The existence of street children is increasing day by day in Nepal .
To begin with, one must understand the term ‘street children’ itself. Who are they? Do they have parents ? If yes , where?
The same question was on my mind whenever I see them sniffing those shoe glue and begging money near boudha gate yet so happy, but after meeting Krishna (street child) I actually came to know what they were going through and was always so curious to know the story behind their smile .
It was few days back , when Krishna came running to me after seeing bottle of coke in my hand . I just smiled at him and we had a long conversation sitting at the stairs at one of the shop near Boudha gate .
He says : Didi ( sister) You don't know the reason behind why we are on road , I myself got three younger siblings ( he was of 12 years old ) and my father he died when I was 7 years, my mother was really having hard time so , she got married to an uncle who is always abusing us , that's the reason I eloped from my village and came here . Now I am very happy with my friends .
When I asked him why are they not buying food instead of that glue ? He gave me a very relevant answer.
Saying : First of all when I sniff that glue I become unconscious of what I am doing , I have to steal , I have to beg and this glue gives me strength to do what ever I want to do and second good thing about the glue is I don't feel hungry until I am back to conscious and the stuff that you are calling glue is actually a food for us didi , Its a one time investment (laughs) then suddenly one of his friend called his name and he just walked away putting his hand inside his white jacket which almost seems black to me , he looked back to me and said 'bye didi'.
And that's one of my reason why I titled my blog " STORIES BEHIND THE SMILES"
I really hope you guys will love reading my blog , though I will not be posting my stories but definitely the true stories behind their smile .
