This lake is very close to where I live and I had gone there for an early morning walk on the raised mud bund on the side of the lake. These kids had strung a net all along one side of this lake - a distance of about a kilometre.
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Their first catch of the day.
One kid paddling the contraption (Coracle) forward and the other retrieving the net.
They have caught one more and have become aware that I am photographing them. Their quizzical, innocent smiles...
They hold up their next catch for me to witness.
They are busy - more catches - earning a living, or is it child labour? Should they have been getting ready to go to school? After retrieving the net and the fish catch for the entire length of the lake, they relaid the net on the way back - I saw their parents doing the same round in the evening.
(click on the image to get a larger view)
Their first catch of the day.
One kid paddling the contraption (Coracle) forward and the other retrieving the net.
They have caught one more and have become aware that I am photographing them. Their quizzical, innocent smiles...
They hold up their next catch for me to witness.
They are busy - more catches - earning a living, or is it child labour? Should they have been getting ready to go to school? After retrieving the net and the fish catch for the entire length of the lake, they relaid the net on the way back - I saw their parents doing the same round in the evening.
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I did a post about it long back , may be I have not expressed it properly , but here is the link :
http://myamusingmind.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/child-labourers-and-beggars/
Swati: Will first read your post and then respond.
But JP, all said and done, i must appreciate your photography. you have clicked the pics in a beautiful sequence like a running documentary. The kids flaunting their catch in the last pic