Stolen Childhood

The sanctimonious pride with which we espouse Indian family values has been proved to be a myth. The ugly truth is out - one out of every two Indian children has suffered some form of abuse. Within three months of that ghastly Nithari case, the...

It is a matter of shame on the part of society that almost 45% of girls in India are tied in a wed lock before they reach the age of eighteen, the legal age to marry. The number easily crosses 50% in eight states. While 52.5% of the cases of under-18.

There is enough food in the world for every person to lead a healthy and productive life, but hundreds of millions of people go to bed hungry every night, while large numbers of others suffer from obesity. If we talk about India, we say that it has...

Child labour as usual is one of the most consistent problems that is threatening the state of Jharkhand. Though efforts are being made from many quarters the problem still continues. When Jharkhand was under the Bihar government, around 186 cases were..

Between 2001 and 2005, around 693 kids have been kidnapped in Bihar, in India. They happen to be the most vulnerable preys before the kidnappers. These numbers include only those kidnappings that come to highlight, majority of them go unnoticed just like.

An 8 year old student was brutally beaten up by a school teacher in Bihar who is said to have stolen money from his classmate. The student was thrashed up so savagely that the child's father, Karmu Rai, said that he was just too shocked to see the...