“The sun is shining but it has left a dark shadow behind.”
I had a short visit to an orphanage in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. In this temple of good hope, I saw a lot of kids getting proper food and education. I came out of satisfied and proud eyes.
On the way away, my smile faded away. At a construction centre, I saw many kids, seemingly unhappy, carrying the bricks in the open. Yes, the same old cancer of modern India, Child Labour. The ugly development of a new criminal and heartless future has still found a huge position in India.
When anyone considers the financial compulsions of the families which compel the kids to work, one will be bound to admit that exclusion of child labour will be a far-away vision as long as the socio-monetary standing of these domains are not enhanced.
Knowing the poison circulated by the child labour, the Indian Government made certain laws. Has this being followed? I don’t know. I don’t think so.
Removal of child labour is an unfeasible task in the present socio-financial scenario; the Indian government is dedicated to the duty of ensuring that no child remains uneducated, starving and without health check. When this model will be achieved is a billion dollar question.
Child labour is, in no hesitation, a sin that should be ended at the first. The occurrence of child labour reflects very imperfectly on civilization that is not able to stop this evil. But in a society where many households may have to undergo the pangs of starvation if the children are reserved from work, beggars can’t be choosers. These families have to drive their kids to labor, even if the future of these new eyes is cleaned out, as that is the only choice open for them to stay alive in this humanity. Therefore, unless the socio-economic status of the poor families is improved, India has to live with this slow death of the future, child labor.
-Nikhil Chandwani
Author, poet and a lyricist.
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