Indian Children

Education reforms should be child centric: Kapil Sibal

Rooting for reforms in education system, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said reforms need to be child centric so that children can pursue their own dreams and aspirations.

Denied access to playground by elders, Mumbai kids complain to cops

A group of children in Mumbai have complained against their housing society to the police because they are not allowing them to use the playground.

Child rights group rescues 50 children from illegal homes

Nearly 50 children, who were kept in two illegal children's home here for months with little food amid pathetic living conditions, have been rescued by a team of Rajasthan Commission for Protection of Child Rights, police said today.

The new Indian parent: Laadla beta always comes first

While Americans worry about their children being too spoiled, we Indians can think of no greater life achievement than to raise a laadla beta of whom we expect nothing -- except to come first class first.

Maoists indoctrinating children, says UN report

Maoists are recruiting and indoctrinating children and have constituted children's squads and associations as part of mass mobilisation, a UN report said.