New Delhi's Street Children Publish Newspaper
<p><span word="Newspapers">Newspapers</span> <span word="occasionally">occasionally</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plight">plight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="streets">streets</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="homeless">homeless</span> <span word="kids">kids</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="India">India</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Delhi">Delhi</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="monthly">monthly</span> <span word="publication">publication</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="struggles">struggles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span>. <span word="Balaknama">Balaknama</span>, <span word="or">or</span> "<span word="children">children</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="voice">voice</span>" <span word="is">is</span> <span word="written">written</span>, <span word="edited">edited</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="compiled">compiled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 19 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reaches">reaches</span> <span word="about">about</span> 10,000 <span word="readers">readers</span>.</p><p><span word="From">From</span> <span word="poverty">poverty</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="labor">labor</span>, <span word="underage">underage</span> <span word="marriages">marriages</span>, <span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="abuse">abuse</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> - <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="shortage">shortage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="topics">topics</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Balaknama">Balaknama</span>.</p><p>“<span word="When">When</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="sits">sits</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="select">select</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>, <span word="lots">lots</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fights">fights</span> <span word="break">break</span> <span word="out">out</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="argue">argue</span> ‘<span word="this">this</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="story">story</span>.’ <span word="So">So</span> <span word="there">there</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="debates">debates</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="final">final</span> <span word="selection">selection</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="print">print</span>,” <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Shanno">Shanno</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="consulting">consulting</span> <span word="editor">editor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Balaknama">Balaknama</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="has">has</span> 70 <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="states">states</span>, 14 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="reporting">reporting</span> <span word="regularly">regularly</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="writers">writers</span>, <span word="editors">editors</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="managers">managers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="homeless">homeless</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p>“<span word="I">I</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="beg">beg</span>, <span word="do">do</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="rag">rag</span> <span word="picking">picking</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="learnt">learnt</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Balaknama">Balaknama</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="First">First</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="junior">junior</span> <span word="reporter">reporter</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reporter">reporter</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="I">I</span>’<span word="m">m</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="editor">editor</span>,” <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Jyoti">Jyoti</span> <span word="Kumari">Kumari</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Balaknama">Balaknama</span> <span word="reporter">reporter</span>.</p><p><span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="jobless">jobless</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="illiterate">illiterate</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="budding">budding</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="earn">earn</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="enrolled">enrolled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="distance">distance</span> <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="programs">programs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="advance">advance</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="careers">careers</span>.</p><p>“<span word="What">What</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="couldn">couldn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="do">do</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="doing">doing</span>. <span word="She">She</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="us">us</span>,” <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Sunita">Sunita</span> <span word="Devi">Devi</span>, <span word="Kumari">Kumari</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mother">mother</span>.</p>
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