India

 Education on their backs

For mysterious motives, the Central government has rejected proposals to lighten the killing load that children have to carry to be educated

Publication Date: 
30/07/1994
Rahul Srivastava
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Education, India
Environment

 No kidding

COMMUNICATING with children is no easy task -- writing books for them is even harder. In a conversation with a child, there is scope to answer the hundreds of questions that are asked. But a story

Publication Date: 
29/06/1994
John Norton
Down to Earth
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19940630
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Tags:
Children, Video, Education
Fisheries

 Call to arms

INTERPOL, the international police body, has declared war against perpetrators of "crime against children". For the first time it has included the issues of child pornography, sex tourism,

Publication Date: 
30/05/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children
India

 Value addition

A Pune teacher develops a calculator made out of cardboard for as little as Rs 15, which can even handle mindbending logarithms.

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
Amit Mitra
Down to Earth
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19940315
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Tags:
Children, Education, India
India

 If words were deeds

If a recently held seminar on the Girl Child in the capital is any indication, her plight is not going to improve in a hurry.

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
Anuu Sharma
Down to Earth
2
19940315
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Tags:
Women, Children, Child Labour, SAARC, India
India

 High pressure juveniles

Children suffer from high blood pressure (BP) almost as much as adults, according to two studies conducted among 3,200 children aged 5-16. Among the factors attributed for the high juvenile BP levels

Publication Date: 
14/03/1994
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Health Personnel, Heart Diseases
Poverty

 Against their wishes

An amateur film brings out the plight of Hyderabad's child brides without making judgements.

Publication Date: 
14/02/1994
Sevanti Ninan
Down to Earth
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19940215
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Tags:
Children
India

 Projecting a distorted reality

A documentary for British children presents an inaccurate and oversimplified image of India.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1994
Sevanti Ninan
Down to Earth
2
19940131
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Tags:
Children, United Kingdom (UK), India
India

 When science is fun

Children are more likely to develop the spirit of scientific inquiry when they treat science like a game than when they have to study it.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1994
Rimjhim Jain
Down to Earth
Tags:
Children, Education, India
Industry

 Telling children how not to go the dodo way

ANY ATTEMPT at promoting awareness of the interdependence of humans and the environment is a welcome step. This is especially true of the need to tell children about the harm that has been done to

Publication Date: 
30/12/1993
Amena Jayal
Down to Earth
2
19931231
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Tags:
Wastelands, Chipko Movement, Children, Conflicts, Education, CSE

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