Today in the morning, my mother & my neighbors stopped a vegetable vendor to buy some veggies. When my mom went out,she saw him, talking to somebody on the mobile.While displaying the various seasonal vegetables, he talked on the mobile for a while & then, after sometime, he ended his talk. There was a tinge of sadness, in his conversation on the mobile. So my mother, including the neighbors, asked him automatically about his problem.
He started narrating his family problem that his sister-in- law's(wife's sister) daughter has given birth to a girl child & her in- laws have not bothered to go & bring the daughter-in-law home, along with the baby. Unfortunately, they are unhappy that their daughter in law has given birth to a daughter. This has sent the young mother into a shock & all her family members are wondering as to what steps, they should take to persuade their son-in-law & his family to take back his young wife & new born baby daughter.
In our Indian society, literate as well as illiterate people are obsessed with the dogmatic thought that their generation should carry on with the birth of the sons. They refuse to believe that the daughters are more caring & these days, they are rubbing shoulders with the menfolk. You go to any office, bank or government or private organisation, there is not a single department, where you won't find a girl/woman, holding the fort, efficiently & successfully.
Why don't the people, who hate the birth of a girl realize that a baby girl, who is so tender, needs a gentle care & pleasant atmosphere to grow up. When she will go out of her house to study & later on, for work, she will be able to face the world confidently, if she will have a congenial atmosphere at home.
May God give sense to those who refuse to welcome the birth of a baby girl. ('beti')
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