Essay

Road Side Beggars:

Road side beggars are quite common in our cities.They meet us anywhere and everywhere.Most of them are clothed in rags with a pitiable look and sickly gait.Some beggars like to sit under shady places by the side of busy roads to attract the passers by in different ways.Their main purpose is to appeal to the sense of sympathy of others,and thus,to get alms.Some roadside beggars get their limbs deformed simply to excite people's sense of pity.Most of these beggars are professionals and adopt begging simply because they were brought up to it.Only a few of them adopt this profession by way of compulsion.Thus,it is a fact that about eighty percent of our road-side beggars are quite healthy and they are physically fit to work in any factory or workshop.But as beggary is a comparatively easy job for them,they choose it as a profession.Of course,really disabled and helpless beggars deserve our attention and help.But it is very difficult to differentiate between a really deserving man and a professional.This problem can be solved only if our Govermment may make a law forbidding beggary,and direct all 'Social' Welfare Agencies to set up'Poor Houses'for deserving beggars.