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BANNING CHILD LABOUR QUESTIONED

In the sweltering heat in a hot summer afternoon in Delhi at a traffic signal junction, people instantly look for cover the moment they come out into the open. For the calculated moments that those bright spots of lights make caravans wait, some feet spring to life. In their hands they carry books and periodicals celebrating the bold and the beautiful. Displaying them in the best possible manner, people waiting for the green light are implored to dig into their pockets. Combining suitably the elements of begging and marketing, these market beggars with their sun-baked and charred faces seemingly do not feel the heat. Ironically, the periodicals that they carry might have a columnist spewing venom at the government’s ignorance to child labour issues.

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Source:- IIPM-Business and Economy, Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri - 2006