The Pinch of poverty 1891 is a famous painting by Thomas Benjamin Kensington. It is a famous oil painting which shows a small girl selling flowers along with her Mum and two siblings at a street corner in London. This painting depicted the harsh realities of life for the poor in Britain in a manner [...]
It is late in the month by now, but I know it’s NEVER too late. The world finally gave the biggest killer of children, its own day on the 2nd of November 2009.
Considered the forgotten killer of children, Pneumonia kills approx. 3.5 million children(under the age of 5) every year. These are the numbers given by [...]
Sociologists and economists have continuously been focusing on poverty as one of the major problems in the Third World. Poverty reflects a condition in which an individual fails to maintain a living standard sufficient for his physical and mental existence. Renowned economist, Adam Smith remarks, “Man is rich or poor according to the degree in [...]
The story that appeared recently of a ten-year-old maid in Lahore, who had been beaten so severely by her employers that visible scars were left on her body, is enough to give anyone sleepless nights. The child, rescued by the Child Welfare Protection Bureau (CWPB) officials, apparently after a tip-off from neighbours, stated she was [...]
