(via Prostitutes of God | The VICE Guide to Travel | VICE)
Fascinating and sad. Confused how the narrator concludes that capitalism is responsible. Haven’t these crazy religious traditions always masked a commercial (and evidently, painfully necessary) interest? Isn’t the caste system, far predating capitalism, complicit?
Tragic.
Hashtag this something like… vile classism, child prostitution and AIDS.
Incidentally,
A startling study indicates that almost 40 percent of India’s truck drivers and their helpers are infected with AIDS virus
http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=6733#ixzz1fzkxyN3X
