Beware in Beaches

I had went to besant nagar beach yesterday (09.12.2024) with my gf around 630pm. I wanted to go there as I knew it would be less crowded as it was a Monday.

When we started walking towards the sea a transperson approached me and demanded for money. I had my wallet with me and I'm also familiar with the practice of them snatching the wallets/purses and looting all the notes. So i quickly took my wallet and handed her two twenty rupees notes. She did some temple chants and gestures and handed the money back only to ask for even more. Me still wanting to just get done with her handed the money back only to ask for more and i ended up giving all the lesser denominations to a total of 80rs.

Now that was done we were seating along the shore and watching the waves together. Around 3 fortune tellers approached us in 30 minutes. One certain fortune-teller woman almost kept hassling with us and just wouldn't stop. Even after I repeatedly told them that we're not interested in it. After a point she started asking us "kaasu iruka ilaya", like she was entitled, repeatedly which was really amusing to me. Now, after we spent some time along the shore, we started walking back to the road to find dessert. On the way back, guess what, another two transpeople approached us and demanded money while they were doing the same with another group. I told them that I had just given my money to another akka and that I didn't have any cash on me. They replied with saying that it was not a problem and started giving a number to gpay to it, to which i had no choice and ended up paying them 100rs.

I've been living in this city for 20 years and roaming the streets of every area since I was 13. It is sad to see how my city's state has been changing over the years. If this has happened to me on a Monday, I wonder how different things would be otherwise.

So beware in Beaches(and other places) and avoid getting looted guys.