Children all over the world are engaged in a great number of activities classifiable as work. The activities vary from relatively harmless activities like helping parents in their domestic chores, to morally and physically exploiting ones like soldiering and prostitution. If we leave out the former, we are left with what are generally called "economic" activities. Of these economic activities, less than 4 percent of all working children, are estimated to be engaged in what ILO (International Labour Organisation) defines as the "unconditional" worst forms of child labour. The absolute number of children estimated to be engaged in the latter is, however, a stunning 8.4 million. The question arises that should we only be concerned about the worst forms of child labour? Most forms of child labour other
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We learn that the protagonist ‘Gopal’ is an Indian farmer boy who is going to move with his family to Mumbai because they are losing money. The tax collectors are after them and they have lost their huge farm. Gopal is a kind and imaginative boy.
In the rising action Gopal's family get out of the country and are on their way to Mumbai. They have a long adventure with the buses and streets, and when Baba goes out to get to Jama's house, he gets lost. After a long time of waiting, Gopal, his mother, and his siblings give up and try to figure out how to get to Jama's house. They get there but Baba is not there. Gopal has many encounters with different people, until one day he meets a boy named Jatin. Jatin tells him that his uncle works at a factory, and that Gopal could work there. Gopal jumps to the offer and asks Aai. She says no, and to tell Jatin that. When Gopal goes, Jatin drugs his tea and drags him to the sweatshop. Gopal works in the sweatshop, meets the boys, and at the end gives the help message to the mithai shop, or sweets shop
We learn that the protagonist ‘Gopal’ is an Indian farmer boy who is going to move with his family to Mumbai because they are losing money. The tax collectors are after them and they have lost their huge farm. Gopal is a kind and imaginative boy.
In the rising action Gopal's family get out of the country and are on their way to Mumbai. They have a long adventure with the buses and streets, and when Baba goes out to get to Jama's house, he gets lost. After a long time of waiting, Gopal, his mother, and his siblings give up and try to figure out how to get to Jama's house. They get there but Baba is not there. Gopal has many encounters with different people, until one day he meets a boy named Jatin. Jatin tells him that his uncle works at a factory, and that Gopal could work there. Gopal jumps to the offer and asks Aai. She says no, and to tell Jatin that. When Gopal goes, Jatin drugs his tea and drags him to the sweatshop. Gopal works in the sweatshop, meets the boys, and at the end gives the help message to the mithai shop, or sweets shop