MAN ON A MISSION
Building a library a day
Entrepreneur and social activist Pradeep Lokhande’s project of setting up a library every day across rural schools in Maharashtra is helping many poor students see the light of a new day. Ramesh Menon reports on this unique initiative.
Why Bihar’s child is different from Himachal’s
The Integrated Child Development Services scheme was launched to address the nutrition, health and learning needs of all children below six years of age. Ankita Aggarwal shares findings from a survey that point to the huge variations in implementation and effectiveness.
Mr. Leader, I have a question...
As the rhetoric among political parties over their commitment and promises to the people rises, Shankar Jaganathan articulates that one question that will test what they truly stand for.
When legal redress isn't enough to protect children
Hospital-based Collaborative Child Response Units can go a long way in providing immediate medical attention, minimising secondary trauma, and
ensuring that children abused sexually get adequate social support.
Vinita A Shetty
looks at why these CCRUs are so critical for minor victims.
Lone crusader warns school-goers against substance abuse
Moved by a personal tragedy, young Bengali engineer-turned-actor Bobby Chakraborty has launched a singular campaign to educate schoolchildren
about the impact of alcohol and other addiction and deter them from the path.
Shoma A Chatterji
brings us his story.
THE POWER OF CINEMA
The film that changed Afroza's life
Flickering Angels, a moving documentary on the lives of children of imprisoned parents in West Bengal, helps a child of an illegal
immigrant caught in tragic circumstances to go back to her homeland.
Shoma A Chatterji
dwells on the reformative capacity of cinema.
A childhood lost behind bars
The 2012 crime records from NCRB show nearly 1800 children jailed by circumstance, most often with their mothers, across Indian prisons.
takes a look at the lives of these innocent prisoners and argues for vigilant implementation of relevant suggestions to ensure their basic rights.
Snapshots of a poisoned future
It has been exactly a month since 23 tender lives were lost as children from a school in Gandaman village of Bihar died due to poisoning of the
mid-day meals served at school.
shares poignant shots from the village, capturing the sadness and sombre mood that prevails after the tragedy.
Crying for care
Drawing upon the growing incidence of child abandonment in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh,
looks at the phenomenon through a broader lens and explores possible ways, including adoption, to mitigate the evil.
CHILD ABUSE AT HOME
Norway episode: Problem of evolving societies?
The issue of parental authority to resort to corporeal punishment on children is a matter still hotly debated in large sections of our society writes
A child's trauma, the media's madness
The media's coverage of a young girl's humiliation in her school is totally devoid of objectivity or even plain common sense,
making things even worse.
Bangalore NGO among Nobel nominees
For its work on child rights and participation in governance, Bangalore-based Concerned for Working children has received the big nomination this year.
Navya P K