Lost Childhood - 9780367440725

Taylor & Francis

Lost ChildhoodUnmasking the Lives of Street Children in Metropolitan India\nAuthor(s): Kapil Dev, Dipendra Nath Das, Sangeetha Esther\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367440725, 978-0367440725\nSynopsis\nLost Childhood explores the everyday lives of street children in India. It presents insights on their life on the streets to provide a comprehensive understanding of why they are driven to extreme means of livelihoods.\n\nThis volume,\n\n Inquiries into the histories of street children, and discusses their socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics to provide a sense of their living conditions;\n\n Sheds light on the social injustice experienced by these children, their health and hygiene, and also looks at the insecurities faced by the children in their interactions with the society;\n\n Uses detailed field research data to highlight issues that affect the lives of street children such as educati.