The difference is so striking ...
I was surprised to know one day, that in some parts of India, against convention, groom side is offering dowry to the bride side. Next day, coincidently, I watched news on Television - a doctor was arrested for illegally aborting women with female foetus. And the location, an unused well, which he later revealed, unearthed thousands of girl foetus. This and the fact that states like Haryana has female to male ratio of 861 to 1000 and Chandigarh has female to male ratio of 706 to 1000, makes the dowry story seem quite reasonable. There are fewer girls per eligible bachelor in some parts of the country !The fairer sex is finally in demand!
I did not write about this earlier because, I believe in spreading positive thoughts. When more and more people talk about good things, then the good will become the reality. And, I firmly believe in this phenomenon!
What makes me write about this topic and bring this on surface is a very interesting social-advertisement that caught my attention; the image on the left above. This was issued by Government of Rajasthan. The discrimination begins early on. The following image is from our elementary text book that suggests that men get educated and get the best of the world and women work at home and serve all; the difference is striking.
There is nothing grammatically wrong in the vowel and consonant teaching there - but there is something terribly wrong in the mind-set and this needs to change.
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10:01 PMAmita, even by writing this post- you are spreading a positive note- that people (read the govt) are finally beginning to wake up and realize the depth of this issue and how far it has seeped into the social fabric. It is so so ironic that female foeticide is a rampant reality in a culture which treats Shakti as the ultimate divine symbol and worships her for their well-being..
As for the fairer sex being in demand- I guess it always has been so- maybe not as visible in monetary terms as the recent dowry incidents show... :) Look at the advertising industry- whether it is a shaving cream ad- or an automobile ad- there is bound to be a beautiful woman in it. Women are sought to bring in the glamor quotient in any concept. Sonali Bendre summed it up when she said in one of her interviews- "At the cost of being immodest, I must say that Sarfarosh would have been a documentary without me being in it".
What needs to be seen now is: all these people who are "buying" brides- at least now do they understand the seriousness of the situation and learn from it? Or will they still go ahead and kill innocent little baby girls based on their monetary prowess to be able to "buy" brides even for their grandsons...
- Priyanka.
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