Childhood is the garden period of man's life. Children need love and care for their growth and development. However, child abuse is the tragic irony of Indian social life. About 10 million children are employed in unhealthy, hazardous and dangerous trades and industries. Bare footed, lean and thin children have to work for 10 to 15 hours a day. They work in numerous shops, 'dhabbas', brick kilns, small factories and cottage industries. Some risk their lives while selling newspapers on busy roads.
These child-workers are generally ill-fed and treated like bonded labourers. They are often underpaid. Thousands of children work in fire-crackers and match-factories in South India. Many of them get killed in accidents and fires. The carpet industry in most in human conditions.
Poverty is the main reason that compels many poor parents to send their children for work. India has the largest number of children working in most inhospitable, and in human surroundings. The Child Labour Act should be enforced with all sincerity and strictness. Exemplary punishment should be given to the defaulters and the defiant employers.
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