martedì 22 aprile 2014

This Man Eats Bricks

Nope, not a typo.

This is Pakkirappa Hunagundi. He's a 30 year-old village labourer from Karnataka, western India. And that's a brick.

This is Pakkirappa Hunagundi. He's a 30 year-old village labourer from Karnataka, western India. And that's a brick.

Dominic Rodrigous / Barcroft India

Hunagundi says he's been eating up to three kilos of bricks, gravel and mud every day for the last 20 years.

Hunagundi says he's been eating up to three kilos of bricks, gravel and mud every day for the last 20 years.

Dominic Rodrigous / Barcroft India

He generally finds material to eat lying around his village. But, say his neighbours, “he relishes hot charcoal, too, like a snack.”

He generally finds material to eat lying around his village. But, say his neighbours, "he relishes hot charcoal, too, like a snack."

Dominic Rodrigous / Barcroft India

“We feel very bad. We have tried to convince him many times [to stop], but he does not listen. We have given up now.”

"We feel very bad. We have tried to convince him many times [to stop], but he does not listen. We have given up now."

Dominic Rodrigous / Barcroft India

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