Leher Blogs
Empowering Women to Combat Substance Abuse in Dumichak: A Journey of Collective Action
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Two years ago, when the program first began in Dumichak, substance abuse quickly emerged as a core ...
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Empowering Communities to Combat School Absenteeism
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Rohit*, a 13-year-old boy from Kusuda, was enrolled in the 8th standard at the local school. His pa ...
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#BoyhoodMatters: How ‘Mardoon Wali Baatien’ Is Working With Men and Boys In Creating Spaces For Comfort, Conversations and Dialogues
by The YP Foundation
The Mardon Wali Baatien , a program by The YP Foundation, works with young people to understand ...
Read More#BoyhoodMatters: This 17-year-old Boy Wants To Break The Stereotype That A Boy’s Only Responsibility Is To Look For A Job
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Seventeen-year-old Mallikarjun believes that ‘Mardangi’ is a rule made by society. Contribu ...
Read More#BoyhoodMatters: ‘Boys Too Can Take On The Same Responsibilities That Girls Are Expected to Do’ -A-16-year-old Boy
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At a time when we hear about women and young girls overburdened by household chores amid the pa ...
Read More#BoyhoodMatters: ‘I Want to Support Girls by Listening To Them And Ensuring Their Voice Is Heard’- A 16-Year-Old Boy
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When boys his age would go to school or loiter around in the community, 16-year-old Vinayak wan ...
Read More#BoyhoodMatters: This 17-Year-Old Shares that Boys Too Can Be Caring And Affectionate
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In a world where we hear narratives such as Boys should be strong, here’s 17-year-old Shankar ...
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#BoyhoodMatters: ‘Not All Men Are Part Of The Problem. But All Men Can Be Part Of The Solution’- Equal Community Foundation
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Often, when organisations work with communities, children and young people, we hear the voices ...
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#BoyhoodMatters: These Illustrations Show How Boys Develop Sexism in Their Childhood That Lingers Into Adulthood
by Leher
"Saw a lady tell her son he couldn't have a Wonder Woman doll because "that's for girls" and ...
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21 Reasons Why We Need To Work Harder For The Rights Of Children
by Leher
“The years 2020 and 2021 will remain as one of the most turbulent times in recent decades. Covid- ...
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#YoungChangemakers-II: This 17-Year-Old Has Been Fighting for Gender Equality And Quality Education
by Leher
When the pandemic became a child-rights crisis that impacted access to digital education for mi ...
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#YoungChangemakers-II: Meet 17-Year-old Arjun Working Towards An Inclusive World Through Football
by Leher
Passionate about using football as a medium to bring about social change and inclusion, 17-year ...
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#YoungChangemakers-II: How This Fearless 10-year-old Girl Broke Gender Stereotypes And Changed Her Life With A Stakeboad
by Leher
Kamali with her skateboard. Picture Courtesy: DT Next When Kamali was a little girl of 4, a frie ...
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#YoungChangemakers-II: To Break The Stigma Around Mental Health This 16-Year-Old Started Let’s Talk
by Leher
Aryani Sahay and Kashish Singh, Co-founders of Let’s Talk. Picture Courtesy: Let’s talk Website ...
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Enabling Community-Led Child Protection: The Journey Of An Experimental Field Site in Madhubani Bihar, India
by Kajol Menon, Nicole Rangel
Image Credits - “Global Perspectives on Child Protection and Neglect.” Child Welfare vol. 98, n ...
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An Illustrator Depicts A Class 8 Child’s COVID-19 Poem Through Her Art: Will The Door Ever Open?
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Nobody’s going to school anymore,No child playing in the park,Nobody’s even opening the door,Ex ...
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#LockedChildhood: These Illustrations Depict The Life Of A 13-Year-Old Locked Inside Her Home
by Leher
One year of the lockdown robbed children of their childhood and violated their very basic right to ...
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#LockedChildhood: How the Covid-19 Pandemic is a Child Rights Crisis
by Leher
Isn’t it ironic that the very reason that prevented the spread of Coronavirus- staying indoors ha ...
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#LockedChildhood: How Art-Based Interventions Came To The Aid Of Children Amidst The Lockdown
by Ayesha, Fehmina, Saheefa (Children from Saturday Art Class)
We have all had days when expressing our low points during the pandemic wasn’t the easiest thing ...
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#LockedChildhood: This illustration shows the lockdown through the eyes of a child
by Leher
One year of the lockdown robbed children of their childhood and violated their very basic right to ...
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#LockedChildhood: These Illustrations Depict The life of a Teenager Locked Inside Her Home
by Leher
One year of the lockdown robbed children of their childhood and violated their very basic right to ...
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#LockedChildhood: Illustrator Interviews Children And Depicts The Conversations Through Her Art
by Leher
One year of the lockdown robbed children of their childhood and violated their very basic right to ...
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#LockedChildhood: A Single Mother Shares Her Journey Of Parenting During the Lockdown Whilst Being Infected by Covid-19
by Reema Ahmad
Ask any parent and they’d tell you parenting during one year of the lockdown hasn’t been ea ...
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#LockedChildhood: A Grandmothers Letter To Her Grandchildren And Their Friends
by Leher
Most children share a special bond with their grandparents, but in pandemic times, many children we ...
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#PandemicPositive: One Year After The Lockdown These Stories Tell Us What Went Right
by Meghna Mishra, inputs from Abineya Ranjan
“Coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic has understandably focused on the negative impact of it an ...
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#WorldDayOfHappiness: 10 Portraits of Children Before and After The Photographer Asked Them to Smile
by Abineya Rajan
“The best way to make children good is to make them happy,” Oscar Wilde This International D ...
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The Minor Project: Frequently Asked Questions
by Leher
These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), will tell you everything that you need to know about T ...
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The Minor Project: A Public Dialogue Initiative To Help End Violence Against Children
by Leher
Childhood should be carefree. Is it so? Take a look at these statistics that depict another rea ...
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20 Reasons Why 2020 Failed Our Children And Robbed Them Of Their Childhoods
by Leher
How did you, as a parent, teacher, caregiver, social worker simplify complexities of a pandemic to ...
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#LockdownEducation: An-18-Year-Old Shares Her Feelings On The Tumultuous Education Amidst The Pandemic
by Simran Zaveri
“The last few months of our youth, where we could still remain children, before starting ...
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“This Educational Policy Is a Casteist Educational Policy” -Periyar
by PRADEEP NARAYANAN
Views of the author are personal, and not the views of the organizations he is associated with ...
