Never seen pain & poverty like I've seen in India. 
Yes, I personally took all these pictures.
The thing was, the only way to avoid seeing the poverty & pain was to literally walk around it.
First two pictures were taken inside Red Fort & Qutb Minar, respectively.
Second two pictures were taken on the sidewalk directly outside a massive Delhi mall complex.
First two pictures were taken inside Red Fort & Qutb Minar, respectively.
Second two pictures were taken on the sidewalk directly outside a massive Delhi mall complex.
I knew to expect the poverty I saw on the streets of Delhi — which often included barefoot, even naked children of all ages, including infants, sitting or wandering alone — but what truly surprised me was the poverty I witnessed inside the grounds of major cultural sites.
Entire families living on the grounds of Lal Qila, Purana Qila, Tughlaqabad, & elsewhere. Barefoot women, babies in the dirt, swinging pickaxes. Is it "poverty tourism" when you pay 500 rupees to enter Red Fort & see toddlers playing with rebar while their parent pours concrete?
There was no need to go searching for these sites because they were constantly staring you in the face as you walked down the street, took a cab, even entered a tourist site; the only way to avoid seeing them was to look the other way.
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