Curse For The Blessing!

[ritu 1]

We have a rich culture to boast about in India, the different colours exhibited in the society can turn you on, but there are a few issues that are bugging the nation and destroying its reputation. One of such issues is female infanticide, which has been declared illegal, yet some parts of the Indian society practise it fearlessly. The cases are not reported to the police because the whole tribe is involved in the crime and they consider it to be a part of their tradition. It all starts from the belief that a girl when given in marriage should be accompanied by a handsome dowry, even after producing the dowry, the girl is tortured upon by the groom's family demanding more to be brought from her father, gets worse when someone has more than one daughter, sometimes four or five( they keep hoping for a son, but have a daughter born to them), the father of the bride,is close to getting bankrupt, not just that, he becomes buried under debt, catering to the demands of his daughter's in laws. The girl child who is actually known as the incarnation of Goddess "Lakshmi", one who brings in wealth and prosperity, turns into the demon who destroys the fortune of her family, and the worst part is.... her own family thinks this way! Probably these people find it difficult to disown their daughters once they have grown up, so they choose another path and their get daughters killed just after they are born, wishing that they are reborn as boys. There exist villages in India which are devoid of women. They don't find anyone to have their sons married, such lies the condition in India specially in the rural parts of Northern and Northwestern India. This might also be existing in other parts of the world, but I am not quite aware of those cases. Its a matter of shame for us and blaming the law and order machinery won't help, we as the citizens should take the initiative to stop this heinous practice, can't believe how someone can have his own child killed, moreover it is turning into a custom which is absolutely shocking.Any child born is a blessing, the people who are childless can testify that, so the sooner it is realised, the healthier it is for the society.