Child Labour

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Child Labour in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India is still existing in hazardous industries like Match Factories and in Fire[Cracker]Factories. Manitham with the support of many has brought out this shocking documentary,"Happiness behind Tragedy" [full documentary runs for 25.30 min]. Two Tamil film directors cried after seeing this documentary. NDTV, India has flashed it with its National TV on 04-11-2007 in its news bulletin. Here is the clipping.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• child
• labour
• sivakasi
• childlabour
• india
• tamilnadu
• tamil
• viruthunagar
• match
• factory
• fireworks
• fire
• crackers
• explosive

[phil8888]

@selvakr371 Wow, great point! Business needs to be given freedom so that it can mature like you said.

[phil8888]

@Pyaar111 The government already collects too much taxes. The problem is over-regulation in India, businesses are unable to make money. Some do of course, but overall, people are not able to lift themselves out of poverty because the government is interfering with the productive activities of the society. If India was more entrepreneurial with fewer regulations, business would do much better, then there could be more money for social programs.

[Pyaar111]

@phil8888 India needs a social net system like the US to make sure all children go to school and receive a lunch if needed. I am Indian and can't understand y this is so difficult. The gov't refuses to tax people x amount I guess to ensure this horror stops. If other countries can do it, so can India, it is just a question of y the gov't refuses to do anything besides "pass a meaningless law" which it does not enforce on any level.

[phil8888]

Sad as this is, this is their best option. If we campaign to remove these places, they will not magically start going to beautiful schools. No, they may starve or be forced into prostitution. That's what happened in Bangladesh when they outlawed certain clothes being made because of American protests.

After independence India was very socialized and setting up business was hard. By allowing more business, demand for labor increases, and thus so do wages.

[PyroChemicals2]

@selvakr371 I will have to see it before I believe it. I have personally handled many fireworks from Sivakasi that look as though they were made by either the untrained or small children. Especially the Atom Bombs, which contain many grams of flash powder and have horribly unreliable fuses. There are absolutely no safety or quality standards from any of these companies, so if they are using illegal labor I would not be surprised.

[iRHAPEzombiies]

Let's face it. These children would last longer on their own then adults in the states and Canada. These children work hard for their money, we sit on are ass's being handed money from the Government.

[noblinkingnamesleft]

What makes child poverty different in India from other countries is that it is rationalised by the Hindu caste system, which provides a moral justification for exploitation of children and adults in appalling conditions, including slavery. The caste system must be fought against and spoken out against at every turn. Those who respond that to attack their "culture" in this way is "racist" are hypocrites. Manitham - you might appreciate my video on my channel on child labour. Best Wishes.

[vthamburaj]

The awareness is increasing and the situation is better than before because of public and government pressure, but there is still a long way to go”. NGOs have a larger role to play. A lot has to be done to create a sustained livelihood to the poor parents so that they can send their children to school. Intensive motivation and attitudinal change measures have to be carried out.

[selvakr371]

No fireworks owner will employ childrean in sivakasi. He WOULD BE MAD to do so. It is an industry that has matured a lot and employs only adults. It is this business that is our survival in the region that receives no rainfall. A propaganda like this will only force our next generation to poverty and REAL CHILD LABOUR.. Please SAVE us by NOT SPREADING these kind of propaganda

[selvakr371]

Even I have done this job in my childhood and I'm from sivakasi. It doesn't need any fire fighting equipment coz what the children are doing is simply pasting a cardboard box. We do this at our homes. It is a naive propaganda that is still carried out for the vested interests of the foreign NGOs.