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#ItTakesAVillage:Frequently Asked Questions About Your VCPC Tool Kit
by Leher
A knowledge kit to strengthen community-led child protection... I. What is “VCPC”? ...
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#ItTakesAVillage: Why Community Led Child Protection Cannot Wait Any Longer
by Nicole Rangel & Kajol Menon
"Children are not the face of this pandemic. But they risk being among its biggest victims.” ...
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#ItTakesAVillage: Notes from Our Five-Year-Old Field Diary That Are Even More Relevant In Pandemic Times
by Leher
In 2014, Leher began work in preventive child protection in communities in Madhubani, Bihar, with t ...
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#YaaronKoPyaarBhejo: Beyond The Black And White Of Friendships
by Simran Zaveri
If asked, most people would tell you that their friends are one of the most important parts of ...
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#ChildhoodInCovid: A Policy Brief On The Rights Of Children In The Time Of COVID-19
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Labani Jangi/People's Archive of Rural India ...
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#LittleMalalasOfIndia: This 16-year-old ‘Lucknow Boy’ Is Impacting The Lives Of Children One Book And Pen At A Time
by Ira Malhotra
“If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?” ― Malala Yousafzai M ...
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#LittleMalalasOfIndia: A 13-Year-Old Girl’s Initiative On Gender Equality in Educating her Community and Children
by Ira Malhotra
“If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?” ― Malala Yousafzai M ...
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#MothersDay: I Ask Questions To My Mother That I Had Never Asked Before
by Jia Doshi
It was just a few quotidian mornings back, that I had woken up in a room not nearly identifiabl ...
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#MothersDay: I Interview My Mother And Ask Her Questions On Love, Parenting And Seek Her Advice
by Simran Zaveri
Mothers are the pillars upon which society stands. They are the ships in stormy waters that car ...
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#BoysLockerRoom: Tweets That Encourage Us To Challenge The Way We Think
by Ira Malhotra
The recent #boyslockerroom incident involving Delhi schoolboys has once again brought attention ...
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Apalam Chapalam: Travelling Stories For Children
by Mandovi Menon
…Travelling stories for children Fictional worlds built on ink and pages have long been es ...
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Apalam Chapalam: Frequently Asked Questions
by Mandovi Menon
…Travelling stories for children The three posters are covers from a children's magazine Sand ...
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Apalam Chapalam: A Quick Guide on How To Create Your Home Videos
by Mandovi Menon
Our step by step guide will help you create your home videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L ...
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Stay At Home Activities For Children during the #Lockdown
by Leher
Are you an NGO working with children, teacher or a parent finding it difficult to engage your c ...
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Here’s Where You Can Donate To Help Children and Marginalised Families Affected By #Coronavirus
by Leher
Coronavirus Pandemic is a difficult time for our country and humanity. As India is on a Lockdown, c ...
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Lockdown Parenting: The Joys And The Struggles
by Leher
The Coronavirus pandemic has upended parenting like never before. School closures, children without ...
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A Day In The life Of Irula Tribal Children Of Dargas Hamlet
by Smitha Tumuluru
It is 7:30am on a Saturday morning. Colourful plastic pots line up around the only tap at the I ...
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The Voice On The Wall II
by Leher
Photo Credit: Ernest Zacharevica “A wall is a very big weapon. It's one of the nastiest things ...
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How Stories Can Change The World For Children
by Rebecca Sarah John
I recently read Neil Gaiman’s ‘Art Matters’ where he talks about how books and our imagin ...
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19 Reasons Why 2019 Makes Us Want To Fight Harder For Our Children
by Leher
Childhood has changed, and we need to change our approaches along with it,” said Henrietta.H.Fore ...
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#CitizenshipAmendmentAct – Are All Refugee Children Equal? Not Anymore.
by Pradeep Narayanan
Views of the author are personal, and not the views of the organizations he is associated with. ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – On Raising A Child With Hearing Impairment
by Leher & Save The Children India
Many parents of children with disabilities, feel deep anxiety and fear the lack of opportunitie ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – Their Disability? Or Mine?
by Havovi Wadia
#ThisAbilityMatters is a co-created campaign with Save The Children India that aims to pus ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – Experts Speak On Building An Inclusive World For India’s Children
by Leher & Save The Children India
Children with disabilities are missing from mainstream discussions on education and employment, ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “One Day, I Will Become A Big Guy,” Proclaims Amir.
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age, where do you live? A. I am Amir, a 17-year-old studying in class ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “I Want To Become A Doctor When I Grow Up,” Asserts Humza.
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age? Where do you live? A. I am Hamza, I am 11 years old and liv ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “I Love My School Because I Have Friends Here,” Reveals Mantasha.
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age? Where do you live? A. I am Mantasha, I am 15-year old and l ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “I Want To Become a Doctor When I Grow Up,” Says Mehak
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age? Where do you live? A. I am Mehak, I am 11-years-old living ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “I Love Drawing,” Shares Shifan
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age? Where do you live? A. I am Shifan, I am 15-years-old living ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “I Will Become a Hero When I Grow Up! Declares Danish
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age? Where do you live? A. I am Danish Siddique, I am 19 years o ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “I Wish To Go To College,” Rekha Tells Us
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age? Where do you live? A. I am Rekha, 18-year old living in Chu ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – “I Will Rule the World,” Says 15-Year-Old Abhujar
by Leher & Save The Children India
Q. What is your name, age? Where do you live? A. I am Abhujar, 15-year old living in B ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – Rising Above Society’s Stereotypes, Pravin’s Journey In Challenging His Disability & Becoming A Role Model To His Son
by Save The Children India
"I am not broken nor a problem to solve, I am not a learning tool to make you more evolved,"I'm ...
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#ThisAbilityMatters – Decoding Project Dhvani & It’s Work On The Invisible Condition Of Hearing-Impairment With Children
by Save The Children India
It was the dream of Mrs. Vipula Kadri, Founder & National Director, Save The Children India ...
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#YoungChangemakers: This Chote Master Is Enabling Children To Get Back To School
by Leher
Chote Master’! That’s what Little Children from slum communities of Uttrakhand and Uttar Pr ...
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Being Raised Grandmother’s Daughters
by Rohit Jain
Nontraditional families are no longer considered uncommon in our society. Many children are rai ...
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#YoungChangeMakers: Meet India’s 11-Year- Old Climate Activist – Ridhima Pandey
by Leher
In August 2018, when the then 15-year-old Greta Thunbergsat alone outside the Swedish Parl ...
