Gurdwara and dipping sex ratio

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC), has announced that it will step in to adopt the abandoned baby girls. In its urgent effort to erase Punjab's darkest gender blot, SGPC will soon ask important gurdwaras in Punjab to place cradles at their entrances and exhort unhappy parents obsessed with boys to leave "those innocent children at god's door, not death's". Do you think that this initiative will be helpful in controlling state's dipping sex ratio and terror tales of girls, both born and unborn, being killed or left to die?
ABX said...
it is one of the move for the nobal couase

Naveen said...
Rightly said by ABX its a Nobel cause atleast innocent lifes will be saved. But may not effect the sex ratio.

Lost Girl said...
Noble cause, Of course. Sex Ration, No-one can ever be sure about that.

Virtualscorpio said...
A wonderful gesture indeed. Given the Indian context it cud become counterproductive. People now will have an unobstructed outlet to leave such child girls, fully aware that gud care wud be taken. This geture has to be rigoursly followed up wid educating the younger masses the moral implications of their deeds. If this kinds of education/culture be inculcated that the girl child is as gud if not better, then the positioning of cradles wud serve as the first step in the right direction.

Niceguy251 said...
Very noble gesture but now it depends on implementation and how society takes it forward. Many a good natured benevolent schemes have been lost due to faulty follow up and vested interests.

Wise donkee said...
religion is useful, but unless there is a social responsibility on girls to take care of parents , the problem wont go away

Lionking said...
the initiative taken by gurudwara commitee is good on humanitarian grounds. but, it is worth reminding that girls also deserve family life like boys. so, it would be nice if gurudwara educates the people, to do away with the need for something like this. but, this initiative would be fine in the short-term basis.

GussaWaalasaid...
A good move but a better move would be to educate men and the general population on respecting women, human life, etc in addition to this new initiative.

Busybee said...
This wont change the sex ratio. This ratio is less becos of the abortions of female foetus, and not only the abandoning of girl babies. For the sex ratio to change, we need social engineering. Changing of mindsets.

Tejbir said...
this step to seems as if we are accepting the second rung status for girls & allowing people to abandon the girl child I would prefer if SGPC comes forward and takes the bold step of declaring all those who kill female foetuses/kill girls for dowry/rape/do atrocities on females as outcasts and orders the others to end any sort of relationship with such people I believe in small towns/villages this step can bring a difference.

Lp said...
There is some research work about relationship between stress of the mother during conception and the gender of the baby so concieved. gretaer stress means more girls...Husbands, take a cue from this, daddies love girls anyway..:p

Industry and Environment

A research paper says that India is getting about 5% less sunlight than it did 20 years ago.Do you think that increased industrial activity should be blamed for it?

Lp53 said...
Any kind animal and human activity will impact environment continuing the evolution of this planet. Global warming, solar dimming, running out of resources, ice caps melting, ploar bears flying, etc will be som eof the studies similar to those linking large hips to IQ, and height to sexual performace...:D

Savy said...
humanity's progress is inversaly proportional to the natural resources.

Virtualscorpio said...
No gain without pain so goes the saying. Progress will surely take its toll, that too when we, the human race begin to abuse nature beyond its point of tolerance. In as much as we enjoy the luxuries that modern science has brought to us, we have failed to respect nature. No other animal has abused nature & so still lives at peace wid nature.

Wise donkee said...
probably..

Naveen said...
are they forgetting number of vehicles on roads?

Gul said...
Haan Ye sach bhi hai. Udhyog Hamare Paryaavaran ko Pradushit kar rahe hai. Vaise Paryaavaran Pradushan ke kai kaarano me se ye bhi ek Badaa Karan hai.

Niceguy said...
I agree with VS " No gain without pain ". If you wish to enjoy comforts of advanced technology you have to pay the price too. Do you think all the aircrafts flying around do not affect the atomsphere? Have you seen aviation fuel trails in the sky behind every aircraft under some weather conditions but it is so all the time? When our technological advancement reaches a point when it is beyond Mother Nature to accomodate, it will be the end.

Mukesh Ambani and India

Do you think that Mukesh Ambani has made India proud by becoming the richest person of the world?
Abx said...
first- he is not the richest person of the world second - even if he become, does that affect the living standard of millions of Indian people who do not get enough food to live.

Virtualscorpio said...
Yes - I would be proud 1. Hes an Indian. 2. wud disagree wid abx. Mukesh cannot take responsibility of all millions of Indians. Ur elected representatives shud have done that in the last 60 years. Yet thousands wud have gained meaningful employment & millions made money thru share market etc. 3. Such things motivates others to do better & confidence of fellow Indian Businessmen etc grows. 4. At a certain period of time, Indians weer the richest, in terms of wealth as well as spiritually. This is the first step towards gaining the no. 1 spot wealthwise. I suppose this should lead to spiritual upliftment also. When a person is fully fed & clothed, he then helps others.

Niceguy said...
He has still the same wealth what he had few days ago but with value of rupee going up he becomes richest in terms of US$. Wait till US$ get up again and then we will see. It does feel nice to have an Indian and not a person of Indian origin achieving some high. He should share it with his unfortunate countrymen by way of some meaningful social activity.

Gul said...
Haan kyo nahi...jarur Gerv hona chahiye jinhone aarthik jagat me bharat ka naam Roshan kiya kam samay me. Bharat ka aur apne pita ka gerv.

Lp53 said...
Admiration yes; pride, no.

Naveenkumar said...
I Don't think things like these make a country proud. Had it been Dhirubhai Ambani then it wud have been a different story.

GussaWaala said...
I don't see why this is an issue ofpride. Its good for him that he got rich becausing of a falling dollar. I will be proud the day there is justice, equality, no communal violence, no police brutality, and grossly reduced poverty in India. Oh! greatest moment of pride will be if India can get its population below a billion with an eventual goal of 600 million. These are achievemnts worthy of pride. One rich guy? Good for him, but who cares .... I agree with another poster, if this was achieved by Dirubhai, then yes it would be an achievemnet, for he actually created an empire out of nothing.

Ruggedboyz said...
look mukesh ambani for me offcourse is a source of pride for i can always brag before a bunch of non inidans of his achivements as an indian but more than that i am thankful to god that he had a vision and the drive to do it and offcourse his indulgence and boldness had made possible for huge employement and certain has effect the life of the common indian too its not just he and his relatives who benefitted from it

Ellen said...
The truly rich, to my mind, is one who can see beyond himself and out to others who have need of help. And being in the position of wealth provides such opportunity. May God grant him the wisdom to do the right thing with who he is and what he has.

Savy said...
He is an admirable man ofcourse but I feel proud of the fact that India has world's fourth fastest super computer...:)