When did the focus shift to child-labour and the marginalised children?
What was the motivating factor? The focus shifted in 1990-91 to rights of the child and the fact that children should not be exploited. The motivation came from a discussion within the family. It was a sort of continuation of a project I was doing for the University called the Shramik Vidyapeeth basically a workers’ educational programme, especially for adults. We did a lot of work on identification, release and rehabilitation of bonded labour. We also got them access to the legal instruments in their favour the Bonded Labour System Abolition Act.
