Child Labour in agriculture
A social bane that destroys nation's future:
by Ranga Chandrarathne
The International Labour Organisation has
declared its theme for its campaign against child labour as Child
Labour in agriculture. It has been established that currently 246
million children worldwide are child labourers and 2.5 million in
the developing countries.
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Meeting Richard Murphy
A true postcolonial?
On approach to Colombo airport, as our plane
flew over a coral beach lined with coconut palms, my mother
remarked, 'That must be Negombo-do look!'. A wave of euphoria washed
over me, submerging fearful expectations; and we stepped down on the
runway, breathing the hot spicy air of decay, I wanted-absurdly- to
kiss the ground.
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