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An Elephant Called Malla Prasad, is a book written for children in the age group of ten to fifteen years. It is the story of a bull elephant who is bought as a little calf in the Sonepur fair by a local landlord. The story has a Behari background and revolves around the landlords cowshed near which the elephant lives. The Zamindar is a lover of animals and has seventy five cows, eight bulls, two horses, and several camels who all, except for the bulls, befriend ...
The Snake God has four distinct flavours. A cobra who escapes a snake charmers basket, and is picked up by eagles and plops into a zemindar's compound, where it enjoys thirteen years of freedom. It is prayed to as the Snake God before it is recaptured by a snake charmer again. A scheming priest who wags his tail before the zemindar and fervently prays to the snake for money which will make him as rich as the latter. He is delighted when the snake kills the ...
Child labour is a complex problem that is basically rooted in poverty; the is unwavering commitment by the government and the people of India to combat it. Success can be achieved only through social engineering on a major scale combined with national economic growth. International policies and actions, therefore, must support and not hamper India's efforts to get rid of child labour. The child labour program in India is national in character involves the ...