How card issuers misuse the

To most of us, the fact that credit card companies have a 'negative-
list' comprising defaulters or lost and stolen cards, has always been a reassuring factor. We like to think that if one loses a card or has one’s pocket picked, a quick call to the credit card company is adequate to deactivate it and prevent its misuse. It is only as a victim of a card...

Sonya Wadhwani profiles an organisationthat brings street kids to the mainstream

Salaam Baalak Trust was born in 1988 with a portion of the proceeds from the film "Salaam Bombay!" by Mira Nair. The idea was to provide opportunity for street children to experience the joys of childhood. Some of the first beneficiaries were children who acted in the film.
Unlike children from slum communities,...