26.Children Work In India Mines Despite a Ban

In india underaged children face reality of life.Just two months before full implementation of a landmark 2010 law mandating that all Indian children between the ages of 6 and 14 be in school, some 28 million are working instead, according to Unicef. Child workers can be found everywhere — in shops, in kitchens, on farms, in factories and on construction sites. In the coming days Parliament may consider yet another law to ban child labor, but even activists say more laws, while welcome, may do little to solve one of India’s most intractable problems.Poverty, corruption, decrepit schools and absentee teachers are among the causes,
 "Suresh Thapa, 17, said that he has worked in the mines near his family’s shack “since he was a kid,” and that he expects his four younger brothers to follow suit. He and his family lives in a tiny tarp-and-stick shack near the mines. They have no running water, toilet or indoor heating."

if they don't work in the mines these children would have no other jobs and no other way to feed themselves. The presence of children in Meghalaya’s mines is no secret.

The author portrays the sad reality the children in India are facing.He puts an humiliating tone to this article on how the indian government should feel embarassed that the children working in the mines are no secret and that it is serious for violating the laws of keeping children under 18 in school. the author uses exemplfiication to support his argument that something has to be done