The Red Market In India

I always used to read choose your own adventure books, so here is your adventure. You are a living in a small village in India, upon being left by your spouse you have three children to feed and no steady source of income. You read a flyer on a post saying that you can earn money quickly by selling your kidney. So what do you do? If you choose to sell your kidney read A. if you choose to go about another route read B.

A. You pick up the flyer and walk directly to the location listed. Upon arrival you meet with a man in a lab coat,  who you assume the man is therefore a doctor. He looks you once over, making sure you're in good health. He says he can offer you 1,500 dollars After his observation you fill out some papers, and schedule an operation for the next week. You arrive on the big day,  are put under, and the next thing you know you wake up with a twelve inches of stitches in your abdomen and you are internally lacking a kidney. However, that 1,500 dollars is in your hands so you don't mind so much. Until the next day. The pain is agonizing, and you can't afford more than a few pain relievers. The wound is producing puss, and is slightly infected. The 1,500 dollars is gone at the end of the year, and all that remains is your family, a single kidney, and a twelve inch scar as a reminder of decision.

B. You decide to talk to your friend about work, kids and the usual but are interrupted by a man on the street. This man says he hears your complaints and is looking for workers. You say goodbye to your friend, and follow the man to his office. He shows you into a tattered building, and locks the door behind him. For the rest of your life you are his prisoner. This man runs a prostitution operation and uses you as one of his sexual slaves. You are fed a slice of bread and a single cup of dirty water each day, and this is considered compensation for your work. Never again do you see your family.

This may sound outrageous to some of us, but it is the reality in certain areas of the world. Lack of employment and increasing population in developing countries can force some people to the extremes, or make life changing decisions.