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Next spring Polo Ralph Lauren is planning virtual shows for its less-expensive Lauren line as well as its children's line. But the company isn't ready to present its most prestigious line, the Ralph Lauren collection, online. "It's certainly up for debate," says Lauren. "It's making us think differently about how we show our product and how we can show the Ralph Lauren collection...
...more than 800 violent deaths this year, and will soon be a target of a major counter-offensive by Indian security forces. But the so-called Naxalite movement - as well as the fight against it - has a hidden cost: the education of thousands of India's most vulnerable children, whose schools have been blasted by rebels, occupied by security forces, or both...
...building in November 2008. The wooden doors were shattered, and the walls cracked, making the brick building unsafe for students. Of the 250 students, only 50 had families with enough money to send them to the next village. "We are poor people," said one father in Dwarika, whose children stay home, grazing cattle. "Those who are not able, how can they send...
...that alternative sites are arranged, but residents of Naxal-affected areas say that many schools have been closed for months or years, permanently disrupting education. Burhan Soren, a farmer in Gurha, says one school in his village has been occupied since 2003. "As the father of two small children, I feel very strongly about this," Soren tells TIME. "But if we protest too much, then the government says we are aligning with the Naxals...
...viable alternatives for occupied schools more quickly. Its representatives will be meeting with Indian central government officials about the issue this week. In the meantime, thousands of students in the affected areas are missing yet another year's exams. "The government says it is in the interest of the children that the security forces stay in the schools to guard against Maoist activities," Bhattacharjee says. "The Maoists say they blow up schools because they are less educational institutions and more security camps. So, ultimately the villagers get caught in the crossfire...