An investigation into the trafficking of Nepalese children to work in Indian circuses. A darker side of circus is exposed and explored by film maker Sky Neal. It follows the Esther Benjamins Memorial Foundation as they rescue children from circuses they have been sold to and taken to a refuge run by a woman called Shailaja CM. They are doing some great work to rid circuses of this archaic and abominable method of recruitment.
See the 25 minute documentary
right here.
This is of course not the only side to Indian circus. My first exposure to Indian circus was through Photographer
Mary Ellen Marks book 1989 called
Indian Circus. I am lucky enough to have a copy I bought from Reg Bolton at a circus festival in Tasmania one year.
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| Mary Ellen Mark, ‘Twin Brothers Tulsi and Basant’ |
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