This post refers to the article I just came to read in a renowned national tabloid which says that more than eight millions of girls have been killed over the past decade by their own parents. These statistics agitated me from inside. The country which boasts of its cultural and traditional heritage of worshipping females in the past has now revealed its previously unknown gruesome facet.
By this do the males want to prove the misconception conceived by them of being ‘stronger’ than the female species? Because in my opinion, killing innocent girl infants never accounts for their strength. The females are definitely stronger than males. A woman starts to suffer from the day she is born. They have always been known to ‘give in’ anything and everything when it comes to their family and loved ones. So what does the male species want to prove by this horrible act of female foeticide? Do they think that life would be possible on this planet even with a single gender?
The rate of killing girl child has increased from 5% in 1991 to 10-15% in 2001 in states like Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana. And then they say that our country is heading towards being a developed nation in coming years. I think a nation which has the largest proportion of starving children, highest maternal mortality and such a huge number of female foeticides should first think of getting rid of these evils. A country where even the much educated and so called responsible citizens like doctors are involved in and are promoting this atrocious act only for the sake of money, can only grow economically but not morally. Thanks to the ‘caring and loving’ parents of our society because of whom the girls are not safe even in the wombs of their mothers.
Girls are responsible, matured, understanding and a beautiful creature of God and we have no right to end their lives. Shame on the merciless people who kill them!
Of course there is the law meant to punish those engaged in this practice of sex determination and sex selective abortion - the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act 1994, but I am definitely waiting to watch the day when the parents will begin to understand the worth of a daughter. I shall wait for the day when the mothers will raise their voice against this practice and will save their girl children. Only then a girl can grow into an Indira Gandhi, a Kiran Bedi, a Kalpana Chawala, a PT Usha or an Aishwarya Rai.
Thank you Mom. Thank you Dad. For the love you gave me. I am proud to be your daughter!
