While your childhood might have been one full of innocence and happiness – with no worries, no responsibilities, and nothing to take care of, millions of children in India don’t even know what a childhood is supposed to be.
Let these shocking numbers revealed by Census 2011 and the UNICEF show you the realities of millions of childhoods lost.
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