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'How sad, many girls
missing from our country are found buried in some graveyard....
India is growing dynamically in every fields. Today, the boom in economy,
innovative technologies and improved infrastructure has become nation’s
pride. The country has witnessed advancements in all fields but bias
against a girl child is still prevailing in the country.
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This social
evil is deep rooted in Indian ethos and the most shocking fact is that
the innovative and hard high end technologies are brutally killing the
Indian
girl child.
Innovative techniques, like biopsy, ultrasound, scan tests and
amniocentesis, devised to detect genetic abnormalities, are highly
misused by number of families to detect gender of the unborn child.
These clinical tests are highly contributing to the rise in genocide of
the unborn girl child. In today’s day and age most couples prefer the process known as
a planned pregnancy, because of various factors; prime amongst
them being the financial well being to support the birth and
nurturing of a child. In such cases, the first prenatal visit
actually happens prior to actual pregnancy, to see whether one
is ready to go off the contraception pills and conceive a baby.
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However, in maximum conceptions, one is unaware of the pregnancy
until actual realization dawns after one skips the first
menstrual cycle. Normally doctors except ladies to pay their
first visit anywhere between the sixth and twelfth week after
conception.
Amniocentesis started in India in 1974 to detect fetal abnormalities.
These tests were used to detect gender for the first time in 1979 in
Amritsar, Punjab. Later the test was stopped by the Indian Council of
Medical Research but it was too late.
The benefits of these tests were leaked out and people started using it
as an instrument for killing an innocent and unborn girl child. Many of
the traditional women organizations also took up cudgels to stop this
illegal practice but all failed and with the passage of time these tests
became a major contributor to bias against a girl child.
Female feticide and infanticide is not the only issues with a girl
child in India. At every stage of life she is discriminated and neglected for
basic nutrition, education and living standard. When she was in the
womb, she was forced to miss the moment when she was supposed to enter
the world. At the time of birth her relatives pulled her back and wrung
her neck. After killing her she was thrown into a trash can.
During childhood, her brother was loaded with new shoes, dresses and
books to learn while she was gifted a broom, a wiper and lots of tears.
In her teenage, she missed tasty delicious food to eat and got only the
crumbs. During her college days, she was forced to get married, a stage
where illiteracy, lack of education resulted in high fertility rate,
aggravating the condition of females in the country. Again if this
female gives birth to a girl child, the journey begins once again. She
missed all roses of life and was finally fitted to a graveyard. That’s
where she got peace of mind.
The nation of mothers still follows a culture where people idolizes son
and mourns daughters. UN figures out that about 750,000 girls are
aborted every year in India. Abortion rates are increasing in almost 80%
of the India states, mainly Punjab and Haryana. These two states have
the highest number of abortions every year. If the practice continues,
then no longer a day will come when Mother India will have no mothers,
potentially, no life.
We all are proud citizens of India. The need of hour is to realize our
responsibilities and give a halt to this evil crime. What can we do to
curb the brutal and undesirable practice of mass killing girls? A
determined drive can initiate a spark to light the lamp and show the
world that we all are part of the great Mother India.. copyright
data 2007. Indianchild.com
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