Whoever said India is intolerant has peanuts for brains. We’re the most tolerant nation in the world and we’re so so tolerant that we tolerate illegal activities being held out in broad daylight, day after day, as if it’s just a part of life. Some of these activities affect us, some don’t and some, we even find convenient. Let’s find out some of the most common illegal things that take place, routinely, without any regard for the law.

Child Labor

You see them in roadside eateries, tea-shops, garages, shops and everywhere. Many of them are even working as domestic help. The Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act was implemented in 1986 and expanded in 2006 and 2008. However, it did not help much to change the scene of child labor in the country.

The problem is, although it has been legalized, the authorities cannot force people from sending their children to work instead of school because a large section of such families come from extremely poor section of the society. However, a more strict approach could ensure people refraining from giving birth to children just to earn out of them.

Red Light Areas

Every city has it. The red light areas essentially associated to the sex industry along with other anti-social activities going on without much interference from the authorities.

Unlicensed prostitution, abuse, sex-rackets are just a part of everyday life in these areas. Children are born in brothels, grow up with prostitutes and pimps, and often choose between the two professions for it’s not too unnatural a vocation when you see your mother sweat it out as a sex worker while growing up.