Friday, March 23, 2007

I was going through a news on Child labour. It's about 12 year old orphaned child Birendra who is working b'coz he has to take care of himself and his four-year-old sister. He used to work in a cloth shop where he was getting Rs 1000 which was sufficient for him. Now, due to Child Labour Law, his employer is not willing to keep him. He got a second job but with less pay i.e. Rs 500 only. This news stirred a storm inside my brain and i started asking many question to myself. for which I m not able to get a suitable answer till now. My questions are about very basics of human existence.

Is constitution above the human life?

Do we have heartless laws?

Birendra is also a citizen of india then why he is not getting his right to earn and live?

Is it possible to apply same law to everyone as there can't be same circumstances with every person?

Who is offender in this case: Birendra, his present employer or our government?

Who will be responsible if Birendra will loose this job also and will be forced to die of hunger with his 4 year old sister?

Think on this as we may get several instances like this where laws are made and enforced to deny us the basic right to live .