Being a Girl Child in the Post-Pandemic World Earlier last year, the whole world scurried back into their houses, hoping to protect themselves from the dangers posed by the alien and strange virus. However, while we stayed at home, baked banana bread, made Dalgona coffee, and complained about the world has come to a standstill, …
From being a Girl Child to Bringing one into the World Free institutional delivery is not the only thing that is sufficient to bring a child into this world. A child is not just a baby born from the womb but an act of creating a life that can truly catalyze a change in the …
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Rights for the Right Life “You’re a girl!’’ is probably a phrase a girl will spend listening to at each stage of her life if she is born in India. At times, she will be denied basic resources or sometimes presumed to settle for less. She could be stopped by societal barriers or simply forced …
The Descent of Devadasis If you were to google ‘Devdas’ you would see images of the famous Shah Rukh Khan movie with exquisitely dressed actors and actresses and theatrical images of distress. However, if you were to google Devdasi, you would be witnessing images of young girls, who have barely hit adolescence, with a morose …
Free to Obey; Obey to be Free Out of the millions of girls born annually in the Indian subcontinent alone, the majority do not live to see another season or even another day. Some of the lucky survivors live in orphanages and/or foster homes, that is, if they outlive the challenge where their biological parents …
Home is Where the Kids Learn Every parent cares for their children. But for the parents of girl children in India, it is a whole different tale. They are so perturbed by a myriad of little things that they actually forget to address very important issues. Growing up in this very society gives us many …