“Of Legacies And Legends” documents the youths’ investigation into the Indian city and their accounts on child labour. Situations captured range from youths preparing for a game, children selling wares on the streets to children rummaging through rubbish heaps.

A common scene on the streets of Bangalore, the transportation of these images to Singapore is an attempt to educate the people on the condition of child labour in India. Brought into Singapore by newly-formed NGO, The Choice Initiative (TCI). TCI is set up by youths who were so affected by the conditions during an expedition to India that they initiated an organization to inform and educate youths of the choices available to them in life.

“Of Legacies And Legends” is one such vehicle for education and Singapore is the latest stop for the exhibition’s tour. First exhibited in India on April 30th 2003, which is also known as Anti-Child Labour Day, it has ever since been on tour from India, Morocco and Japan.

The Singapore stop will feature over seventy images captured by the participants of the workshop. Even so, It is hard to imagine and come to gripes with the scale and extend of the plight faced by the children of India.

With the world getting smaller, we will have to face it. They say that the youth are the hope of the future. Then what legacy and legend do you want to leave to them?

Of Legacies And Legends
Date: January 9th – 19th, 2004
Place: Pacific Gallery
Address: Pacific Plaza, 9 Scotts Road, 228210 Singapore
https://www.thechoiceinitiative.org