Synopsis
The west has been the worst hit but urban India is getting ‘infected’ pretty fast. Children feel the impact too as they are raised largely alone, with companionship coming only from parents (and siblings if any) and classmates. Elders play an increasingly minimal role and even school buses are replaced by cars or carpools when families become more affluent.
When our son was starting school in India, my husband and I had a fundamental disagreement. It was over the mode of transportation he would use. I was-and remain-a staunch advocate of school buses, but I lost: our son used either our car or a car pool for his entire school life. My contention was that buses fostered many links between children of different ages, with seniors and juniors forming a microcosm of the world outside that they would
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