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Behind the Glitz and Glamour
By: Selvaprakash

Why Nepalese children are performing in circuses. 

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A girl child born in poor rural family in Nepal bears a high risk of being trafficked and may be betrayed as sex slave to neighbouring country. This struggle is common to all the poor and downtrodden in developing countries where Nepal is one of them. Village community and illiterates are betrayed by professional agents who trick these parents into handing the children over to the circus for just a few dollars of commission. Succumbing to the promise of big money and a bright future, the children are the victims of this vicious circle of poverty, illiteracy, lack of understanding of the modern world and the ever-extending tentacles of the commission sharks that lurk around to catch them young.