciating. I am trying do something for these children and you know writing is the greatest weapon to fight.

@Minnetonka Twin, thank you very much for reading. I wish God will listen to your prayer and one day the world will be free from the cruel reality of the life of street children. You are a very kind person and a deep reader.

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saleheensblog Hub Author 18 months ago

@Nelle Hoxie, your kind and encouraging words not only make me proud but also gives me mental strength. I want to serve my country at any cost. Pray for me so that your wishes come true in my life. And yes, I try to deliver my best within the limitation of my English. Thank you very much for your contribution here. I feel myself honored.

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saleheensblog Hub Author 18 months ago

@the clean life, no punishment is enough for child abusers. Nothings is more mean than child abuse. I wish we could get rid of these abusers. Thank you for reading and raising your voice.

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2uesday Level 6 Commenter 18 months ago

Well done for writing this. I voted it up and awesome because the way you have put it together the page to convey the message is so good. What a strange world we live in, when some have so much while children suffer like this.

You made me stop and think as I looked at this even though I knew such poverty existed in the world, having seen it on TV, it is still shocking to see how little some children have. Thank you for sharing this here.

Feroza 18 months ago

your writing iz mindblowing n realistic..it has touches ma mind,n i just wanna to do something for them.keep writing like this

we r proud of u....

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Lucildoll 18 months ago

What a story, this is sad, children do not deserve that.

Great presntation.

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leni sands Level 5 Commenter 18 months ago

Sad, emotive, caring, fantastic piece of writing and the pictures brought tears to my eyes. It is so sad that in the this day and age children are still treated in this disgusting way. Thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention.

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Nell Rose Level 8 Commenter 18 months ago

Hi, I also could 'hear' your voice saying this, what an amazing piece of work, I hope your voice gets heard all over that country where this is happening, I cannot understand how anybody can treat children like this, well done on a great and powerful story, rated up Nell

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saddlerider1 Level 7 Commenter 18 months ago

This was very painful to read for me. I have been abused as a child, however what I read here is far worst than my abuse. These poor children are treated worst than dogs in the street, how very sad.

When you read this one has to ask where is God, show yourself, help these poor children. In the Bible is written, suffer all the children who come on to me..I believe they suffer enough, the world must recognize this disaster and HELP provide for them, don't kick them aside like rats. How shameful the adults are not to help the children. peace

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roberttraczgroup1 18 months ago

It touched me.,.you are a great writer saleheen

many people out there are not aware of these scenario..or shall i say ignoring this sad fact..thanks for this piece...i loved it as well...anyway..i found you on digg.com...=)

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lex123 Level 3 Commenter 18 months ago

Very powerful hub with the added images. You have successfully depicted a street child's life. Hope it will touch many minds to do something useful to make the life of such innocent children a little better. Thanks for sharing such a humanitarian hub.

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anujagarwal Level 1 Commenter 18 months ago

This is so sad, many children all over the world are facing this pathetic situation. I have added link of this hub on http://socio-economic-issues-world.blogspot.com/20

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Minnetonka Twin Level 7 Commenter 18 months ago

This is so heart-breaking and very difficult to read. People can be so cruel. Thanks for sharing this sad reality and educating all of us on what is going on to these poor children. Tonite I will say a prayer for them. God Bless and keep on writing.

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Karen Wodke 18 months ago

This is breathtaking in its sorrow. Thank you for exposing this tragedy to the world. Keep on writing and making your voice heard.

Nelle Hoxie 18 months ago

Voted up and awesome. The pictures and writing are powerful. You will become an important voice for your community with Hubs like this. I honestly like the fact that you are obviously not a native English speaker. Your "accent" gives the writing an authenticity that slicker English would not. I can only say keep writing hubs like this and I'll keep reading and voting up. I hope someday to see you on television commenting on the situation of your country or writing in a major publication.

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the clean life Level 6 Commenter 18 months ago

Voted Up and Beautiful! Great Job on this. There is one thing in my life that I will not tolerate and that is the abuse of innocent child for they can not defend themselves as being so young. Abuse in the world is unacceptable and whom ever does these crimes to an innocent child should be punished far worse then you could image.

Thanks for sharing this !!

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