When I followed the election campaign on TV I was appalled to see images of many resettled colonies near urban landfills on the fringes of New Delhi – the abject poverty, the dehumanised surroundings, the squalor and most of all the plight of young children rummaging through trash in a haze. As one young boy remarked to a TV reporter: “You need the aid of inhalants.”In juxtaposition we have the move of the government to amend the current Juvenile Justice law and create a waiver whereby juveniles between 16-18 years of age who commit serious. . .