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‘Can We Have A Different Perspective Please?’

You go to a hotel, place an order, and a small innocent boy comes to hand your parcel. What happens when you see this small boy work? You feel pity. You feel that in this age when a child should study, play, enjoy his childhood, he’s made to work. You feel like blaming the government for just for not taking any action to get rid of child labour. Isn’t it? But as the saying goes, every coin has two sides. So, can we have a look at the other side of the coin? Can we think that child labour should prevail and look at the positive aspects of it? Why not give it a try… Poverty- the root cause of child labour. Parents facing poverty find it difficult to educate their children. Hence, they send their children to work. But imagine, child labour is eradicated, but due to poverty, this child is still not being educated, and the child just goes around aimlessly. In this case, if the child falls in a good company, its fine, but if he falls in a bad company, then unfortunately, there...

Being A 'MUMBAIKAR...'

Mumbai- the city of dreams, the business capital of India, is the sweetheart of millions of Indians. People define Mumbai in their own ways. But at the end of the day, its ‘AAMCHI MUMBAI’ for all and every individual from this ‘ALL’- a proud ‘MUMBAIKAR.’ A Mumbaikar has loved all equally, irrespective of the human nature of discrimination. Even the city has welcomed every guest warmly and treated it as a member of the huge family. Treatment as a member of the family also includes wallet being stolen or being caught by the TC. After all, it’s a family right? The city has not only added people, but it has also taught every Mumbaikar to welcome and love the new members. And this is what a Mumbaikar is. Be it good or bad times, you will always see a Mumbaikar smile. One of the best example of it is that even after the attacks, natural calamities on Mumbai, a Mumbaikar is never seen sitting at home. Come what may, he never stops his routine life. A Mumbaikar always helps. Example:...