Children

India declared polio-free in 2014; why, then, is the polio vaccine hitting headlines again?

October 8, 2018 Shree D N

A type of polio virus, supposedly eradicated globally, has been found in stool samples of children in UP; batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a company are also found contaminated. Is polio vaccination safe for your child? Is India’s polio-free status at risk? All you need to know about the polio scare making news right now.

With ‘upcycling labs,’ ‘safai banks’ and more, can environmental education save our planet?

September 18, 2018 Aditi Tandon

Right from pre-schools to online digital academies for adult practitioners, educators are coming up with many innovative programmes to promote sustainability and spread awareness about the environment. The question is whether these can really create impact in the long run.

Books in their hand, dreams in their head: Community library project changes kids

August 17, 2018 Kasturika Ramamoorthy

In New Delhi and Gurgaon, The Community Library Project is taking reading to all sections of society with the involvement of the local community. Providing more than just books, the library is a lively space and engages its members through workshops and events.

An open letter to parents: You need to protect your child from sexual abuse

July 19, 2018 Sonal Kellogg

Child rape has assumed pandemic proportions in India. Often parents don’t have the slightest inkling of the abuse faced by the victim, as in the recent Chennai case. A CSA survivor writes an open letter to parents, telling them about the role they have to play in protecting their child.

India declared polio-free in 2014; why, then, is the polio vaccine hitting headlines again?

With ‘upcycling labs,’ ‘safai banks’ and more, can environmental education save our planet?

Books in their hand, dreams in their head: Community library project changes kids

An open letter to parents: You need to protect your child from sexual abuse

Bubbling with energy, these Kolkata kids taught apartment elders how to save energy

Labelled, bullied, humiliated: What LGBT students in our schools go through

As accidents caused by minors rise, parents penalised to curb trend

We know who killed Pradyuman…but, why on earth?

Tips on how to identify and fight an addiction

How two bored Bengaluru school boys made city schools greener

When kids reclaim city streets: A photo essay

Making our cities child-friendly, one park at a time