Streets ahead: a landmark for the Delhi newspaper run by homeless children

Balaknama’s reports on sexual abuse, police brutality and child labour, written by teenagers, have transformed lives in India

In a dingy basement office in Delhi, a semi-circle of young teenagers sit on woven mats discussing the news. It is the monthly editorial meeting at Balaknama newspaper (Hindi for the “voice of children”), which is a newspaper produced by children who live and work on the streets.

About 90 batuni (oral) reporters, under 18 and mostly illiterate, collect stories for the eight-page tabloid, passing on news from their neighbourhoods to four writers and editors, who then verify the details and write the stories.

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