India Shining

As India stands on the threshold of an economic boom, there is a lot to be done on basic human rights, as these articles show:

Selective abortion was causing the loss of 500,000 girl births a year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4601184.stm

The girl child has traditionally been considered inferior and a liability - a bride's dowry can cripple a poor family financially.

Notice that the girl is considered a liability primarily coz her parents have to arrange her dowry. Yet no one talks about abolishing this disgraceful practice - much easier to just kill the girl. What will it take for us to break out of this ridiculous 'tradition'?

Anger at 'shameful' Indian Gay Law http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4602068.stm

Another instance of the famous Indian double standards. It's all right to go about raping and killing women, but you dare not hold hands in public.