Caught between vested interests, it remains to be seen if India's child labourers will be able to ever enjoy the innocence of childhood without having to worry about working for their next meal.
For a child like this one in New Delhi, hawking flowers, there are no balloons, no chocolates and no hope on Children's Day.
Photograph: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
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