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badguy

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Posted: 17 years ago

India's missing girls

abandoned girls: Lalitha, 6, and her sister Priyanjali, 3

India's Missing Girls

Monday 22 October 2007

1900 BST on BBC Two

This World investigates how every week in India thousands of girls are killed, aborted or abandoned simply because of their gender. With the introduction of ultrasound technology, the problem is getting worse, with many women opting to abort once they know they are carrying girls. It is part of India's centuries-old preference for boys, who will carry the family's name and traditionally provide for parents in their old age. Daughters are frequently seen as an expensive burden who need a large wedding dowry. Too expensive Earlier this summer, a farmer in southern India discovered a two-day-old baby girl who had been buried alive. She survived but her grandfather confessed to the girl's attempted murder. With seven daughters, he claimed he could not afford the burden and expense of looking after yet another girl. This World goes to a home for abandoned children in Kadapa, a small town in the state of Andhra Pradesh. There are 80 children there and nearly all of them are girls. The founder of the home, Sandhya, meets a young woman called Ramadevi, who is heavily pregnant but desperately unhappy because she is carrying a girl. She wants to give the girl to Sandhya to look after. Sandhya tries to convince her that it would better for the baby to be looked after by her birth mother, rather than in a home. After the birth Ramadevi changes her mind, overcome with love for her newborn baby. Lack of brides Sex selection is not just restricted to the poor. It is also routine among India's middle classes, though rarely spoken about. In the prosperous city of Ahmedabad, the capital of the state of Gujarat, This World meets Pooja Salot. She is married to a multi-millionaire industrialist. She claims he forced her to abort two babies simply because they were girls, and says that such abortions are commonplace among her wealthy friends. India's "missing girls" are creating another problem. Despite the economic boom, the country is now short of so many young women that, in some states, men are struggling to find brides.

Producer/Director: Ashok Prasad
Executive Producer: Louise Norman

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zaveria

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Posted: 17 years ago

well there is no harm in sharing! :) but its a pity to c the double standards in india. anyways thnx for sharing! 😊

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@Ranbirrocks

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Posted: 17 years ago

You would be shocked to know that in small towns and villages of india...woman hate girl child more than men...if a woman gives birth to a girl child, she cries that why am i not blessed with a son and girl child's grandmother refuses to share the news of birth of a girl 😡 😡 and if a boy is born, they beat thali to break the news..... and trust me no matter how much india progress..this thing is so deep rooted taht it'll not change in 1000 years...this makes me sad....

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Shiva Chauhan

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Posted: 17 years ago

Thats really sad! 😡 How can they do such a thing. Don't those mothers reliase that they were small girls at one point. Well I definitely want half of my children to be girls when I'm older 😃

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DeSiPride05

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Posted: 17 years ago

Ohh god social systems of this world Trust me it just does not happen in India only. I have seen this among many cultures such as polish, rusian, spanish, some europian. Well I will admit that it happnes in India more than any where else but for that we all need to put our heads together and get the message across. I belive Narendra Modi is a big name among those politicinas that are out to save gurl fetus. I am so sorry this happens. Social insomnia is wot we need in our country and this world.

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Jhanvi

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Posted: 17 years ago

wow, how the hell does one live with themselves knowing they buried their grandchild alive!!😭

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loverboy260

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Posted: 17 years ago

yeah well now if they (men) want to have pleasure they will have to seek another man lol.. either that or they will have to share women...

and they deserve it, why would anyone kill a girl? esp a mother who is a girl/lady herself.. why cant people understand women = birth, women = marriage!!!

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Laila

@Hummy

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Posted: 17 years ago

im shoked in our family girl r Allahs blessing 😭 thtz really sad n disgustin 🤢

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susmithamanav

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Posted: 17 years ago

there is no forum not apt for such things. its a disgraceful fact of our life in india. women are prayed to but are not welcome. it will change only when ppl accept it as occuring and are educated to change it. hope it happens soon.