Richest Beggar

The man in the picture is Sambhaji Kale and he is the richest beggar in Mumbai. He and his family of four beg for a living and the end of the day they make a cool earning of Rs. 1000/- . Even if the days are bad, they always have Rs. 40000 in their bank account, a few thousand rupees in investment companies, a flat in Virar and 2 houses and a plot of land in Solapur.

Few facts about beggars in India

* Average daily income of beggars in metros is Rs 80.
* 75 per cent spend Rs 50 a day, 27% up to Rs 100.
* Most earn more than daily wage earners.
* Graduate and postgraduate beggars are increasing.
* able-bodied beggars are more than disabled.
* Rs 25,000 average bank balance of beggars in Kolkata.
* Rs 180 CR is the worth of Mumbai beggars.
* 14 per cent beggars have no expectation from the government.

In most of the foreign countries like in US and UK beggars perform musical performance, comedy, dance etc they entertain the passers along the street to make an earning. People who perform in public places for tips are known as Buskers or street performers. Buskers may do acrobatics, animal tricks, balloon twisting, card tricks, clowning, comedy, contortions & escapes, dance, fire eating, fortune-telling, juggling, magic, mime and a mime variation where the artist performs as a living statue, musical performance, puppeteering, snake charming, storytelling or recite poetry or prose as a bard, street art (sketching and painting, etc.), street theatre, sword swallowing, or even present a flea circus. People busk for a variety of reasons: for money, for fun, for the attention they get, to meet people and socialize, for the love of their art, to practice their skills, or try out new material in front of an audience.

The man in the above picture is David Johnson, also known as the World Famous Bushman, is a busker who has been entertaining passers-by along Fishersman's Wharf in San Francisco since 1980. In the beginning he tried dressing as a robot but he found that there were too many others doing the same thing. Currently Johnson hides motionless behind some eucalyptus branches and waits for unsuspecting people to wander by. When they approach, he jumps out and startles them. Crowds gather to watch him work, often including those he has previously scared.


Johnson claims to earn $60,000 and also employs a bodyguard to protect him against attacks by the unamused, to distract his targets, and to alert him to the approach of elderly people so he can avoid scaring them.