Painted Handicap Begger, India 1989

While in India, there were so many impressions coming at me from the moment I arrived: the heat, traffic, spicy food to name a few, and the greatest one for me: poverty (it was everywhere). I came across this man, who like was begging and found out they painted themselves to get more attention.
This Man leg was broken at the knee and loose so he could turn it around as you can see. ....

Because of the caste system, if you are born disabled in India, you did something in your previous life. It has to do with your karma. if you are born with a disability you end fending for yourself from a very young age as society and Families tends to discard disabled people.