A small
plastic bag filled with yellowish liquid glue sits in the hands of 10-year-old
Rahat. Pressing the bag against his nose and mouth, he inhales deeply. His eyes
roll back, and his face turns strangely numb.
Sitting
beside the railway tracks in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area, Rahat appears lost in
the effects of intoxication.
“It may be a
kind of addiction,” some street children say. “When you inhale the fumes from
the glue, you no longer feel hungry. It makes you sleepy.”
Like Rahat...
