Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (first from left) with his collegaues. PM Manmohan singh (third from left) is also in picture
Exploiting children is a crime in India and one of the country’s top ministers has been accused of using child slaves in his...
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Myanmar, formerly Burma, is popularly known as “The land of Golden Pagodas”, a credit for the beautiful Buddhist temples in the country. Situated strategically between South and Southeast Asia, it serves as a vital trade link between two such...
Every day there is news about children being exploited in some part of the world. Articles speak of kids being abused physically, verbally and even sexually. In particular, the developing countries of the southern hemisphere have been the major...
The military junta ruled neighboring country of India, currently under crisis due to pro-democracy demonstrations is reportedly using all methods to recruit soldiers into its army. In a scathing report human rights watch a global NGO has alleged...
Recent survey done by the Population Council in high prevalence states of the country has revealed that late diagnosis of HIV infection among children deprives them of medical care.
Even though certain treatments have made it possible for HIV...
Children of Nithari village are no more embedded in the sheath of fear which they were witnessed to, a few months ago. They have come out of their cocoons and have chosen to play and speak about it openly.
The kids have exploded the stereotypical by...
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...
Today, I stumbled across this piece of article and thought of articulating my views on the deplorable plight of the children in Kashmir, India.
But before that I’d like to pose a question, can you think of ‘life’ amidst constant fear of death, socio-...
Recent survey across Asia has revealed that majority of the people are hiding behind a ‘wall of silence’ and are shirking from telling the truth about child abuse for the fear of bringing ‘dishonor’ to the family.
The findings are based on interviews...
India is not the safest place in the world for children, it seems. According to a year-long study of 17,000 children conducted by a non-governmental agency called Prayas, almost half of those surveyed reported being abused or traumatized daily....
Prayaas, an NGO, conducted a yearlong study, with support from UNICEF and the Department of Women and Child Development.
They interviewed 17,000 children and accounted that over 50% children interviewed reported some form of physical, sexual or...
Even after 18 years and $5 billion spent, the anti-polio campaign has hacked the infection rate from some 350,000 cases a year to around 2,000, while the number of countries in which it is endemic has slumped to just four from 125.
Looking at the...
Born into indifference and reared on neglect, the girl child is caught in a web of cultural practices and prejudices that hamper her development, both physically and mentally. In India, for a girl child the period from infancy to adolescence is a...
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...
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