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Thank you for this excellent piece of history. The story could have
been straight out of a current Indian newspaper -
An example -
‘‘Kiranpreet Kaur, a professor at the Department of Sociology, agrees.
‘‘Though people have got educated, their prejudices remain intact. Which
is why even though we have nuclear families and working couples, they want
to have just one child, that too a male. It’s not because they are worried
about the financial implications of having a girl, but because a boy would
need less care and protection than a girl.’’
That, for you, is the New Age reason for killing a baby girl.
[URL - http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=16090 -
accessed on 21-5-2003]
There may be light at the end of the tunnel for the Indian child -
especially a girl-child.
There is hope for India !
Thank you for this excellent piece of history. The story could have
been straight out of a current Indian newspaper -
An example -
‘‘Kiranpreet Kaur, a professor at the Department of Sociology, agrees.
‘‘Though people have got educated, their prejudices remain intact. Which
is why even though we have nuclear families and working couples, they want
to have just one child, that too a male. It’s not because they are worried
about the financial implications of having a girl, but because a boy would
need less care and protection than a girl.’’
That, for you, is the New Age reason for killing a baby girl.
[URL - http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=16090 -
accessed on 21-5-2003]
There may be light at the end of the tunnel for the Indian child -
especially a girl-child.
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