Photo – Associated Press As the phased opening up of schools and universities has begun, so have the conversations around children going back to school post lockdown. Education for children saw a dramatic change with the shutting down of schools in March 2020, moving schools…

YOU WILL HAVE TO “Elementary school and up, looking to open soon” The news narration rung in Rohit’s ears With a certain fear and maybe hope too He quickly gazes at the chest under his bed He remembered neatly arranging The new notebooks and pens…

On 13th March 2020 our team spotted Yaseen (name changed) a 12-year-old wandering at the Ghaziabad railway station, around 5:00 in the evening. Our team approached him and found out that he was searching for his relative. Our team took him to the Child Assistance…

In collaboration with Tulika Books, we present book reviews every month of new age stories and age old fables, to preserve and promote the habit of reading amongst all children. On the cover of I Didn’t Understand! is a child smiling at readers, upside down. For us,…

CRIMSON BLEEDS THROUGH THE GOWNS Her mom had told her About what happened to her years ago And to her mother And her mother Years of lineage Marked by horrid pain ‘Had only those scars Been on my face’ Her mother would say Only had…

When our outreach teams found an 11-year-old boy wandering around platform eight at Dadar Station they knew he was in danger. Being so young and vulnerable he was a target for traffickers and those looking to abuse and exploit children, using the busy stations as…