To be or not to be: Girl
“India now accounts for termination of some 10 million female foetuses over the past 20 years.”
The UN’s universal declaration on Human Rights says: ‘ All human beings are born free and equal in Dignity and Rights….” Sounds Great!!!! But when we take insights into the ground realities, we will discover the all- pervasive presence of discrimination that divide the human populace in the name of religion, caste, creed etc… and within that broad division the most pathetic line is drawn in the name of gender difference between male and female….
The most important gift anyone can give a girl is a belief in her own power as an individual, her value without reference to gender, her respect as a person with potential.
Save the girl child today for a better tomorrow
Contributed by Garima Jain
anand
12 Feb, 2010
yar difference to nature ne he kar diya hai, not in every aspect of life girls are equal to boys..
but should not be the reason for punishing her for nuthing just coz of ‘she’ tag..
onlyabhi
12 Feb, 2010
its really pathetic that even after so awareness nd education v still have such ppl who think dats gals r no more than jus burden…..
i pity on such ppl……world without gals r like body without heart…….
anand
12 Feb, 2010
government is applying a lot of efforts in this issue..
actually its not people who thinks so, its our customs and traditions, coz of wat such situations are created that people have think them as burdens..
we still are ritual even after so much of education..
Anwesha
13 Feb, 2010
Many of you must be thinking how we can at all help in solving this issue. after all, we all belong to educated families and none of us would have actually faced this “girls are a burden” situation. Our families treat us equal to boys, so does our education system.
Apart from spreading the word and educating people about saving the girl child, we can actually prove that girls are not a burden. Females are doing way better than their male counterparts in many fields. lets make the picture equally bright closer home. Indian girls need to show they can excel in everything, at times better than the boys.
It is not a question of showing their might but proving they are not weak.
It is a great thing that we are bringing up this issue here. Take it ahead. Save the girl child.
anand
13 Feb, 2010
nuthing much can be done unless we are ready to change our age old traditions..
people get education, but when it comes to situation to taking action we think as per our system and ignore our educated thoughts..
Soumya Sharma
13 Feb, 2010
This is to what we call “The effect on the reproduction of Frog due to the increased speed of rotation of Earth”
anand
13 Feb, 2010
onlyabhi
13 Feb, 2010
bt today scenario z changing n hopefully d tym is not far wen even the urban india wil treat gals eaqual to boys…..
Soumya Sharma
13 Feb, 2010
What are you talking about dude??…The main discrimination is in Rurals and Urbans are also not far enough. Most of the urbans still dont their gals to coll…
harryat13
14 Feb, 2010
totally agree with the fact that there is need to save girl ,as we can all see the stats male to female ratio in india….its just matter of making people understand that girls are equal to boys….educated families understand this fact but the ultimate threat is to make those people understand that girls aare no longer a burden ,as anwesha said…
today she is working……..she is focusing on her work n giving time o her family…..prob. i would say that she is 2 steps ahead of male’s todays….
so need of hour is to make that section of people understand that why it is a need now….
Ravi Kant
14 Feb, 2010
India is a good country for women to thrive. I think urban India is pretty much there already, awareness now has to increase in rural India. Very nicely put by the author
anand
14 Feb, 2010
i cant understand why you people saying gals are equal to boys in every sense. they are not bold enough, not capable for physical work. Nature itself created the difference.. agar inni equal he hote to ye topic chalane ke need he nai padti…
now about the social status. on this i agree that its not good to treat them inferior.. but also you cant say that they are equal to us.
Sam
14 Feb, 2010
@anand
what are u thalkin abt dude??…….jst give one reason or one field of interest where girls hav nt excelled with the same or even better potential than boys………..actually girls are far more stronger than boys…………its just a psychological myth we have started to believe in.
