Too many questions, too few answers.

Francesca Lia Block once said “ In every girl is a goddess”. And I pretty much agree with her. But there are some people who don’t believe in this, people who think of the female gender as just burdens on the family. People who have no respect for girls, or women. There are some questions that have been haunting me. I want to ask these questions to those people who think girls are weak.

Question one.

Why are girls not given the right to be born?

In a country like ours, where Goddess Lakhsmi is worshiped, the girl child isn’t allowed to enter this world. People need to understand that she is the one who shapes the civilization and it is because of her, what the world is. When women are capable of doing anything and everthing, why this difference, merely because if a woman is abused or raped, the family respect is abolished? People need to change their old sick orthodox mindsets in order to make this nation a better place to live in. Our country has made a remarkable growth in various fields, but still, it represents the lowest sex ratio.

Question two.

Why deprive girls from being educated?

Lack of education forces the girl to be stuck in the slum, give up her dreams, her aspirations and go through the same trauma her mother, or any female member of the family did. If she isn’t educated, she is unable what she is capable of doing and develop civic sense. India has tremendous examples of women who rose from the ashes and still live in our hearts. Women like Rani Laxmi Bai and Mother Teresa, are few of the many. When a woman is capable of doing what a man can do, maybe better, then why not?

Question three.

How will life be going on, if seeds of life will be cut by the society itself?

Various advanced technologies like scan tests, ultrasounds, sonograms were developed, but many families used them to determine the sex of the unborn child. Female feticide is against the law, but still, this dreadful crime is still practiced in the rural areas of mainly Punjab and Rajasthan. Everyone wants a male child, simply because they think that when he grows up, he’ll be their caretaker and source of strength in old age. They think bringing up a female child is a burden .They need to understand she is not a curse for the society; she carries the beginning and the end, within herself. She is the most beautiful creation. She deserves everything males do.

Question four.

Why should the women in our country not be treated at par with the men?

For some, women are just maids, who are expected to do all the household chores, sit in the house, have no friends, who are deprived the right empowerment, nutrition, to live a life with dignity and honour at every stage of her life, and still should not complain. Is it fair? Not even one bit. When a male child is born in a family, everyone is celebrating, but when it is a girl everyone is mourning. A male child is gifted with all kinds of toys, sumptuous food, neat and clean clothes to wear and a chance to go to school, while a girl doesn’t even have the right to live. Why?

Question Five. The final question

If there isn’t a daughter today, how do you expect there to be a son tomorrow?

Enough Said.