Story of Prakash

Once upon a time there lived a little boy called Prakash... He was jealous.. jealous of his friends.. coz they all had the privilege of going to a strange place he always dreamt of going to.. The strange place had chambers filled with enthusiastic children chanting something which appeared to be some sort of slogas to little prakash.. What fascinated little prakash was that all children looked alike and he couldn't see any kind of difference as they were all uniformly dressed. He wanted to see himself in that uniform. The strange place was called as Education temple by his village heads..his friends called it "school".. But the orphaned boy's aunt and and uncle called the strange place a stinking creche where children are locked up all day.. They warned Prakash about it and ordered him not to go near it. But Prakash was adamant. He wanted to enter the educational temple at any cost. His aunt decided that time has arrived to send Prakash to an education temple. But the education temple of the Aunt's choice was located far off from the village in a city called Chennai. It appeared strange for Prakash that this Education temple had no children.. it housed adults.. but these adults were carrying those similar bags he had seen in his village.

................................................But, in this so called Education temple... his dream of reciting those slokas was crushed and little prakash was put to work!

This is not an imaginative story... This is the real story of Prakash who serves "Appalam" in our Mess Hall... There are many Prakashs living in our college serving water and pickle... And whenever I sight them doing things they shouldn't be doing.. I feel ashamed to study in this college . Hundreds of students are taught about circuit breakers, switch gears and all those wierd stuff... but.. why can't the Management teach these little Prakashs A..B...C...D...?

These are some NGOs I know which deal with child labor... I'm not sure whether they'll help.. But do call them and tell them about the practise of child labor in our college... Don't hesitate and make way for a strong case..


Mr. T.V. Murali, Director,
Action for Child Labour Cholai,
3-A, C.G.E.Colony,
Old Beach Road ,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai-41.
24410265
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2.
Ms. Sudha Sundararaman, General Secy.,
All India Democratic Women?s Forum, 13 Mosque Street , Chepauk, Chennai-5.
28511231
fax-8511819
3.
Dr. A. Peter, Executive Director,
Applied Interdisciplinary Development
Research Institute (AIDRI),
10 Nelson Manickam Road , II Floor,
Choolaimedu, Chennai-94.
24832873



The complaint can be lodged to the metropolitan magistrate in the area.. In fact, this is the legal procedure to be followed.. but the complaint has to be substantiated with proof/documents...

If anyone has a really good idea to solve this issue.. please have a say!

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