Garima Aggarwal
14 Feb, 2010
@anand
I dont understand wat anand exactly meant by saying that girls are not bold enough…….
as a student of psychologist i would like to tell 2- 3 things here.. gals are emotionally stronger that of men…. they are better able to compehend emotions than that of men…. maturity level of gals is much higher than that of men…. boys can be easily persuaded than girls…. Yes!!! nature has created a difference….. there are 2 things that guide our behavior- one,heredity and second is environment….its been proved that girls being inferior to men is due to environmental, cultural factors and never due to heredity or biological factors….. All these things are proved by renowned psychologists of the world….
the need for this topic is never to gain sympathy for gals…. but its actually very misfortune for all of us as human being that we tend to discriminate against girls who are otherwise in no way inferior to men ( Yes! I agree physically they are but nature is very kind and has always balance everything as there are other things which are biologically not possible for men to even think of)
Its high time now to understand that WOMEN ARE NOT INFERIOR TO MEN… first, remove this stereotypical attitude……..
Sam
15 Feb, 2010
@Garima Aggarwal
well said………
Soumya Sharma
15 Feb, 2010
Well,I dont know if you all aware of this fact that in 2009 the Male: Female ratio AT BIRTH in India was 1000:1009.
Also, due to some biological differences it is definitely a conclusion that Woman atmost can walk, run and jog shoulder to shoulder with men. Its highly unlikely for them to pass except some exceptions, rest assured they have it in them to excel like men.
But if it were so true them why did the followers of Paganism failed???..or more precisely, why did Pagan System fail??..
Garima Aggarwal
15 Feb, 2010
@soumya
wat is paganism?
anand
17 Feb, 2010
yeh they are stronger thats y they start crying on little little things.. they are stronger thats y they cant work for long time. they are stronger thats y they always need someones support in doing most of the work. yar bhai kon se duniya me reh raha hai tu?
aapne college ke koi bhi ladki ka naam bata (aapni gf ko mat include karna bas) jis ka example de ke you can say that girls are equal to boys.
aapna bag to aapne bf ko pakda dete hai, line me lagna hota hai to they start searching for their ladke frns.. recharge karana hota hai to they ask boys to do that…. yar khud ek kaam nai hota and you say boys are equal to gals..
even boys aapna khud ka kaam karte hai or un ke gf ka kaam bhi karte hai..
anand
17 Feb, 2010
yar is me samajhne ke kya baat hai, nai hai to nai hai you also know..
and in emotions ke baat karo to ha rone me gals are sab se aage…
yar maturity is by age and not by being gals or boys.. yaha mere class ke gals to aabhi bhi bacche jaise behave karte hai.. what about them.. sayad gals badi he nai hote hai kabhi..
“nature has created a difference…” now how can you challenge Nature? jo difference hai vo hai..
Soumya Sharma
17 Feb, 2010
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Well, it was a pre nurtured Judaism/Christianity. It believed that all the Gods were females and females held most of the upper positions of the society and females were given outmost importance.
anand
19 Feb, 2010
is calling females upper class is not making difference.. yaha bhi vo he ho raha hai gals != boys..
anand
23 Feb, 2010
Nature is incomplete without Female Gender. Save girl child
Soumya Sharma
23 Feb, 2010
Or in short, what exactly I wanna convey is, why do women need reservations nowadays to run/walk shoulder to shoulder with men??..
anand
23 Feb, 2010
yar ye sab bhout pelhai applicable tha..
now things have changed but aapni government ko change hone me aabhi bhout tym lagega…
anand
23 May, 2010
People always pray for a BOY
Not for a GIRL
Blessings of elders are for MALE
Not for FEMALE
But in need of wealth
People pray to Ma LAXMI
For success in education
People pray to Ma SARASWATI
For removal of tension
People pray to Ma AMBAJI
And to escape from the devil
People pray to Ma KALI
Now tell me, why do people hesitate to have a FEMALE in the family,
While those whom they pray to during trouble, are FEMALES?
SAVE THE GIRL CHILD!!!
Aditya Nath Jha
23 May, 2010
@anand
You write that thing?…..Certainly an impressive way.
abhishek.bindal
23 May, 2010
this is written by astha, team member the urge
Aditya Nath Jha
23 May, 2010
Join this one…… ‘SAVE Girls ! Only 824 left per 1000 Men… Saving tigers won’t help much.’ on face book.
Aditya Nath Jha
23 May, 2010
Oh I wasn’t talkin about that poem kind of thing but that esssay…..ta hai…ti hai.That one.