Is Sex Selection really that Bad??????

All this current hoopla surrounding sex selective abortion completely befuddles me.... Don't get me wrong I am proud to be a woman and am completely for the fairer sex....... but there is an old English maxim that says that 'Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind' and I completely believe in it........

Give birth to more women, they say… But to do what? Treat them like cattle or even worse… huh… if you cannot guarantee a woman a life of (I wouldn’t say equal, that’s way too optimistic) some opportunities, why give her a life at all?

A friend of the fairer sex, today remarked that she wished an expecting relative had a girl, and no sooner did she say this, that, she clucked in horror and proclaimed, a boy would be better, as at least he would get to live his dreams out!!!!!!!!!

Fighting for more women in Rajasthan or any part of the country (Delhi, Bombay or Guwahati)???? Huh… do the self proclaimed holy crusaders have any idea what life the poor girl will be subjected to….. do they have any idea how a fourth or even the first girl in an Indian village be treated like, given away like liabilities to dowry mongers, no chance to an education or a semblance of life… the point here is that the more the daughters are, of such families, the poorer their quality of life will be…. Is it not then better, that they do not come to life at all?

Why not encourage village people who already have girls to opt for sex selective abortion? It not only saves a child from a life of abject disregard, it also improves the chances of existing girls being treated better…..

I mean chuck villages look at cities, how safe are women in Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta or Guwahati for that matter? Can a lowly woman legitimately refuse the advances of an honorable man, without being, molested—live on camera, raped, mutilated, attacked with acid or even killed…. Delhi being the capital of India in all spheres has furnished women, death sentences, for crimes as ghastly as refusing a drink (think Jessica Lall)…..

Just to mention, that a woman loses all rights to reproach if she has a) been out in the night (alone or accompanied) b) had been to a pub and/or had a drink or two (now this is what I call an invitation) c) knew the perpetrator (as a friend, boyfriend or acquaintance, we aren’t that choosy)… not that she had much in the first place, but these three are complete deal breakers…..

A gentle caveat: Relatives, fathers, brothers and friends supporting such immoral women may also be liable to punishment (think Ruchika Girhotra’s family, Keenan Santos and Ruben Fernandes)

The ones mentioned above apply, if women have been bad enough to venture out of their homes… but what of the cases of domestic violence, marital rapes et al… well these are fitting punishments of crimes ranging from getting inadequate dowry, to refusing to obey their personal Gods (read husbands)

Well these you may say are extreme cases, but what of the many daily penalties to be imposed, on a woman’s dressing, mingling and what not (think all daily activities)…. From being not allowed to pursue a course of their choice to a job and well, also other hobbies (can’t be leaving out anything)… Marrying a man of their choice??? That is…uh… well, out of syllabus, as they say…..

Trivia: A code for being a good woman cannot be published, as items under scrutiny, when put to paper may well exceed global paper production!!!!!!! They can also not be stored digitally, as servers as large as Africa will be needed to process them!!!!!

Just having a life is not important; it must be worth living……

Giving birth to more girls is not going to change anything, if we do not change the way we treat them….

And therefore I appeal, to all, to be kind to the unborn girls and kill them, so they do not have to live, a life thus….

Freedom!!!!!!

Freedom..... a word with myriad connotations..... in today's modern world we may be relatively free to move about (unless you are a woman in gurgaon), free to earn (despite the IT and red tapism), freedom of speech (barring the harping of a sycophant lawyer minster), freedom to life (well denied if you are in love in the Khaapland) and are free to read (ahem... excluded if you frequent the libraries in Kolkata). well you must be then wondering what freedom i wish to speak of... so my friends the freedom i sorely miss is the freedom to err, to be wrong, to be deviant, to be imperfect.....

i find it strange, the quest in today's world to be perfect.... well you can't be fat, you can't not speak bad English, be unkempt, badly turned out or for that matter do anything badly..... you just cant be improper without being apologetic about it.... i mean ypu cant even be freckly or pimply without having to listen to people's sermons about how to get rid of them.....

my 14 yr old brother diets... when he's reed thin, coz he does'nt wanna turn fat lest his friends stop speaking to him... asks me if he's looking fairer today..... it makes me cringe from within.... y cant u be fat and ugly and be allowed to live in peace..... not be ostracized for your appearance....


i mean be beautiful if u wish to... but people who do not wish to be so, must be also allowed to co-exist without 70 people rebuking them in a day....

studies also.... young children committing suicide cause they don't pass exams or even worse their parents' expectations..... what is this world coming onto... where we can't take or accept failure....


ohhh more importantly you can't even be improper on the internet, the world where nothing ever goes away, pictures, videos, tweets, post and well blogs.....

it has become increasingly difficult and unacceptable to err on this platform, what with employers, schools, colleges and not to forget the government keeping a tab on your social networking...i mean WHY... why should i not be allowed a moment of weakness or madness or impulsive action or just uttering something i believe in.....

i mean i just read an article where emloyers have decided to ask for an employee's fb password.... like holy crap... what r dey gonna check... if i've had a drunken night, a public spat or have cursed an ex employer or boss?????? and what if i hv... pls bring along somebody who hasn't.....

schools punishing children for writing against a teacher????? Hell!!! wud their feelings change if they hadn't written it... who doesn't crib....
 i mean chuck India, i just read spring breaks turning tame in the US because of employers discriminating against student with wild photos and videos... really....

just because i'm drunk and acting mad one day during my college, tells absolutely zilch about me.... it doesn't at all mean that i'll turn up for work all sloshed or anything....

people rush to delete an inappropriate post lest they be brought up in office, dont get clicked on their spring breaks..... i mean WTF.... why live in fear?

just yesterday saw a journalist cringing about an irresponsible piece she wrote in her early twenties, which has found it's way to the internet... in her mid-forties she continues to be questioned of it's merit and all she can ever say was that she was young once....

everybody is young only once and lives only once, they must not be stripped off their right to be imperfect, improper, mad and impulsive just because digitisation can store our moments for posterity....
looking back should be a source of joy nd nt embarrassment...... we must not be asked to give away our joys of irresponsibility....

is this the revenge of the apes???? for i feel no different from a caged animal in a zoo... up for display and being judged 24*7......