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#YoungChangemakers – Meet Payal Working To Abolish Child Marriage In Rajasthan
by Leher
At the tender age of 11, when most children are busy with their daily dose of homework, little ...
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#YoungChangemakers: This Gully Girl is Dharavi’s Only Female Rapper
by Leher
“Ladko ke beech mein main hoon ek stree mera naam hai Gayatri.” That’s how 16-year-old Ga ...
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These Handwritten Letters By Children Will Make You Reminiscent Of Your Free-Spirited Childhood Days
by Leher
How many times have you approached a top-notch CEO with advice on your own venture without thinkin ...
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#InternationalGirlChildDay – Sheetal Shares Her Journey Of Strength, Self Defence & Winning A Gold Medal
by MukkaMaar
This is one part of a three-part narrative in collaboration with Leher and MukkaMaar is a non-prof ...
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#InternationalGirlChildDay – Soni Learns New Life Skills & Represents Mumbai At State-Level Martial Arts
by Soni
This is one part of a three-part narrative in collaboration with Leher and MukkaMaar is a non-prof ...
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#InternationalGirlChildDay – Shreya Finds A New Sense Of Freedom Through Martial Arts
by MukkaMaar
This is one part of a three-part narrative in collaboration with Leher and MukkaMaar is a non-pr ...
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#BackToSchool- Bitter Sweet Memories Of School Days
by Leher
A new term takes us all back to our school days. Making new friends and catching up with old ones, g ...
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Indian Ads That Appeal To Parents To Ease Exam Pressure On Children
by Simran Zaveri
Exams are close. Terrifyingly close. So close, in fact, that they’re around the corner with a fryi ...
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The Drummer Girls Of Dahisar – How A Dhol Set 12-Year-Old Asmi Free
by Asmi
“I got inspired by my aunt who played the dhol and seeing her love for it made me join our pat ...
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The Drummer Girls Of Dahisar – How the Dhol Gave Voice To 17-Year-Old Lubdha
by Lubdha
“When I was in Class 9, I had seen a Dhol Tasha performance in our locality and wanted to lear ...
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The Drummer Girls Of Dahisar-How 12-year-Old Vainavi Embraced The Playfulness Of The Dhol
by Vainavi
“Every time I saw a Dhol-Tasha performance in my locality during festivals such as Ganesh Cha ...
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The Drummer Girls Of Dahisar: How The Dhol Carved Out A Personal Space For 13-year-old Suhani
by Suhani
“I used to see girls perform in the Dhol-Tasha and wondered, how do they manage th ...
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The Drummer Girls Of Dahisar – The Strength Of A Community
by Leher
Dhol Pathak groups play a major role in lending a fervour to the 11-day Ganpati festival in the ...
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Indian Ads That Challenge A World Where Children Are Not Equal
by Leher
Advertising plays a big role in acting as an agent for social change. The way we think, understa ...
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Photojournalist GMB Akash Captures The Complex Stories Of Child Labour & Childhoods Lost
by Leher
Can you exchange a day with your own child in the place of these children? Can you deposit your chil ...
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How The Resilient Children Of Majuli Turned The Floods Into A Learning Experience
by Maati Community
THE PEOPLE OF MAJULI & THEIR INTERFACE WITH FLOODS Floods are not new to the people and c ...
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How Calvin & Hobbes Sum Up What Every Child Thinks During Exam Time
by Simran Zaveri
Today, children and teenagers face pressure at home and school so startlingly extreme that it’s a ...
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From Participants To Co-Researchers, Adolescent Girls Explore The Meaning Of Their ‘Voices’
by Jahanara Raza
The discourses surrounding the Indian education system have focused on the voices of the stakeholder ...
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#LittleHumans Of Ahmedabad Share Serious Health Hazards Of Living Near Pirana Dumping Ground
by Leher
Children at Brighton English School getting ready for their presentation. (Photo- Shahnawaz, TFI fel ...
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#LittleHumans Of Shiv Nadar Public School In Delhi Find Simple Solutions To Prevent Air Pollution
by Leher
Go Vert team using bamboo to grow trees. (Photo- City As Lab) At Shiv Nadar Public School in Gurugra ...
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#LittleHumans Of Parel Unravel Living Conditions Of Animals At Byculla Zoo
by Leher
Shreya, Akanksha and Tanvi with their street pet dog at a community temple in Parel (Photo- City As ...
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#LittleHumans From MSB International School Tell Us Why We Should Stop Consuming Bread
by Leher
Mariya, Mustufa, Huzefa and Zainab testing different breads at their school lab (Photo- City As Lab) ...
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7 Inspiring Ted Talks By Teens You Cannot Miss
by Simran Zaveri
“Children are our future” is a timeworn saying, but in reality, they are hardly ever listened ...
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#ItsOkBaatKaro – A Safe Space For Adolescents & Youth To Share Their Struggles With Mental Health Issues
by Leher
“Hi, I am 16 years old. The last six months have been the hardest six months of my life, and I s ...
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#PlayMatters – How Sesame Workshop India Uses Play As A Pathway For Social Change
by Sesame Workshop India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktxVHv0FYxU> THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY For Sakina, a parent resi ...
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#PlayMatters – The Story of Struggle & Success of Team South India Through The Eyes Of NGO Karunalaya’s Founder
by Leher
This is the story of a team that found a coach 15 days before their departure to England for a Wor ...
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#PlayMatters – Sonali Khan’s Learning-Through-Play Ambition For Children In India
by Sonali Khan
[caption id="attachment_5751" align="aligncenter" width="784"] Photo - Sesame Workshop India[/captio ...
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#PlayMatters – Given A Sporting Chance – Article 31 & Its Actualization For India’s Children
by Havovi Wadia
Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of Children pertains to the child’s right to rest, le ...
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#PlayMatters: The Boys Of Team North India Who Bring Street Children To The Mainstream Through Cricket
by Leher
“I am very glad to be here today as a street child who got the opportunity to come to Lord’s t ...
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#PlayMatters – The Girls Of Team North India & Their Experience With A Gender-Equal Cricket Team
by Leher
“Our captain too was really good. Just because we were girls, he did not treat us any differentl ...
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#PlayMatters – “More Girls Should Play Cricket!” Say Boys At Azad Maidan
by Vipul Kumar
Q) Who do you think is going to win the Cricket World Cup? A: India! (in unison) Q) Why? A: Ar ...
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#PlayMatters – Where Children Play Cricket
by Jia Doshi
Every child in India will have remnants of their childhood linked to the game of cricket. Along the ...
