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“I just realized that while children are dogs—loyal and affectionate—teenagers are cats." It’s so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call...

"His face suddenly drops. He squeezes his bottom lip between his teeth and gently lifts up his hands. Where he remains like that without a word. Its is not exactly easy to cheer the child who thought the camera was a machine gun about to strike him. Adi Hudea, only 4 years old, lost his father...

These are the names of 21 children killed in Gaza By Ishaan Tharoor July 10 Renewed hostilities between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip have seen hundreds of rockets flying into Israeli territory and about 450 Israeli strikes on targets in Gaza, a thin coastal enclave that is...

Video: Sikh Parents Urge Families To Accept Their LGBT Children Posted in:LeisureTagsAsia, Asian Pride Project, Family, Featured, Gay, LGBT, Parents, Sikh The Asian Pride Project has released a video where , Harcharan Bagga, father of a gay sikh man, and his wife Kamlesh Bagga, urge other...

When children are traded Nicholas Kristof Originally reported in the New York Times, and based on a 5-part expose by Reuters News http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/when-children-are-traded/article5376470.ece?homepage=true Adoption agencies should be made more responsible for...

IGP slammed for “ridiculous and arrogant” statement on questioning of children BY RITA JONG http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/igp-slammed-for-ridiculous-and-arrogant-statement-on-questioning-of-childre The statement by the Inspector-General of Police that police do not...

Monday, September 02, 2013 Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, September 02, 2013 Half of the missing children in 2013 remain untraced in India In a disturbing trend the number of missing children remaining untraced in India is increasing. More girls...

Malala awarded 2013 Children's Peace Prize Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls' right to education, has won the prestigious International Children's Peace Prize, KidsRights announced Tuesday. The...

Free School Meals Kill Indian Children by Jason Burke http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/17/school-meals-kill-indian-children At least 20 children have died and up to 30 more are seriously ill after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India. The children, aged between six...

Birds hold key to secret of human speech BY STEVE CONNOR , SCIENCE EDITOR THURSDAY 01 APRIL 2010 Way that zebra finches learn to sing could explain how children pick up first words A tiny songbird that learns how to sing by listening to its parents could open the way to...

The Big Questions on Population: 7 April 2013 - YouTube Adoption seems to be a big taboo among many groups including people who hail from the Indian subcontinent. Why is this? Why are people reluctant to adopt? Why the emphasis on passing on your own genes? When children are adopted, why are...

SALDEF Reports High Rate of Bullying of Sikh Children in Southern California http://www.saldef.org/news/secretary-of-education-meets-with-saldef-and-community-advocates/ See also American Turban...

Sikhs in India and Sikhs in the diaspora are having their lives changed by technology, science, employment, the Internet, social media, not to mention the longer-term impact of television. These changes lead to questions. “What is the Future of Sikhi in a Multiethnic Society?” asked Dr. Sarjeet...

Sikh children rally to celebrate Eid-e-Milad Javed Moavia http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=192881 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - Nankana Sahib—A procession was taken out by the Sikh children in connection with Jashan-e-Milad-un-Nabi here on Tuesday from Railway road to Bairy Chowk...

MONROE, Conn. — On the first day back, Sean Murray said, his 9-year-old son, Brendan, was eager to return to school and see his friends, but he was nervous at the same time. “Brendan had two kids in his class whose siblings were killed,” Mr. Murray said. “He’s been getting counseling outside...

Sikh Wife and Three Children Murdered in Belgium by T{censored}m Singh Deogan, Hindu Times (Source: Sikh24 , Hindustan Times) A Sikh father and husband living in Brussels was greeted by horror when he returned home on Friday night to find his wife and three sons murdered. The bodies of...

The following video is Gurbani Kirtan sung by 4 young girls aged 7 to 17 in the Annual Gurbani Competition in Ipoh, Malaysia on 1st May 2012. The presentation includes various Raags and strange tabla beats like 8 and the half matras and 14 matras. Ishver Kirtani Jatha Chetna Hai To Chetlai...

Violence Significantly Alters Children's DNA, Causes Premature Aging Early exposure to violence may alter children’s DNA to produce cellular changes equivalent to seven to ten years of premature aging, according to a new study. By Christine Hsu - Medicaldaily.com - April 24, 2012 Early...

Children are being denied the enjoyment of the outdoors and nature with consequences for their health, the head of the National Trust has warned. Dame Fiona Reynolds told the Times the freedom of children to roam unsupervised had shrunk massively since the 1970s. She blamed nervousness and...

60,000 children in India go missing each year India Gazette Friday 2nd March, 2012 • Kidnapping is rife and growing alarmingly in India • Children taken for ransom, prositution, slave labour and begging • 20,000 of those who disappear each year are never found An abducted...