Current Event #1: Children in India are exploited

The article "children in India are exploited", directly correlates to my article on child labor because in India now, children are worked long hours and even beaten at times, which was prevalent during child labor in the 19th century. Child Labor though outlawed in India has grown to about 12.7 million child laborers and is supposedly increasing by about one million every decade. Child Labor back in the 19th century was increasing heavily as well until their were labor laws prohibiting child labor. In the article its showing a contradiction of that, as child labor has increased every decade even with laws against it. This shows how in different cultures, though the law has been set in stone, it takes longer and sometimes doesn't even work to get the law to be followed. The story told of 12 year old whose identity has been kept secret, to ensure his safety, shows the terrible conditions one goes through during child labor. This one child was sold to a banker and has been doing manual labor for him for the past 6 years. Anything from scrubbing pots to cleaning rooms this boy would work on his hands and knees for hours a day. This child labor shows the dangerous environment kids go through all over the world to produce child labor and how it has gotten worse all over the world.