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Archive for the 'Children' Category
Demystifying India….
Published by December 30th, 2009 in Caste, Children, Corruption, Culture, Development, Education, Gender & Sexuality and Government. 0 CommentsIn the movie Swades Shah Rukh Khan says when asked about whether India is the best country in this world compared to others ,” I dont think that India is the best country in this world, but we have the ability, we have the resources” and for that to happen each and every person has [...]
Crying children at the gates
Published by December 22nd, 2009 in Children, Culture and Education. 1 CommentMany of us share memories of family members embarrassing us when they remind us of our behavior on the first day at school. We have thrown tantrums or witnessed the same from our children….
Pasungilidakshina tries to imagine a child’s first day at school :
There was crying from every corner. In one large classroom, there were [...]
The Ragpickers’ Education and Development Scheme (REDS) have been trying to help a lot of children on the streets of Bangalore. Vinayak Varma recently interviewed four such children rehabilitated by REDS:
“Before I came here, just after my studies, I did coolie work for a couple of weeks. And before that I was a cleaner on [...]
South Asia’s children…
Published by November 6th, 2009 in Children, Education, Food and Health. 0 CommentsRakesh Mani thinks that there has to be something wrong with Indian society for it to allow its children to be among the most deprived and malnourished in the world. Across castes and social classes, there is so little attention given to the inalienable right of a child to enjoy a childhood of good health, [...]
Children as merchandise
Published by September 21st, 2009 in Children, India and Television. 4 CommentsSmitha shares about how her life revolves around her daugher and wonders as to how parents can voluntarily sign up their children onto programmes like ‘Pati , Patni aur Woh’
How can any parent let their child be part of a programme like this, where their child is left in the hands of couples, who have [...]
Sushant meets his schoolmates after a decade on Independence day and refreshes his memories from the past. A nostalgic post.
On 29 June 1998 we got our SSC mark sheet and there after I guess many of us never turned back to school…..
Soon we got to make comments how much one has changed. School and class [...]
Different schools for different classes
Published by June 26th, 2009 in Business, Children, Education, Policy and Politics. 0 CommentsAvinash thinks Kapil Sibal is progressive:
Kapil Sibal, the new HRD minister of India, seems to have taken a stand completely contrary to that taken by his predecessor, Mr. Arjun Singh – he seems to actually be interested in the development of the human resources in India… ;) I am impressed by the reforms Mr. Sibal [...]
Abi reacts to Kapil Sibal’s plans to make school level Board exams ‘optional’:
Thus, Sibal’s plan, even if it becomes a reality, is likely to benefit only a small number of students who get guaranteed seats in Class XI in their current schools. The alleged benefit of removal of exam-related stress is thus available, ironically, only [...]
Child labour- a timeline
Published by June 22nd, 2009 in Children, Education, Human Rights, Policy and Poverty. 0 CommentsKeshaw Bhardwaj has jotted down some interesting notes on child labour in India.
Karmickids takes her child for a blood test:
Sample collection done, tape applied, the brat hopped off holding his arm and the tape on display for all and sundry. Displayed it to the assorted aunties he met on the way home in the lift and in the lobby, milching all the sympathy he could garner, with [...]
Instinct control?
Published by June 15th, 2009 in Children, Education, Gender & Sexuality, Media and Women. 0 CommentsThe young can’t be taught ‘dignity of restraint’ when the media doesn’t show any according to Amodini Sharma, who advocates earlier sex education in schools.
Watch Indian TV nowadays, and if it isn’t Ekta Kapoor’s sindoor-anointed, scheming pativrata naris in backless cholis, it’s pretty young things in short-short skirts swinging to some very suggestive lyrics. Sexy [...]
‘The Mind is not a vessel..’
Published by May 27th, 2009 in Books, Children and Education. 0 CommentsAG feels ‘the best mathematics books in terms of developing a student’s liking and insight into the subject’ are never used in our schools and colleges:
But if you ask me, the other perspective, the way mathematics is taught in most Indian pre-college institutions can never make it a likable subject. Most of you must have [...]