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#PlayMatters – In Conversation With Sudeshna Chatterjee, On Promoting A Child’s Right To Play
by Sudeshna Chatterjee
Urbanist, researcher, and planning and development professional who uses her knowledge and experti ...
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#PlayMatters – 5 Young Sportspersons In India You Must Follow
by Leher
The current generation of young Indian sportspersons have not only helped India make a mark in the ...
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#PlayMatters – Cricket In The Time Of Conflict
by Leher
In a situation of perpetual conflict, children are held hostage within the four walls of their hom ...
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#PlayMatters – Monisha Finds An Equal Footing In Her Community Through The Game Of Cricket
by Karunalaya NGO
“If you respect us, you will listen to us and if you listen to us, you will protect us. So pleas ...
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#PlayMatters – Nagalaxmi Finds Inspiration In Mitali Raj To Represent India In Mixed-Gender Cricket
by Karunalaya NGO
Raised in a shelter home run by Karunalaya, a nonprofit organization working for the protection ...
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#PlayMatters – From Child Labourer To Cricket Star, Surya’s Determined Journey Off The Streets
by Karunalaya NGO
Surya had to drop out from school when he was just 11 years. It was also the same year his fathe ...
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#PlayMatters – Team Captain, Paulraj Finds An Identity Beyond Being A Street Child
by Karunalaya NGO
17- year-old Paulraj was born and raised on the streets of Chennai. His parents run a tiffin sho ...
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#MumbaiRains – Children Coping With Mumbai’s Perennial Rain
by Leher
Heavy monsoon rains have paralysed Mumbai city once again. Flooded, waterlogged streets, collapsed h ...
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In Photos – Children In Search Of Water II
by Leher
The water crisis is looming large over India with Chennai becoming the first Indian city “to have ...
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Everyday India’s Instagram Collective Tells Stories Of India’s Children Going To School
by Leher
“You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. ...
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Chasing The Clouds – India’s Children & Their Interplay With Monsoon
by Leher
The vagaries of India’s monsoon, are known to all its people, especially its children. For some, ...
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#WorldRefugeeDay – HeartBreaking Stories Of Refugee Children Through Dar Yasin’s Lens
by Leher
One of the world’s largest developing refugee emergencies is at Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh, wi ...
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#WorldDayAgainstChildLbour – Ravi Mishra’s Depiction Of Child Labourers In Mica Mines of Jharkhand & Bihar
by Leher
India is one of the largest producers of mica in the world, accounting for about 60% of its global ...
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#AgeofAdolescence – In Conversation With Clinical Psychologist Sonali Gupta On The Growing Trend Of Therapy Amongst India’s Adolescents
by Leher
Growing up an adolescent and being a parent to one has always been challenging. But with the chang ...
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#AgeOfAdolescence – What It Means To Be An Adolescent Girl In India
by Leher
Adolescents today, face a unique set of challenges. In a world riddled with poverty, violence, ine ...
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#AgeOfAdolescence – Supplementing or Substituting? Adolescent Views On Participating In The Digital World
by Havovi Wadia
The Pew Research Centre surveyed over 1000 American teens (aged 13-17) in two survey rounds in 201 ...
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#AgeofAdolescence – The Age Of Becoming
by Leher
Navigating through life as an adolescent can be hard. The pressure and stress of fitting in, emb ...
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#AgeOfAdolescence – Girlhood Campaigns To Follow On Instagram
by Leher
There are 1.1 billion girls in the world, and each one of them deserves equal opportunities in t ...
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#AgeOfAdolescence – Unleashing Her Potential
by Leher
"Little girls with dreams become women with vision." - Unknown. In India, the number of girls and ...
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#AgeOfAdolescence – 5 Youth Led Movements Across The World You Must Follow
by Leher
“We proved that it does matter what you do and that no one is too small to make a difference,” ...
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#AgeOfAdolescence – Let’s Talk About Drugs
by Leher
The Rastafarian reggae star Bob Marley was once famously quoted saying, “When you smoke the herb ...
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5 Journalists Changing The Child Rights Discourse In India
by Leher
Dialogue about the rights of children is slowly gaining momentum, making its way into our whatsa ...
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#InternationalMissingChildrensDay – PSA’s From Across The World
by Punya Datar
With an increasingly connected world, driven by technology and the world wide web, come issues o ...
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#AgeOfAdolescence – Why You Need A Sense Of Humour To Understand Your Adolescent
by Leher
Parenthood is one of the most trying journeys, especially when your child reaches the tumultuous age ...
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Child Rights Activists Appeal To Citizens To Vote For The Future Of ALL Children In India
by Group of Child Rights Activists
Children don’t vote- but you do! Let’s vote for our children to grow up with Tolerance and l ...
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#Vote4Children – The English Medium Vs Hindi Medium Debate With 16-Year-Old Priyansh
by Vipul Kumar
Little Humans is a volunteer driven photo-project based on the belief that the littlest people h ...
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#Vote4Children – 16-Year-Old Purujit On How Parents Need To Encourage Children To Take On Careers In The Creative Stream
by Vipul Kumar
Little Humans is a volunteer driven photo-project based on the belief that the littlest people h ...
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#Vote4Children – What 14-Year-Old Bharadwaj Thinks Of Inclusive Schools For Children
by Vipul Kumar
Little Humans is a volunteer driven photo-project based on the belief that the littlest people h ...
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The Life Of A Child On A Fruit Vendor’s Cart, Through Altaf Qadri’s Frames
by Leher
“Prolific and perceptive” is how the New York Times describes Altaf Qadri. In his Instagram ...
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Where Children Play Cricket
by Jia Doshi
Every child in India will have remnants of their childhood linked to the game of cricket. Along the ...
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A Re-Look At India’s Child Labour Issue
by Shreeradha Mishra
Children make up 40% of India’s total population, yet, state-level social protection and child ...
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India’s Young Gully Boys & Gully Girls Mainstreaming Social Issues Through Rap
by Jia Doshi
For many young people, the only means of expressing themselves in this harsh world is through rhym ...
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Through Her Lens II: 5 Female Photographers To Follow This Women’s Day, Capturing The Plight Of Children In India
by Leher
In India, photojournalists are on the rise, especially women. Their visual narratives tell remarkabl ...
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#ZeroDiscriminationDay – The Several Facets Of Gender Discrimination In India
by Shreeradha Mishra
The 1st of March is celebrated as Zero Discrimination Day by the UN, as an opportunity to highligh ...
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A Broken Family. An Unfulfilled Wish To Study. Zannat Becomes A News Reporter
by Save the Children
“In life I must not limit my challenges, I must challenge my limits to make my vision into a rea ...
