Around this time, last year, we witnessed the beginning of the colloquial unprecedented times. Economies crashed, many lost their livelihood, while many others lost their loved ones. However, those in the eye of the storm and its silent victims were children. Children of all ages,…

IT IS A TEAM GAME Nobody notices the pigtails on the side of the gate. The red ribbon untied and dirty Barefoot and evidently in hiding Her eyes round with curiosity Her parents are on their way back When they realise their daughter Who should…

A 12-year-old kid named Siva was rescued by our team from the Villupuram railway station on 14th December 2020 in the afternoon. Our outreach worker found him wandering around on platform no. 1 and was all alone and so the he decided to go and…

It is both ironic and amazing how a still image holds the power to move people from within. Whether it’s the heartbreaking photograph of the 3-year-old Syrian refugee, Alan Kurdi, washed ashore or the captive photograph of the piercing-green-eyed Afghan refugee Sharbat Gula, a powerful…

Devoid of painfully loud anchors and mindless panels with their shoutathons, a quirky news channel discusses pertinent social issues of your city and neighbourhood; all while bringing a smile on your face and being scrappy. The Children’s Scrappy News Service is a makeshift ‘good news’…

BUILDING LOVE   I asked my mother About the wrinkles on her stomach While I was praying for a flat stomach and acne free skin She had embraced her ‘post birth’ stomach ‘you were inside, right here’ She said pointing ‘it was our nest’ she…

HOLDING EACH OTHER BY A THREAD Shiva Light shone through his tattered t-shirt Blistered fingers holding onto his friends’ There were 5 Each holding onto each other in one way The small one held the other’s pinky finger Some held the rim of their trousers…

HOLDING MY BREADTH The world is always a hand me down To the next generation It will never be new But we can’t give them something broken   Air pollution The world that gave birth to the children Is poisoning them every second They haven’t…

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. All of us have a sweet memory attached to the loss of our first milk tooth. Having…