Child Brides

India has thousands of child brides. The unfortunate young woman shown here feeding the infant from the giant coconut in foreground has been seen on Calcutta's streets day after day with he child. Her misery is more than typical thousands of India's unfortunates.

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click flick says:

Is this an image taken in recent times or from the post-colonial periods, because the attire of the young girl and the people in the background seem rather old.

What i like about the image - is the expression captured. Also the coconut used as a measure against the young girl and her child.

What i dont quite like is the implication about 'thousands' of child marriages in India. While there might be cases of child marriages in weaker economical sections of the society, it is not a rampant phenomenon as you make it out to be.
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Brajeshwar says:

Yes, this is an old photo perhaps shot during world war by an American Military Photographer. I have collected here with the permission of the publisher.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

dakellymon says:

This is an extraordinary photo, The girl is obviously in anguish. The existance of the weaker economical sections of society, the so called "untouchables" in India, is a sad statment for a nation with such a long history.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

nehaDM says:

You have done great work by sharing this fantastic treasure on Flickr. Each photo is unique and words are not enough.
Thank you.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

absoluteblisss says:

wonderfully captured.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Hugón says:

Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Realidade Social - Social Reality, e nós adoraríamos ter a sua foto adicionada ao grupo.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

sinharoy_avijit says:

Bring tear to my eyes
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

SSM2006 says:

Moved me.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

gariahater_chhokra says:

the mother herself is a small girl.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Brajeshwar says:

Yes, I think it is the "Early Marriage" tradition of India at that time.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

kishi_kishorekumar says:

It is really good collection
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Brajeshwar says:

Thanks
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

COSTENNITA says:

this pic... make me cry
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

umesh_srinivasan says:

Can I blog this?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ema ema says:

thanks to eye that capthred it
Posted 3 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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