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Updated On: 16 October, 2009 07:28 AM IST | | MiD DAY reporters
Mumbaikars are softies, believe it. MiD DAY reporters fanned out in the city and found almost everyone they approached was willing to spread cheer with Diwali baksheesh or donate to a charity
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Mumbaikars are softies, believe it. MiD DAY reporters fanned out in the city and found almost everyone they approached was willing to spread cheer with Diwali baksheesh or donate to a charity
Rs 160
Who: Vaidehi Limaye
Impersonating: Hearing and speech-impaired person, living in an orphanage in Satara
Needs: Money as a donation
It was 12.30 pm and there were enough potential targets at Ghatkopar. I walked up to a man handed him the introduction paper on my problems I was hearing and speech impaired and needed money for the orphanage I was staying at. The man read it quietly, looked up and mimed that he too couldn't hear or speak. Then, in brisk sign language, he began asking me questions. Let's just say, I was dumbfounded and I scooted. The next man read my letter, and without asking me a single question, dipped into his wallet and gave me Rs 150*. Reason for the destination college students are generally gullible, or so I thought. I walked up to a couple who looked at me skeptically and said I was too old to be living in an orphanage. But my
persuasion skills worked and they gave me Rs 10.
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Here You Go: Vaidehi was shocked at the generosity of the people she met. |
Who: Vaidehi Limaye
Impersonating: Hearing and speech-impaired person, living in an orphanage in Satara
Needs: Money as a donation
It was 12.30 pm and there were enough potential targets at Ghatkopar. I walked up to a man handed him the introduction paper on my problems I was hearing and speech impaired and needed money for the orphanage I was staying at. The man read it quietly, looked up and mimed that he too couldn't hear or speak. Then, in brisk sign language, he began asking me questions. Let's just say, I was dumbfounded and I scooted. The next man read my letter, and without asking me a single question, dipped into his wallet and gave me Rs 150*. Reason for the destination college students are generally gullible, or so I thought. I walked up to a couple who looked at me skeptically and said I was too old to be living in an orphanage. But my
persuasion skills worked and they gave me Rs 10.
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