WHAT A SHAM

The world isn't child-proof

Poor children were never safe; now the rich ones face new threats

Direct to home

Where would homeless children broadcast their view of the world? The streets, of course, says SOPAN JOSHI

Short-shrift to environment

A recent festival of short films bombed -- by and large

Cheaper than wine or beer

High-pressure juveniles

A matter of life and death

Misguiding lead

The next time you see a spoilt brat, do not blame his parents. It could be just because of some extra lead in his bones

TV teacher

Infectious and wholesome

HIV threatens India

Family bonds

"Troubled children don't need counselling. They need parental love and support." A myth? Not at all, say behavioural scientists

The mess we are in

South Asia fares pathetically when it comes to basic education. The latest UNDP report has some solutions

No baby talk

Humans are born with the ability to master 'rules' of language

UNITED NATIONS

Toys and drunkards

First-time study: child poverty

Back from extinction

Game of death

Art attack

Art>> Teaching • Swaziland

The niece's tale

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Bad blood

A hypothesis that radiation from a nuclear plant caused leukaemia in the children of its employees has been trashed

Novel incentive

Student teaches gree

Fussing about funds