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India And Child Marriage

March 7th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Today while going through various news sites ,i read a report on one of news site which had title -’India is hub for child marriage’ . I was shocked to read that. Some of shocking facts stated by UNICEF were 45% of women married before they turned 18. 78,000 women die during childbirth every year. One million infants die every year, 40% of them in the first week after birth. 40% of total child marriages in world occur in India. India shinning ,India growing ,India goes to moon ,India is second fastest moving economy, India’s high skill work force are globally respected. We all have listen to this ,experienced this but at same time these are some serious issue which we need to deal with. Recently a serial is on air with theme of child marriage. … Read entire article »

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Balika Vadhu Saga

March 1st, 2010 | 1 Comment

Ballika vadhu is popular serial that runs on colors channel. It is most popular in colors and currently no2 overall. Its character anandi , maajisa , sugna , bhairav are known figures in India. Serial was meant to bring into light wrong traditional practise of child marriage.How a girl child is married , how she has to live her studies , her challanges , her sacrifices , deadth of her dream. At end of every episode the serial use to give social message too. Recently ballika vadhu created outrage in parliament where some members demanded ban on this serial. Their point was that instead of condemning such tradition the serial is promoting child marriage. Ballika vadhu acted fast and has included stats in begining of the serial which states that 50% women in India get married before … Read entire article »

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Getting Pregnant At Age Of 15 Is Not Modernism

February 28th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Yesterday i went for morning walk. Since month i was trying to wake up early and go for walk.Yesterday i managed too!!!!..Bad habits are hard to die…I went to nearby park where a group of old people were sitting and talking . Retired people who deserve all the time in the world.They worked hard for their entire life , for their families , now they can relax.. I walked two round and then decided to sit in the bench near this group.. They were discussing the present young generation and how the influence of western culture is effecting them…They were very much critical about the western culture. One of them said in taunting voice -’vahan to 15 saal ki ladki maa ban jaati hai aur woh bhi 13 saal ke ladke se’..Second … Read entire article »

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