At the age when most children are reading fairytales and going to school, there are a handful who put their growing bodies through a hard day's work as domestic help. Estimates cite figures of between 60 and I i 5 million working children in India - the highest number in the world (Human Rights Watch 1996, I). A good number of them are employed in homes, because the labour comes cheap.

Ask any one of these children, and you'll know that their dreams are no different from those of a child leading a normal life.

Remember, every little
gesture counts.