" Killing the girl child in your womb is cold blooded murder, " .... I shouted at my well to do acquaintance in OPD.

The said man on pretext of knowing me , approached me,  if I can be of any help for their daughter in law in having Male heir.

She already had two ' Daughters '

Lady confided in me ... My status in my in laws house stands no where in comparison to my ' Jethani' who had two sons. My life continues to be miserable till I had a Son .

" So u don't mind committing a murder in order to enhance your status"....

 I reasoned out.

Lady was silent and by now started weeping. 

I started wondering what's this law PCPNDT meant for.

The said act is broken with impunity at every nick and corner of the country. 

People have invented various innovative ways to find cracks in the law. Why was it flouted so blatantly?

India's deep rooted ' Sons only ' ethos  continues unabatedly.

I am aghast , from where this bias against our Lakshmi , Saraswati , Durga... crept in our culture.  Our history is replete with heroic deeds of Gargi , Maitreyee and Arundhati .

Valour of Rani Jhansi ,intelligence of Rani Karanawati , tactfulness of Rani Ahalya ..... is our popular folklore.

Triumphs of Indria ji which at one time was revered like Durga in this very country is good enough to inspire future generations.

We often say that we have come long way since Independence in all walks of life. But when skewed sex ratio are published in local Dailies,  it forces us to acknowledge the hollowness of our claims.

It's often quoted that there is nothing in Black or White . Everything is Gray. But here I don't see anything gray...It's all Black ...Black....Black.

 

Let's analyze ' Root cause ' of this horrible menace and our  Sons centric society. 

Why educated and financially well to do people are ready to kill their daughters? ....wheather we accept it or not.

Is worth of daughter is any way less than that of Son ? .....

Or are we scared subconsciously to spend money on a liability? .... wheather we acknowledge it or not .

Or are we scared of our own insecurity of old age and we don't want to water neighbor's lawn.?

Or are we scared of safety of our daughters in society? ......irrespective of our moral preachings.

Statistics are horrible.  Today CSR ( child sex ratio ) is 970 per 1000 in favour of boys. In some of the North Indian districts its below 750/1000.

Village Sansarwal of our own Dist patiala has a dubious distinction of 438 / 1000 till a few years back .

Graphically ..... it's scary...

 

1. Every 6th girl child death is due to gender discrimination.

2. 1 out of 4 girls is sexually abused before age 4 , 19 % are abused in age group 4 to 8 , 28 % between 8 to 12 , 35 % between 12 to 16 yrs.

3. 53 % girls in age gp of 5 to 9 don't go to school.

4. 1 out of 6 girls don't live to see their 12th birthday.

                 ( www.cry.org)

This only means one thing.  More girls are getting eliminated.  It's rather strange and twisted irony that all castes , religion,  creed , races , educational level , financial and social status are in full agreement as per as female foeticide is concerned. Unfortunately,  sometimes overtly and at others covertly,  women themselves participate in Killing their own flesh and blood.

Dear friends.,

We talk of digital India , Artificial intelligence,  and space age...

We take pride in correlating ' Science with Spirituality '

We are people of logic yet follow all the rituals.

We take pride in worshipping our Godesses Maa Vaishnoo...

What when reality of Girl Child strikes us , all our prayers , scientific mind set , ethos , turns into ashes with in no time.

We want only ' Sons '.... Sons without any logic , valid reason... just based on foolish presumptions.

I have come to a sad conclusion that Law has proved utterly useless and has turned into a money spinner. Social boycott will not happen significantly as long as we keep on soliciting ' Dowry '.And dowry will not disappear as long as society keep on believing women as economically inferior.

As a medico,  I feel , up to some extent,  we also need to introspect...

      A study reveals that if a district has 100 or more than 100 scan centers,  CSR is 901 / 1000. But if district has less than 100 scan centers,  CSR  is 930 /1000.

 

We as society needs to acknowledge and women themselves needs to under go major change over.

Otherwise,  daughters will continue to die as unwanted fetuses.

But , when will this happen?

It should have happened yesterday.

It ought to happen today.

Because tomorrow may just be too late ...