indian NAZISM

<This post is dedicated to all those wonderful friends of mine, who are girls, and survived the Nazi reign that is Modern India. Come what may, you folks are some of the awesome-est people I know, and life would be very boring without your smiles>

All those neo-Nazis still out there, wake up, you got a new Fuehrer to take orders from. Come to think of it, several millions of Fuehrers to take orders from. Who are they? The cruel heartless 'educated' families of the 20th/21st Century Indian married woman. And just whom are we annihilating this time? The Jews, the Commies, the Americans? Wake up, German volk. We are not talking about eliminating inferior races out here. As we march heads held high into the second decade of the 21st century, let's set ourselves a more nobler target. How about elimination of whole sexes? This is not a call for yet another twisted brainwave seeking the amalgamation of the male and female. On a slightly lower step in the ladder of our imagination, how about we destroy the female sex? Once again, sorry to disappoint you folks, no gas chambers, no Auschwitz or Dachau style extermination. Why wait for the female kid to grow up and then gas her? How about destroying the baby right at birth? You see, no need for machine guns, no need for train wagons, no need for trials. A simple ultrasound scan. If your beautiful bahu is pregnant with a baby boy, indeed it is a Cadbury shubhkaamnaye moment. However, if fate is wretched and she has a baby girl, it is time for a sneak little visit to an abortion clinic. Pay the doctor, get the baby aborted, wash your bloody hands and wait expectantly, for your blessed boy. Welcome, my beloved Hitler Youth, to the mindset of the modern Indian family.

Female infanticide and foeticide is a total eclipse of the India Shining dream. How are we developing if every minute there is an unborn female child being terminated simply because the 23rd pair of chromosomes spell XX? How are we shining if we have such screwed sex ratios all across this nation? Call me thick-headed, but how exactly is this desperate craving for a male kid justified? What are the benefits of a male child?

Agreed, your family surname is going to be continued.  HOWEVER, women change their surnames to coincide with that of her husband as a result of societal norms. Dear uncles, don't pressure your wife to adopt your boring Sharma/Kulkarni tag and your son-in-law might just do that. Aishwarya Rai chose to remain Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan still continuing the Rai lineage. Your surname just a bunch of meaningless characters, and if we can come down a little on the stereotypes, we'll find women are perfectly capable to continue family traditions.

Given, it is a possibility that you might be well taken care of in your final years. HOWEVER, sit back and compare how well your spoilt son is going to take care of you as compared to your lovely daughter. This son included, boys are generally incapable of even making a mug of coffee to relieve their parents' headache. This son excluded, yet these young men are the pillars of strength you parents are going to hang on to in your last years? If you still remain unconvinced, take a leisurely walk to the nearest old age home and strike a chat with the occupants about how they landed there. Atleast then, realization would sink in that a son might abandon his parents in cold blood, but NEVER a daughter.

Even better, you might get a lump sum dowry including a new flat, Toyota Innova and Reliance Petroleum stocks when your boy gets married. HOWEVER, this is a mere extension of the stupid grand Indian belief that a boy outweighs a girl. If you think guys are smarter and worthier, think again. I'm a guy and I have so many girl friends(notice the space between the two words) who are way more intelligent and strong-willed than I ever will be. If you seek further proof, skim through the archives of the Times of India paying special attention to articles on Indian Class X and XII examination results. Every year, since I started taking cognizance of this fact(and grumbling about it), girls continue to outshine boys. Remember, every guy is not worth his weight in gold and every girl is not born to be confined in the fumes of your kitchen.

Those were the most logical reasons I could come up with for the inexplicable Indian craving for a male child. If you remove the logic criterion, I'm sure we could come up with more absurd theories on why female infanticide is acceptable but there you see, these theories come into being WITHOUT the logic criterion.

I conclude this post with an appeal to three sections of people who are most involved in this horrible tragedy that permeates every level of the Indian society.

Dear parents-in-law,

Granddaughters are more beautiful than grandsons. Boy or girl, an offspring of your child is a joy to behold in your eyes. I know grandmothers who cherish their granddaughters and they constitute some of the happiest people I know on Planet Earth. Before you send your daughter-in-law to an abortion clinic, imagine how you would have felt if your mother had been forced to terminate you. Even if your in-laws had been torturous to you, this is no time to seek revenge. Let's all forgive and forget. Let's make this world a better place to live in! :)

Dear husband,

Be a man! You signed up for this when you married your wife. As Aamir Khan tells us, YOUR fricking chromosome decides whether your wife sires a girl/boy. Stop yay-saying to Mummy and learn to love your kid with all you have, regardless of its gender. There are so many couples out there who are without a kid and aching for one. God has given you a lovely gift, don't even think of destroying it.

Dear doctor,

Sorry I couldn't be scathing enough of you. Remember you swore the Hippocrates oath whence you promised to save every life to the best of your abilities. As your ultrasound might tell you, an unborn child has life. It moves, grows and suffers. Society gives you your instruments to deliver life, not death. For heaven's sake, you are a doctor, a mere cogwheel in the huge machine that is human reproduction. Do not play God with the lives of innocent children.

Kudos to all those mothers who have braved abuse to raise their female children. Kudos to all those wonderful families which treat every baby as a wonder by itself. Kudos to all those unknown journalists, administrators and social activists who fight for the cause of the unborn girl.

Give the girl child a chance @ life!

Today's Stumble and the inspiration of this blog entry: Aamir Khan's Satyamev Jayate - First Episode on Female Foeticide