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| Infant girl survives live burial |
| 2006-07-19 |
| HAMIRPUR: Indian police said they were looking for the parents of a two-day-old girl who was buried alive because of her gender but survived the ordeal. "We are investigating the case. The hunt for the parents is on," senior superintendent of police HS Aparna told AFP on Tuesday. The girl was found in a ditch when her shrill cries caught the attention of a farm helper at Hamirpur, a northern district in impoverished Uttar Pradesh state. "She is a small little angel. I was lucky to reach that spot and hear the cries of this baby. Otherwise she would have died within hours," said Lakshmi Rani, who now wants to adopt the child. Rani calls the baby Mili, which is Hindi for "found". She already has three children, including a girl and said her construction-worker husband was initially reluctant to adopt the abandoned child but had eventually relented. Residents of Gaura village, where the child was discovered, said that it was the seventh such incident in the past fortnight. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 One of the people I work with adpoted a little girl from China whose story is very similar to this. All I can say is, somewhere out there in the infinite, is one supremely competent guardian angel. |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-07-19 14:16 |
| #4 gorb, India is a bit like South America and Africa. You have modernization and the very very primitive We always hear about the modernization of India, but for example, in certain parts of India, there are backward primitative people that live of and in the jungle. There are also many tiny villages that exist today that still soley depend on witch doctors, sometimes the witch doctors give evil advice and no one in the village is educated enough challenge them. The MSM used mind control for so many years. America have been sleeping for a long time. The internet (blogs), alternative media, and streaming talk radio have changed all that. Now, everybody is trying to fair and balanced. In the end, although laws against these despicable acts are necessary, but will only help in tiny percentages. There needs to be a massive influx of re-education that needs to spread to these villages. India just recently sent an distance learning satellite that can stream educational material, real time, anywhere throughtout India. It's called Universal literacy through satellite. Unlike, the countries in Africa and South America, India is doing something about their uneducated population. So hopefully, in about in the next 20 to 30 years there won't be any reports such as this. Well, let me put it this way, at least un-education won't be an excuse. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2006-07-19 09:12 |
| #3 I recall reading dowery practices are also responding to the supply problem. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-19 07:23 |
| #2 There are already laws and incentives but when some of the most highly educated women - female gynaecologists - are sometimes complicit in selective abortion - changing cultural practices will not be easy. The skewed gender ratios have already produced severe shortages of marriagiable women. This - the law of supply and demand - will be far more effective than any law passed by the Indian parliament in changing things. |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-19 07:07 |
| #1 WTF is it with these people? That was their daughter! Ever heard of an education? Putting in laws and incentives to stop this $hit? What is so F-ing attractive about having sons over daughters? Can't women get gainful employment or something and it will cut into their lifestyle when they retire? My keyboard and my head are both taking a beating over this subject! |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-19 04:20 |