I painted this using ink washes, sharpies and pencils on *8"x10" Strathmore paper. In order to impart a smooth effect, I have used soft blur tool and also adjusted the contrasts.

While 18 million children work on the streets of India, it is estimated that only 5?20 percent of them are truly homeless and disconnected from their families. A human tragedy indeed.

These children end up living and working on the streets for a plethora of reasons, including death of parents, breakdown of families, family violence, natural disasters, economic hardships, and drug and alcohol abuse. In order to survive, these children often beg and scavenge.
I call them 'Children of a lesser God"