Introduction: rethinking children and childhood in South Asia / Jyotsna Pattnaik -- Caught between a crocodile and a snake : childhood in a Rohingya refugee camp, Bangladesh / Thomas Feeny -- Understanding childhood disability in India / Neerja Sharma -- Mad dogs and traffic jams : the psychosocial concerns of children in Kabul, Afghanistan / Jo de Berry -- Reaching the unreached : early childhood care and education interventions in India / Vrinda Datta -- Sri Lankan child's optimal growth and development : early care in exceptional circumstances / Indranie Dharmadasa and Vinitha Wickramaratne -- Ensuring infant and maternal health in India : toward convergence of family care with formal health care / Rajalakshmi Sriram -- A critical examination of the status of the female child in Pakistan / Shaireen Rasheed -- Children : broken promises and silent casualties of conflict in Nepal / Tara Niraula -- Repositioning South Asia's children within the competing discourses on childhood : implications for policy / Jyotsna Pattnaik
