Children's Day 2020: Are Children Safe Today..?
On this day, let us realise the plight of our country's children..! American speaker Henry Ward Beecher once said, "Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven". Children are the group people consider as the epitome of purity, innocence and love. It is very essential that all children grow up in a very healthy environment, as it may affect what they become in their life. A lot of social evils – such as foeticides, child labour, abduction, kidnaps, rapes- are pulling our society back, from achieving the state of a child-safe country. November 14 th is celebrated in our nation as Children’s Day. It is the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was very fond of children. The day focuses on the prominence of giving adoration, attention and affection to children, and to increase awareness of rights, care and education for them. It had been 73 years since we became an independent country and more than half a century since