Village councils in rajasthan have banned lavish weddings. They resolved to impose fines and social ostracism of offenders. This is intended to reduce the burden of the girl’s parents. This news brought great joy to me as these simple villagers have managed to do something that the highly educated and sophisticated haven’t even thought of!!!Expenses…
This sounds straight out of a science fiction film. This reportedly had been carried out by Chinese scientists. Though the results were not outright successful, a beginning has been made. Needless to say, something as controversial as this is bound to have its pro’s and con’s, The single most important argument in its favour is…
If we can save the Cow , why can’t we save the girl child?! – a Khap panchayat asked!!! We all have to agree that they have got this one dead right. They have decided to fight female infanticide both by education of villagers and with the threat of outcast of the people who indulge…
I was aghast to read that a 30 year old resident doctor Mrs Priya Vedi had allegedly committed suicide by slitting her wrists on 18 april 2015. The reasons listed by her were:- 1.her marriage of 5 years was not consummated 2.her husband was gay 3.she was harassed for dowry by her in-laws I presume…
Hello everyone – Wish you a avery happy New Year and these wishes could not have been more happier – thanks to the wonderful initiative i,e BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO (BBBP), announced by the Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare – Smt Maneka Gandhi. As per the Minister, the scheme is set to be…
family balancing – the pro’s and the con’s (old post from familybalancing4u.com) this post impassionately examines the pros and cons of family balancing without touching on any ethical issues which would be followed in the subsequent posts. firstly – the cons – a plethora of social activists, feminists and the governmental organisations would say that…
A very dear friend mine who started a blog about family balancing gave it up due to lack of time and i decided to transfer his few posts to this blog as we too have a label ‘family balancing’!! Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”;…
(…cont’d … you can read part 1 here http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6343406740388235277#editor/target=post;postID=1711886958540902628) Part 2 ——- With regards to the 7 points mentioned in part 1, let us examine the role of the society. 1. She doesn’t take the family name forward. – It is widely accepted that a girl drops her father’s name on marrying her husband i.e…
I have a fear of flying but due to constraints of work, I need to fly at times. On one such occassion, I was upgraded to business class on a flight from Chennai to Delhi courtesy my frequent flyer points. I hoped to forget my fears and enjoy the business class luxuries for once. The…
“They were discussing bra sizes” said my colleague in an astonished manner which immediately caught everyone’s attention during our lunch hour. “Girls are growing up too fast these days” he added and continued about how he chanced upon hearing a group of school girls discussing about their types of bras. “Its the TV that’s…