World Children Report 2012
Here, human bones are kids’ toys
New Delhi, February 29
In Nellore, the southern, coastal district of Andhra Pradesh, hordes of migrant families from bordering Tamil Nadu have squatted along the cremation grounds to escape eviction from the local authorities. The children here play with femur and tibia bones, skull as the drum and use garlands worn by corpses.

Weather shield at Golden Temple doesn’t wow heritage lovers SGPC says causeway shed to benefit devotees, detractors assert it will disturb shrine’s character Amritsar, February 29 The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s move to install a fire and water-resistant fabric shed on the causeway between Darshani Deori and the sanctum sanctorum at the Golden Temple to protect devotees from the vagaries of weather, has not gone down well with heritage lovers.