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Household Chores. Caring For Younger Siblings. Sonali Crosses Hurdles & Gets Back To School.
by Save the Children
Studying in Grade 9 at Tardeo Municipal School, 14-year-old Sonali Satkar has lived her life in on ...
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A Student Today. A Teacher Tomorrow. Jyoti’s Journey In Fighting Odds to Become An Educator
by Save the Children
This young girl aspires to make a change in the lives of people, by becoming an educator. Like Mal ...
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Life In A Zhoppad Patti. Frequent Evictions. Still, Farzana Excels On The Field
by Save the children
For the past 17 years Farzana has been living on the street at Maratha Mandir in Mumbai. She lives ...
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A Home Under A Bridge. Daily Struggles Of Street Life. Yet, Making An Impossible Dream Possible.
by Save the Children
“The idea of a building a robust community and helping people has been an integral part of my id ...
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Conversations For Children At The World Economic Forum 2019
by Leher
The World Economic Forum at Davos marked the first major international political event of 2019. Ov ...
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LittleHumans Of Mumbai Streets – Sanjana’s Journey In Understanding The Importance Of Education
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children f ...
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LittleHumans Of Mumbai Streets – A Home Away From Home For Sujay
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children fro ...
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LittleHumansOfMumbaiStreets – A Hard Day’s Night For Chaaya
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children fro ...
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LittleHumansOfMumbaiStreets – Leaving Her Husband To Study Further
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children fro ...
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LittleHumansOfMumbaiStreets – Manoj’s Adolescent Years Of Drug Addiction & Overcoming It
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children fro ...
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LittleHumansOfMumbaiStreets – Hazardous Work And Hungry To Lead A Life Away From It
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children fro ...
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LittleHumansOfMumbaiStreets – Giving Up On Her Dreams For Her Younger Sisters
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children fro ...
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LittleHumansOfMumbaiStreets – Saanya’s Unforgettable Life Without A Shelter
by Prerana
Little Humans, in collaboration with Prerana, brings to you the stories of vulnerable children fro ...
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Under The Guise Of Faith- At The Kumbh Mela
by Leher
Confluence of the Yamuna, Ganga and Saraswati. Devotees. Curious foreigners. Naga Sadhus. Saffron ...
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Understanding Millennials Through Magazine Covers
by Punya Datar
Every generation across centuries has brought with them definitive characteristics and traits, many ...
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Education, Development & Tribal Children – A Conversation With Champions Of Change
by Shreeradha Mishra
While India continues to make strides in economic development, the costs of this development are be ...
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18 Reasons Why 2018 Wasn’t the Year for India’s Children
by Leher
As we step into 2019, maybe it’s time to take a look back and see why 2018 wasn’t the year for I ...
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The Rise Of Youth Activists III
by Punya Datar
Children and youth were once expected to be passive followers, obedient listeners and dependent ...
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#HumanRightsDay- Climate Change, War And It’s Impact On The Rights of Children
by Shreeradha Mishra
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70 today. This milestone declaration documents t ...
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Corporal Punishment: How Not To Teach A Child A Lesson
by Shreeradha Mishra
Corporal punishment has for the longest time been one of the most favored methods for disciplining ...
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Childhood Matters
by Leher
Notions of childhood may vary but we all agree that Childhood matters. Childhood is a safe nurturing ...
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#GirlChildDay – Unleashing Her Potential
by Leher
"Little girls with dreams become women with vision." - Unknown. In India, the number of girls and a ...
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Making Sense of the World Today – Books Your Children Must Read II
by Leher
As Anna Quindlen wisely said, "Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destin ...
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The #LittleHumans Living On India’s Streets – Nisha
by Save the Children
An exemplary example of how education can transform lives, Nisha, is one of Save the Children’s ...
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The #LittleHumans Living On India’s Streets – Salmaan
by Save the Children
Salmaan was rescued by a local NGO as a teenager when he ran away from home due to extreme situati ...
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The #LittleHumans Living On India’s Streets – Manisha Kamble
by Save the Children
Manisha currently lives under a flyover near Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai. Her family does n ...
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The #LittleHumans Living On India’s Streets – Sultana Moizuna
by Save the Children
Sultana has been living on the street near Maratha Mandir Zhopad Patti since age 4. Due to ill hea ...
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The #LittleHumans Living On India’s Streets- Saleha Khan
by Save the Children
“We were taken to a separate class for the session and the boys were not a part of it. I think e ...
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The #LittleHumans Living On India’s Streets – #THEINVISIBLES
by Save the Children
You know who they are… the little boy with the runny nose knocking at your car window, the girl ...
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How Nuclear Poisoning Has Ravaged Lives Of Children In The Adivasi Village Of Jadugoda
by Ankush Vengurlekar/ Adivasi Lives Matters
All images of children have been shared with due consent and permission from the families by Ankush ...
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#WorldLiteracyDay – Grassroot Initiatives Changing the Landscape of Education in India
by Leher
After 72 years of independence, India’s literacy rate stands at 74.04% according to the fifteent ...
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#Storiesfromthefield- A Fight Against Child Marriage Brings Change To A Rural Community In Bihar
by Shreeradha Mishra
“When a girl is forced to marry as a child, she faces immediate and lifelong consequences. Her ...
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#KeralaFloods- Children Face The Challenge Of Climate Change
by Leher
Flood relief rescue teams, coast guards, soldiers, celebrities, NGO’s and the people of India are ...
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7 Podcasts For Young Adults
by Shreeradha Mishra
What could be a way to help those ear phone clad young adults to harness the best of the technol ...
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Deluge, Distress & The Disastrous Backwash Of Floods On The Lives Of Children
by Leher
In every crisis, children are the most vulnerable. Climate change is no exception. As floods escalat ...
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#EndChildTrafficking – Twitter Reflections On The Trafficking Of Persons (Prevention, Protection & Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018
by Leher
While many hail the arrival of the Anti-Trafficking Bill and hoot at its approval in the Lok Sabha, ...
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#EndChildTrafficking – Priti Patkar’s Personal Memoir On Working With InterGenerational Trafficking In India
by Leher
An Early Start Born in a middle class home, I grew up in a neighbourhood of government employ ...
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#EndChildTrafficking- How Leena Kejriwal Is Using Art & Technology To Create Awareness On Female Trafficking
by Leher
Have you spotted a life-sized black coloured silhouette of a girl on your city walls yet? The MISSIN ...
