Unsafe Care, Fragile Brains: Why India Must Treat Safety in Childcare Settings as a Public Responsibility
In recent years, concerns around the safety and well-being of very young children in childcare settings have become increasingly difficult to ignore. As more families rely on crèches, daycares, and preschools-driven by urbanisation, nuclear households, and rising female workforce participation-the early childhood care sector has expanded rapidly, often without commensurate attention to regulation, oversight, and professional standards. What is particularly troubling is that risks to […]
The first 1,000 days: India’s most important nation-building mission
The first 1,000 days, which is from conception to a child’s second birthday, is the most powerful period of human development. In this short span, nearly 80% of the brain develops, millions of neural connections form every second, immunity strengthens, and foundations for learning, health, emotional resilience and later productivity are laid. What a child […]
Early Childhood Development is not just a ‘nice-to-have’—it is the first building block of sustainable development
The promise that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) hold is of an equitable, healthier, and viable world by 2030. And behind the ambitious 17 goals of SDGs lies one simple truth: human development begins long before school or jobs—it begins in the earliest years of life. Early Childhood Development (ECD) encompasses services like health, nutrition, […]