Photo Essay | In the ring 7 Photos . Updated: 28 Dec 2012, 04:45 PM IST Livemint Will performers like Poonam and Surajwho know no other life than the one they were born intobe the last act of this dying business? 1/7All the performers walk on to the stage at the beginning of the show. Photographs by Divya Babu/Mint 2/7Poonam Jadhav puts on her make-up before the show as her husband, Suraj, practises spinning a basketball 3/7A family, flanked by empty seats, watches the show 4/7The star elephant and the joker play a game of cricket with a football 5/7Poonam Jadhav performs her hula-hoop routine 6/7Spectators walk towards the ticket-checking counter 7/7A member of the circus staff waits at the entrance of the circus for people to walk in.