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This week, the women’s and children’s ministry announced the latest plan to reverse the trend. The premise: Pay a family to raise a girl.
Give birth to a daughter, and the family gets cash. Vaccinate her, more cash. Send her to school, feed...
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Renuka Chowdhary’s suggestion seems radical, but what happened to the girl in Kolkatta should never have happened. TV channels go to any extent to jack up TRPs.
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India’s aggressive move in promoting the childcare for Indian daughters is truly a big help to extinguish discrimination in the country. It is about time to give...
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The UPA government is looking firm to give the humanitarian protection to the victims of child abuse. From now, the victims can only be examined when a trusted person...
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The sanctimonious pride with which we espouse Indian family values has been proved to be a myth. The ugly truth is out - one out of every two Indian children has...
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