What an exhausting day it was today. First of all, people at school expect you to memorize all the alphabets. Like come on, who can do it in one day? On top of it, the little monkey Riya, whom you are sure was picked up from a dustbin, ate your chocolate that you have been waiting to have since morning. There is only so much hardship one can take. But then your hero appears and scoops you up to the place where you can finally be at peace. Not to forget the pink delight that's not only eye candy...

Cool and calm breeze. A mic that breaks the silent atmosphere but evokes peace within you. A place to bow before the Almighty, and to become one by yourself as you part from a few of your pennies which means everything to some. A place to admire the beauty of your deity or idol, you may call it. But there is no idol here, except his dad, his hero who holds his son high above his head even if the world is slipping from beneath him.

Fairs bring fun, frolic, feasts and feistas. Amidst all the chaos and madness here comes our cotton candy vendor spreading smiles wherever he goes. Sweet, fluffy and pink both the candy and the chubby cheeks of the kids relishing it.This is what he lives on , ironically selling candy to other children when his own are hungry at home. It is no longer sweet for them because they know what living on a hungry stomach is."

What an exhausting day it was today. First of all, people at school expect you to memorize all the alphabets. Like come on, who can do it in one day? On top of it, the little monkey Riya, whom you are sure was picked up from a dustbin, ate your chocolate that you have been waiting to have since morning. There is only so much hardship one can take. But then your hero appears and scoops you up to the place where you can finally be at peace. Not to forget the pink delight that's not only eye candy...

To them, their world is within the boundaries of their slum. In spite of being poor, they are happy.

But are they happy? We easily assume that the poor are happy and praise their good attributes, their thankfulness and conclude from these smiles as evidence that they are happy even after being caught up in the most vicious lifestyles they live in. But doing this only removes our burden of guilt, the burden of being involved in something which is morally wrong and all the forces that urge us to a...