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DIARY OF A BABY
15th jun :- I got attached with ovary
17th jun :- I’m a tissue now
30 Jun :- Mom said to dad, “ You’re going to be a father”
MOM AND DAD ARE VERY HAPPY
15th Sept :- I Can feel my heartbeat
14oct :- I have Little hands, legs head and a stomach.
13Nov :- Today i was in a Ultra scan
WOW ! I m a girl
14Nov : I was DEAD!
My mom and dad Killed me.

WHY?
Is it just Because I was a girl?
People love to have a MOTHER , A WIFE, and of course a GIRLFRIEND too
Then WHY NOT A DAUGHTER? “SAVE GIRL CHILD”

FEMALE FOETICIDE : AN EVIL IN INDIA
HERE I AM BRINGING IN NOTICE AGAIN A VERY SERIOUS AND SINFUL JOB THAT IS DONE EVEN TODAY IN OUR COUNTRY.THAT IS "FEMALE FOETICIDE"
Female Foeticide is the act of Aborting a fetus because it is female. How cruel?

* We Indians call our nation mother India and are great devotees of Mothert Goddess in various manifestations. * But we all are openly playing a double standard game with our country as well as our goddess. * One end we say that we worship Maa Saraswati, Maa Durga, Maa Laksmi and at the other end we are continuously destroying the precious gift of nature, a girl child.
For this reason, Indian women will soon get extinct. Surprised? The most active part is being played by the women themselves -- why? Just for the mere want of a boy, mothers don't feel bad in strangulating their daughters in their wombs. Can anyone be more cruel?
Reasons : * Poverty * Gender Discrimination * Lack Of Education * Traditional Practices * Future Speculations(Education, Marriage, Dowry, etc)

MAIN CAUSE OF FEMALE FOETICIDE
The general perception is that the cost of marriage and dowry has gone up and so daughters have become greater financial liabilities. The dowry system is invariably blamed.
We are not convinced that dowry alone is the main cause of female foeticide. Families that are well-off and do not have to depend on dowry to

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