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#EndChildTrafficking-The Child Trafficking Challenge Addressed Through Public Campaigns
by Leher
There are a startling 21 million victims of forced labour and sexual trade around the world, accordi ...
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#EndChildTrafficking- Why The Public Needs To Join In On #ChokeTheDemand
by Leher
Delhi’s first interactive mural experience was created in collaboration with Change.org and The Mi ...
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Kanche Aur Postcards – A Heartfelt Childhood Adventure
by Shreeradha Mishra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRnd7F4aRGg Kanche aur Postcards, a thirty-minute short film, is ...
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#UprootedChildhoods- Children Demand ‘Liveable’ Homes In Lallubhai Compound
by Yuva
Children are vulnerable to a range of threats when their right to an adequate home is not fulfilled. ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Vinay Murlidhar Gupta
by Yuva
'I live in Lallubhai Compound, Building 17, with my family. The light goes off in our house anyt ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Usha Bisoi
by Yuva
“People in school behave badly with me because I live in a basti (informal settlement). I ca ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Priyanka Shivnure
by Yuva
“Mere sapnon ka ghar building mein hoga, jisme bada hall aur bada room hoga,” beams Priyanka ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Madhuri Dedhe
by Yuva
“Jab policewale aate hain, humme bahut dar lagta hain.. Woh bolte hain…Kal yeh ghar tootne w ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Khushboo Borasi
by Yuva
“Baar baar aate hain…Todo! Todo! Chilate hain.” Meet Khusbhoo Bosari of Bhuri Tekri, Indor ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Ganesh Jha
by Yuva
“We don’t have a single light or water in our home, not even a toilet. We worry a lot when t ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – The Question Of Adequate Homes In A Rehabilitation & Resettlement Colony
by Yuva
Adequate housing for children is more than just a roof over one’s head. While many children may li ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – 5 Childhood Stories From Vashi Naka
by Yuva
Recently, we caught up with 5 children at Vashi Naka, a rehabilitation and resettlement site in M-Ea ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Claiming Spaces For Play: Mumbai’s Children & Youth Lead A Promising Movement
by Yuva
[caption id="attachment_3481" align="aligncenter" width="4898"] Children at play in Lallubhai Compou ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Fear, Footpaths & Football- Mary Fights Back
by Yuva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tINNrdiKM-I Born and raised in Mumbai’s Matunga, Mary has bee ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – In Conversation With Rouble Nagi On Misaal Mumbai & Its Vision To Make Better Homes For Children & Families in Informal Settlements
by Leher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G1QZmzmols “All of us living in this world have a right to a n ...
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#UprootedChildhood – When Children Rebuild Their Lost Homes Even At Playtime
by Yuva
What happens when evictions become a frequented reality in one’s life? Sometimes, children start b ...
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#UprootedChildhoods – Gulsabha Idrisi
by Yuva
“Mujhe ek alag kamra chahiye… I want a separate room of my own. There should be a separate t ...
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#UprootedChildhood: Growing Up With Evictions
by Yuva & Leher
Bulldozers. Crumbling walls. Rubble. Fallen electric poles. Lost possessions. Vanished memories. Bro ...
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#MalalaDay- An Illustrated Story Of The Most Potent Voice For Girls’ Education
by Leher
Gul Makai, a biopic on young Malala Yousafzai, is a tribute to this lion-hearted girl who champion ...
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Childhoods Under The Grip Of The Assam Floods
by Leher
"As children bathe in the floodwaters and go fishing, many are falling ill, suffering mostly from fe ...
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Little Rural Change Makers – To Be All Smiles
by Ulrike Reinhard
“I’ll pick you up at 9 am tomorrow. Be ready!” I said to Sachin . “Yes”, he replied. The ...
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Little Rural Change Makers – The Freedom To Be A Kid
by Ulrike Reinhard
BaliRam is one of a bunch of kids in Janwaar I call “The Adivasi Gang”. Adorable little rascal ...
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Little Rural Change Makers – Fragile. Fearless. Free.
by Ulrike Reinhard
Durgha is one of our youngest girl-skaters. The other kids gave her the nickname “kukera” – w ...
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Little Rural Change Makers – A Bittersweet Intermezzo
by Ulrike Reinhard
https://vimeo.com/248951128 Abhilasha is not the “typical” Janwaar kid. She is much older than t ...
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Fear, Foothpaths & Football- Mary Fights Back With Her Love For The Game
by Yuva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tINNrdiKM-I Born and raised in Mumbai’s Matunga, Mary has been ...
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Where Children Play Football
by Leher
From boys in juvenile homes breaking the shackles of a life of crime, girls in Jharkhand fighting ge ...
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From The Streets To the Street Child World Cup- In Conversation With Footballer Kannandos
by Nipa Bhansali/Leher
More than 200 young people from across the world headed for Moscow in advance of the World Cup 201 ...
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Going To School In The Tribal Village Of Javvadu Hills In Tamil Nadu
by Smitha Tumuluru
Summer holidays are coming close to an end, and school season is beginning, to the excitement (or di ...
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#WorldDayAgainstChildLabour – Where A Dumpyard Nurtures ‘Little Dreams’
by Rohit Jain / DAJI
[caption id="attachment_3124" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Hasbul plays with toy laptop gifted ...
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The Games We Played – A Walk Down Memory Lane
by Leher
What was your favourite game as a child? Hide and seek? Lagori? Or Gilli Danda? Asking the same qu ...
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The Step Mom Syndrome
by Havovi Wadia
My daughter is seven. Over the past two years, many of her favourite bedtime stories have included ...
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Making Sense Of The World Today – Books Your Children Must Read
by Leher
A child is never too young to start learning about the harsh realities of the world, and act on his/ ...
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On Child Trafficking In NorthEast India And The New Bill – In Conversation with Hasina Kharbhih
by Sanskrita Bharadwaj
Human trafficking is the third-largest organized crime violating basic human rights, with no speci ...
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The Rise Of Youth Activists II
by Leher
Hope is hard to come by, and even harder to believe in, when one’s existence is surrounded by vi ...
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Community Library For Children In Assam’s Majuli
by Sanskrita Bharadwaj
A group of young people from Assam’s Guwahati came together to create a community library for chi ...
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#InternationalDayOfFamilies- Family Strengthening Posters From Across The World
by Leher
Families all over the world have transformed immensely over the past decades – we’ve seen the ...
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The Price Of Development – The Story Of Mumbai’s Forgotten Rivers & It’s Children
by Aslam Saiyad
The city of dreams, Mumbai, is the most densely populated city in the country. The pressure on r ...
