WHEN CHILD LABOUR IS BANNED ACROSS NATION THEN WHY CANT IT BE APPLICABLE TO ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TOO

Editor-in-Chief

New Delhi

One day suddenly  a news flashes of a former child actor caught in prostitution racket and the actor discloses that to end her meets she had to resort to it.If such is the case then who is responsible is something that has to be understood.

At homes now the domestic help are not underage which used to be there in previous years because of lot of NGO coming forwards for the cause to prevent child abuse,the maid placement agencies sprouted so fast in metros and suddenly now they are seen nowhere anymore as they don’t find this business anymore lucrative because of stringent laws of the land.

But still there is one industry where we can still see child labour ,the child contestants in the  reality shows ,child actors in movies,serials which you eagerly and happily see on your television sets and in multiplexes,but have you ever thought that the lucrative entertainment industry is no doubt taking these kids to stardom but this stardom is short lived as against the rule of entertainment be it movies,serials freshness fresh faces occupies the older one then what will happen of these kids when no more they will be prominent in the  entertainment world,how will they survive ,answer is clear such cases like recent one will no doubt increase.

Also long working hours and that too not systematic on sets can take toll on child’s youth age.

Why not government here come forward and the law makers too analyze this and come up with stringent laws for entertainment industry too so that  children’s future is not at stake. Why not NGO’s come forward for this cause too.

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