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...Finding one wasn't difficult. She met Babita through a friend who had employed the child's mother. Babita's father, Parikshit, was happy to let her leave the family of eight's slum home for a few dollars and the offer of free clothes, food and board. The 10-year-old's mother, Janaki, was glad she would be going to school. "Batra said she would love my daughter like her own," says Janaki...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestics | 2/4/2001 | See Source »

...This is modern slavery," says Kailash Satyarthi of the Save Childhood Movement, "It's a fallout of the expanding middle class where working couples need reliable servants." Too many of whom view children - in their powerlessness - as the no-risk option. All the risk is taken by the children. Parikshit, meanwhile, is looking for another employer for his daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestics | 2/4/2001 | See Source »

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