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#WeTheParents – Confessions Of An Angry Mother
by Chandrika Rao
I am guilty. Of hitting my child and getting angry at him. Guilty of breaking the law, breaking ...
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#WeTheParents – Kya Aapke Toothpaste Mein Feminism Hai?
by Chandrika Rao
Illustration: Rebecca Hendin via Buzzfeed “Feminism” What a misunderstood word it is. Over the ...
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#WeTheParents – Raising Our Boys In The City Of Dreams
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
In the slums of Dahisar, a melting pot of cultures and people, religion and languages, aspiratio ...
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#WeTheParents – Parents As Therapists
by Ameeta Sanghavi Shah
Who is anyone to tell you how to raise your children? In conversation with Ameeta Shah Sanghvi, ...
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#WeTheParents – On How To Juggle Responsibilities In The Circus Act Of Single Parenting
by Daniel Sherwin
Stuck in our gender stereotypes and societal dogma, have we ignored the urge of the man to be a ...
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#WeTheParents – Are You Mom Enough?
by Havovi Wadia
Dear Fellow-Working-Mother, I’m sure you’re really efficient at managing home, a paying c ...
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#WeTheParents – Normalcy Is A Special Need
by Deepa Garwa
From the minute you are told that you are going to have a baby, you create that idea of ‘perfe ...
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#WeTheParents – My Fears In Raising My Child – Voices From Parents
by Shreeradha Mishra
Parenting never was a cakewalk. But if it is possible, the role of being a parent has ...
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#WeTheParents – Raising Twins
by Joeanna Rebello Fernandes
*Names of the children have been changed to protect their identity Last week I asked my 8-year- ...
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#WeTheParents – 15 TIME Magazine Covers That Catalog Parenting Trends
by Leher
Sifting through magazine covers is akin to a lesson from history class. The Time magazine vault thro ...
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#WeTheParents – Parenting With A ‘Grand’ Difference
by Chandrika Rao
In Mumbai and all over the world, hundreds of parents set out to work each morning kno ...
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#JusticeForChildren – What Is Really Justice?
by Gayatri Babbar
Justice for me, and justice for you, and not justice just for the who’s who! Each time ther ...
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Little Humans Of Bombay – Cataloguing The Beat Of The City And Their Childhoods, One Story At A Time
by Leher
When in 2010 the twenty-six-year-old New Yorker, Brandon Stanton began an ambitious photography proj ...
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#WorldWaterDay: India’s Children In Search Of Water
by Leher
Cape Town in South Africa will be the world’s first major city to run out of water, as the “Zer ...
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Capital Punishment For The Rape Of Minors Against Survivor’s Interests
by Valay Singh Rai and Nicole Rangel Menezes
Rape culture should be addressed more holistically The death penalty for perpetrators in case ...
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Through Her Lens: 5 Female Photographers To Follow This Women’s Day, Capturing The Plight Of Girls In India
by Leher
Photo- Deepti Asthana On Women’s day and in the current political and social climate in India and ...
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Will Real-Time Surveillance In Classrooms Ensure Better Safety & Education For Children?
by Leher
The State government in Delhi has hastened its work towards the completion of its project for i ...
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No More Pecking Order – The Papon Controversy & Children On Reality TV
by Havovi Wadia
There is no link between a person’s talent and her/his understanding of elementary consent iss ...
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#LittleHumans Of Saraswatipur, Siliguri – Eliyas Kharya
by Khelo Rugby
Eliyas is a very smart 8th grader, studying at the Rajaranga National Hindi High School. He exce ...
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#LittleHumans Of Saraswatipur, Siliguri – Sonali
by Khelo Rugby
Sonali is 12 years old and is in the 8th grade at Katalguri Junior High School. She loves Histor ...
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#LittleHumans Of Saraswatipur, Siliguri – Debaraj
by Khelo Rugby
Debaraj lives in a small hut with his parents right on the edge of the tea fields where both of ...
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#LittleHumans Of Saraswatipur, Siliguri – John Paul
by Khelo Rugby
John Paul has swag, both on and off the field. In the mornings, he takes a bike to school along wi ...
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#LittleHumans Of Saraswatipur, Siliguri – Rehan
by Khelo Rugby
Rehan is a shy, young, 10 year old boy who lives in the tea garden village of Saraswatipur. His da ...
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The Little Rugby Players From Saraswatipur, Siliguri
by Leher
Saraswatipur, a cluster of picturesque villages situated around sprawling tea gardens in the north ...
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17 Stories Of 2017 That Reiterate Why We Need To Renew Our Commitment To End Violence Not Childhood
by Leher
Inspired by our first ever blog, 13 Ways 2013 Failed The Indian Child, we decided to look back at wh ...
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#NoCountryForChildren – Including Youth In The Conversation On The Refugee Crisis
by Yeshna Dindoyal
“Dear President Obama, Remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria? Can you pl ...
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#NoCountryForChildren – What It’s Like To Be A Rohingya Refugee Child In New Delhi
by Shreeradha Mishra
We all read the headlines. ‘X number of people displaced’ and ‘Y number of people dead’ in ...
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#NoCountryForChildren – Refusing To Be Their Home
by Havovi Wadia
As of 20th October 2017, reports claimed that 1200-1500 children arrived in Bangladesh EVERYDAY fl ...
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#NoCountryForChildren – How Art Interventions Can Help Displaced Children Cope
by Chandrika Rao
Children thrive on security and find comfort in certain predictable routines of life. Happy childh ...
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#NoCountryForChildren – 7 Instagram Accounts That Will Make You Look At The Rohingya Crisis Through A Child’s Eyes
by Leher
As thousands of Rohingya Muslims have made their way to Bangladesh and other countries, photograph ...
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#NoCountryForChildren – Waiting Their Turn
by Leher
Yes I am a Rohingya Yes I am from Myanmar But I too am Human - Ali jar Between reasons quoted by ...
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#NoCountryForChildren – In Conversation With Two-Time Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, Muhammed Muheisen needs no introduction. Having ...
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Little Humans of M-East Ward- Faizan Khan
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
Like most millenials, this 16 year old uses his smartphone like an extension of his body. His swif ...
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Little Humans of M-East Ward- Rizwana
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
She’s shy and reserved, but 16-year-old Rizwana has a lot to offer to the Bal Panchayat with her ...
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Little Humans of M-East Ward- Dilnawaz
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
His crisp white shirt and somber demeanour are telling of his turning into a young man. To 17 year ...
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Little Humans of M-East Ward- Kulsum
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
A resident of Indranagar, Kulsum is articulate, mature, self-assured, despite being one of the few ...
