ab jab 'thank you' ka baarish ho rahi hai to let me thank you guys for doing
such a wonderful trip and promoting motorcycle touring and of course thanks for spreading awareness regarding child labour

Surojit - You better get key rings for your bike's keys.You keep on forgetting them everytime you stop the bike and delay our trip. Thanks Turo!

Wonder how I missed this thread. Worthy ride for a worthy cause.

I read from the first post that you were planning to put stickers in the local language on the bike. I could not spot them in the pics. somethng I may have over looked?Or was it because that would have provided you with limited opportunities to interact with the kids at the tea stalls/hotels.

If the ride does indeed change even a couple of lives, It has served the purpose. In my opinion that is the 'lasting impact' that is expected.

Buddy, The children working on the silver and small screen are not being exploited at least w.r.t. wages. They are paid well, in fact, very well in some cases(eg. Darsheel Safary). What they do is by choice most of the times. They attend proper schools and get proper education. This is 1 type which is not a form of exploitation.

The other type is children working in occupations which are non hazardous in nature. Actually the above scenario is also a special case of the same type. In this case, at least the lives of the children are not endangered due to their work environment. We have to choose a middle path and allow non hazardous employment as thats whats funding their family, food and in some cases even their own education.

The type we need to target is when the children are subjected to inhuman work conditions, and not even paid minimum wages for it. If you see a child labourer working at a metal workshop, welding shop or a garage, that could well be termed as hazardous work conditions
and thats what we have to target. Children work in fireworks and matchstick factories, thats what needs to be targetted. At least the child working in a TV serial is not endangering his life in the process.

The topic concerned is a very sensitive one and needs to be handled with care. There is nothing in this world which is completely black or white. You have to learn to choose between the shades of gray.