The Life of a
Tokai
A 'tokai' is a boy of the
street. He has no definite place of residence. He has no parents or relatives,
nor has he any definite means of livelihood. He looks dirty with torn and
patched up clothes on this person. A tokai roams about in the streets picking
torn papers and other refuses and sell them to those who need them. Thus he
makes his both ends meet. Sometimes a number of tokais gather together and play
about in the streets. Tokais pass their nights on the verandahs of shops, on
the pavements of streets, on the railway platform or on whatever place becomes
available for them. This is the way of their life which is dull and colorless.
They are care-free and are not moved by any thought about the future. But
sometimes they figure very important when the political parties hire them to join
their processions. It is a social responsibility to work for setting them up in
life.
A 'tokai' is a boy of the
street. He has no definite place of residence. He has no parents or relatives,
nor has he any definite means of livelihood. He looks dirty with torn and
patched up clothes on this person. A tokai roams about in the streets picking
torn papers and other refuses and sell them to those who need them. Thus he
makes his both ends meet. Sometimes a number of tokais gather together and play
about in the streets. Tokais pass their nights on the verandahs of shops, on
the pavements of streets, on the railway platform or on whatever place becomes
available for them. This is the way of their life which is dull and colorless.
They are care-free and are not moved by any thought about the future. But
sometimes they figure very important when the political parties hire them to join
their processions. It is a social responsibility to work for setting them up in
life.