I took this photograph outside the paper factory we toured near the city of Jaipur, in Rajasthan, India. Child labor, though certainly outlawed in the world’s largest democracy, is still a reality — as has been pointed out in the post-Commonwealth Games scandals.
Still, I was perplexed by this sign. Is it a reminder for others not to put children to work in factories? Is it a symbol of a reformed factory, one that used to use children but has now fixed its ways? Is it a legal announcement, required for this type of business?
And for the record: in our small sample of places we entered unannounced, there were certainly no children of any sort working or otherwise on the premises.
nonlineargirl | 16-Dec-10 at 11:08 pm | Permalink
I am imagining some middle manager walking in every day, looking up at the sign and saying to himself: “oh yeah, no child labor. Got it.”