Devda, a small Rajput village in Kutiyana (which is either in Gujarath or Rajasthan) is suddenly in news. It is welcoming a ‘baraat’ for the second time in the last 120 years. This is only the second girl to get married in the last 120 years. While this is a proud moment, the flip side is so disturbing.
This village is very well known for very high incidence of female infanticide. These areas have a custom of killing the girl child. 29 years ago, a certain Indersingh Bhati went against the wishes of the community and decided not to kill his child. While everybody else was killing their daughters, this family decided to raise the girl child.
How many of us know about this individual Indersingh Bhati or his family’s revolt. Give an internet search on Indersingh Bhati and you will not be able to find him. Is this not the kind of issues and actions that needs to be highlighted? How many news agencies have made an attempt to bring this to light? The answer is ‘nobody’.
Deepika Padukone wears a bikini in a movie and its national news. Its flashed all over the news, people are debating it, blogging about it and tweeting about it. While people like Indersingh Bhati don’t even get a mention anywhere. This is the real hero and face of new India. This guy and his family have shown what new India needs to be. If not a “padma” award, they surely need to be credited and praised.
You praise one, then you inspire another one or many more.
India is a land that is regarded for its deeply cherished values but we just don’t seem to find ways to escape our social evils. Female infanticide is a very serious concern even today in India. The disturbing fact is it’s not considered a big crime and we don’t hear of many culprits getting convicted.
Isn’t this murder? Doesn’t this qualify for a life sentence if not a death penalty?
The ratio of female to male is dropping. If we continue at this rate then we won’t have many girls left to date or marry. Men will have to kill each other to get a girl or they will have to just share her.
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hard to believe this still exists, govt should do something about this
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