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Little Humans of M-East Ward- Sufiyan Ansari
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
Sufiyan’s face reveals his innocence but conceals his age. This 17-year-old has a glint in his e ...
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Little Humans of M-East Ward- Ibrat
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
This 11th grader of Indra High School has the confidence of a Ted Talker and the zest of an activi ...
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Little Humans of M-East Ward- Arbaaz Shah
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
Dressed in all denim, with hints of gold streaks in his hair, and a silver bali on his left ear, t ...
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The Little Humans of M-East ward
by Nipa Bhansali/ Leher
The city of Mumbai’s well kept secret, opens up like a can of worms when you step into the M-Eas ...
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#Storiesfromthefield – A Day Does Not Begin in Eastern Maharashtra without Kharra
by Amir Rizvi for Sabrang India
Every once in a while one chances upon instances of Indian ingenuity, colloquially known as ‘j ...
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#LittleHumans Of Loni – Baabu
by Anandita Palsule & Chinmayee Bagade
“What’s that on your hand?” “It’s a tattoo!” “You make it everyday?” “Yes! ...
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#LittleHumans Of Loni – Jyoti
by Anandita Palsule & Chinmayee Bagade
“You’ve got such beautiful hair, Jyoti !” “I know! But I want red hair.” (she giggl ...
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#LittleHumans Of Loni- Bubbly
by Anandita Palsule & Chinmayee Bagade
“What kind of dance do you like?” “Lavani !” “Wow! Who teaches you? “ “Oh the t ...
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#LittleHumans Of Loni- Disha
by Anandita Palsule & Chinmayee Bagade
“So, what do you want to become when you grow up?” “Whatever my parents plan, “she said ...
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#LittleHumans Of Loni
by Anandita Palsule & Chinmayee Bagade
“See! This is our favourite dog!!” “Yeah? I don't think he likes me much. He's just pointin ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – A Youth’s Perspective
by Yeshna Dindoyal
“The (You)th can turn the tables, and change the social epidemic, which is bullying and cure it. ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – Understanding Bullying Before Addressing It
by Leher
“Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and of ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – Unable To Beat The Bully
by Leher
Bullying today is taking many forms… The blue whale that compels you to commit suicide, the onli ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – The Bully In Us
by Chandrika Rao
We all have heard the story of little Joey who came home with a black eye. “Joey why did you get ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – Silent (Mis)Treatment
by Chandrika Rao
When Aristotle said “Man is by nature a social animal,” he certainly knew what he was talking ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – On-Line – Off-Track
by Chandrika Rao
When I first let my son go online to watch a YouTube video, like all guilt-ridden parents I felt I ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – How To Reduce The Risk Of Internet Stalkers Trapping Children Online
by Kanika Sharma
The internet is vast and there exists all types of individuals using this digital medium for diffe ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – Befriending The Big Bad Bully
by Leher/ Anushka Ganguly
We are used to hearing about the problem of bullying and how parents and schools need to intervene ...
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#NoBulliesAllowed – On How To Beat The Bully
by Leher
For many children, school becomes a scary place because that is where bullies find them. Bullying ...
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#Childhoodinkashmir – In conversation with Aamir Wani
by Leher
"I was born in the 90's, the violence was at its peak when I was growing up. I have the memories of ...
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#Childhoodinkashmir – Umar Fayaz Budoo
by Aamir Wani
“Aqib! Catch catch catch!” Umar screamed. Aqib suddenly ran and carefully caught the ball. “ ...
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#Childhoodinkashmir – Tanzeel Rehman Najar
by Aamir Wani
Tanzeel spread out his little arms and pretended to fly around when I asked him what he wanted to ...
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#Childhoodinkashmir – Mehak Jan
by Aamir Wani
“We couldn’t save him. The doctors tried their best but I think he had to go. I did casual job ...
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#Childhoodinkashmir – Bisma Nasir Ganai
by Aamir Wani
“I love to study about stars and planets. I am also able to form full sentences in English now, ...
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#Childhoodinkashmir – Affan Shafi
by Aamir Wani
On the outskirts of Srinagar, there lies a government primary school in Dardkhover with a total st ...
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‘Nigrani’ Of Schools – How Rural Communities Come Together For Safety In Schools
by Leher
Child protection committees (CPC) are informal citizen’s group located at the level of communiti ...
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Playgrounds: Where Gender Isn’t A Part Of The Game
by Shreeradha Mishra
Sport and play are immediately and intimately tied to the notion of childhood. Children are natura ...
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#EndViolenceNotChildhood – How Can We Protect Our Children In Schools?
by Richa Nagaich
A 7 year old boy was murdered in the washroom of his school, after an attempt of sexual assault ...
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What Twitter Is Saying About #RyanInternationalSchool
by Leher
The matter of #RyanInternationaschool is telling… telling of how unperturbed and unaffected we ...
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The Furious Floods Of Assam And Its Unknown Impact On Children
by Leher
Across South Asia, 1.8 million children were out of school, 18,000 schools shut down across the regi ...
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Children Of God
by Leher
From Ganesh Chaturthi, Janmashtami, Parsi new year, Paryushan, Eid to Raksha Bandhan, the month ...
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Don’t Dread The Red
by Chandrika Rao
You are watching television and suddenly the screen turns white and fluffy. A young woman also d ...
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Going To School In Spiti Valley
by Archana Sangili
In a landscape that is both stunning and rugged, and ever changing, the children of the land wit ...
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#EndViolenceNotChildhood- System Error… Software Not Responding
by Chandrika Rao
It was the same old story. I had settled to begin my work when my laptop gave up on me. I sullen ...
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#EndViolenceNotChildhood- Spare The Rod Save The Child
by Chandrika Rao
Many years ago when I was in school I had a teacher who was known for her razor sharp tongue and ...
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#EndViolenceNotChildhood- Confessions Of An Angry Mother
by Chandrika Rao
I am guilty. Of hitting my child and getting angry at him. Guilty of breaking the law, breaking ...
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#EndViolenceNotChildhood-Under Her Veil- Child Marriage And Its Many Faces Of Violence
by Leher
A 9 year old is married off to her uncle, her father couldn’t pay his loan. A 13 year old turn ...
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Working On Reality Tv Is No Child’s Play- In Response To Shoojit Sircar’s tweet
by Leher
Between the saas-bahu dramas and reality shows on the small screen, the television industry is ...
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In The Pursuit Of Fame, At The Cost Of Childhood
by Sriram Subramanium
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