June 12 th is observed across scores of countries around the world as annual World Day against Child Labour- a day to raise awareness against the unlawful practice of child labour prevalent in the society.   In simple terms, the employment of children for the purpose of regular and sustained work comes under the domain of child labour, which is hateful and exploitative.   This year’s World Day ...

Yet another casuality at a temple of learning where students are groomed to attain knowledge and wisdom.   An eleven-year-old girl student Shano Khan, studying in a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) primary school in Narela in north Delhi succumbed to death after being ruthlessly treated by her teacher.   The girl who had slipped into a coma after she was punished by her school teacher by bei...

  I really feel bad when I see them getting up early in the morning and just with breakfast go to School with heavy loads of note books,Books ,tiffin box and water bag.They come home late,and do not have a decent launch even.Then again the pressure of teacher to do home work,pressure of parents to get ready for tution continues.The whole day begins and ends this way.I feel pity for them.Most of th...

As I write this piece I wonder what must be the state of mind of a young couple in suburban Mumbai that has been through a grueling emotional roller coaster ever since they sought a legal way to abort the baby that the wife is carrying. It is her first pregnancy and rather than being the centre of attention of doting family members and friends this young woman has been out in the eye of a storm th...

The reality shows in India have been very successful. The TV channels in India have openly embraced this concept, which give them huge viewership, their TRPs get increased manyfold, and hence that helps them to churn out huge amounts of money from these programs. Makes a really good economic sense for these TV channels to include these programs in their menu ! I guess the time has come to have a "...

  "Dear God! Save The Child I Shall Throw Now!!" We thought we would write a lot  but figured that you were wise enough to realize what is going on, once you have watched the video. In some remote parts of India, like Solapur, people believe that if they throw their child off the roof of a religious place, their child will grow physically stronger and God will Himself bless him. The only consolat...

Independent India stands today at an important cross-roads in her history, where we are about to take off in terms of economic growth. However, we need to take stock whether we are going in the right direction in our educational scenario, especially in the wake of the Reservations controversy that threatens to divide the nation into two - the pro and the anti-reservation groups. I was reading a bo...

There were two incidents reported today - one was of an 8 year old boy who was beaten up by a group of persons who were attending a marriage party. The boy was on a cycle, the cycle dashed against the car, the occupants of the car got out, thrahed the boy and burnt him alive... The other is of a 10 year old girl who was similarly torched alive in Mhow district of UP. Are we living in a civilised s...

There was an article in Sunday Times of India (Dt.02MAR2008) that was very interesting and worth reading. It is about Children's Development Bank. Now one might say what's so special about a bank? An individual is considered as a minor if he/she is below the age of 18. Hence, as per Indian Contract Act, minors are not allowed to enter into a contract. Hence, Minors are not allowed to open a Bank A...