Just how big an issue is incest in India?
Published by May 26th, 2009 in Children, Human Rights, Society, Violence and Women. 4 CommentsA report produced by the BBC a decade ago had opined citing research sources that Close-knit family life in India masks an alarming amount of sexual abuse of children and teenage girls by family members. It said that that disbelief, denial and cover-up to preserve the family reputation is often put before the individual child [...]
Indian Government Eliminates Misery of Slum Children – in Films
Published by May 25th, 2009 in Children, Cinema and Humour. 0 Comments“It is the job of any government, and this government is fully committed to the maxim, that no child — depicted in any film — should suffer. All children — playing any role in any movie — will be fully protect from abuse by policemen, or violence from parents or neighbours. Children likely to act [...]
Children and Indian elections
Published by May 13th, 2009 in Activism, Children, Democracy, Education, Food, General Elections 2009, Human Rights, India, Policy, Politics and Poverty. 0 CommentsRuby Nakka ponders on the question: how to make children count in elections?
Children need our attention because they are defenseless. Recently I also read a profound statement on the status of India’s children (to describe why they need our attention) published in the Hindu newspaper on May 3rd, 2009 which states the following: “If you [...]
The Assam Agitation: A Subjective History
Published by May 6th, 2009 in Children, History, Human Rights, India, Language, Law and order, North East, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Spotlight Series, Terrorism, Travel, Violence and Women. 1 Comment[ This is Essay No. 37 in our Spotlight Series. Click here for the archives.]
The Assam Agitation: A Subjective History
by Nitoo Das
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But then, I believe, all histories are subjective.
I was seven when the Assam Agitation started in 1979. I was ‘promoted’ to the next class without a final examination. I do not remember [...]
The Big School Admission Travails
Published by April 8th, 2009 in Children, Education, Humour, India, Policy, Society, Spotlight Series and Women. 4 Comments[ This is Essay No. 35 in our Spotlight Series. Click here for the archives.]
The Big School Admission Travails
by The Mad Momma
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Three and a half years ago when I moved to Delhi, I had people asking me which school I planned to put the 6 month old Brat into. I was a little surprised because [...]
Physical structures– Mothers and Others
Published by April 6th, 2009 in Children, Gender & Sexuality, Human Rights, India, Indiaspora, Prejudice, Science & Technology, Society, Spotlight Series and Women. 9 Comments[ This is Essay No. 34 in our Spotlight Series. Click here for the archives.]
Physical structures– Mothers and Others
By Anu
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I have started to feel physical spaces change, ever since I became a mother a few years back. They appear changed in response to my changed status. Not in their form, function or appearance but in [...]
I have a sister!
Published by February 20th, 2009 in Children, Fiction, Personal and Society. 0 CommentsSuddenly his foot landed on a paper. He turned and picked it up. It was a photograph- also covered with dust. He came towards light and cleaned it. Wow, it was he as a baby; and his then young parents. But who was this other child wearing a frock in their arms? A twin? No, [...]
Bringing tobacco to the children via surrogate advertisements
Published by February 5th, 2009 in Children, Health, Media and Television. 1 CommentA lot of youtube videos and independent survey statistics at the India Matters blog expose how the surrogate advertisements are subtly affecting our youth and encouraging them to take up tobacco in some form or the other:
According to research done by the Salaam Bombay Foundation, 3260 children between the age of 12 to 17 years [...]
Tulip spent her Saturday afternoon at the Rumah Hope center with some kids. Check out the pics:
Kiran would like to know: why have innocents died?
The Taj Mahal heritage wing was on fire. That was when I broke down. Tears streaming down my face. I had flashbacks of all the times I had been to the heritage wing for press conferences, to interview visiting celebrities, to shop, to enjoy a coffee and [...]
An eye-catching illustration for a children’s book by Priya, another interesting artist, who blogs here.
Go check a five year old’s creativity at this blog.
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