When I visited Calcutta in the early 1980s, I saw limbless lepers strewn in the gutters like trash, covered in flies. I guess passersby did give them some free

When I visited Calcutta in the early 1980s, I saw limbless lepers strewn in the gutters like trash, covered in flies. I guess passersby did give them some free food or a couple of coins from time to time — but they were so despondent they barely raised their heads.