May You Be The Mother Of A Hundred Sons

Posted by apu on Nov 5, 2008 in Women & Feminism |

First, a break from Diwali, then a viral infection/cold/cough that is making me feel dull and too lazy to post anything. But. I did manage to put together some thoughts for a piece at Ultraviolet, on the subject of female foeticide, something that’s been on my mind for some time now. While I have no issues at all with stating that sex selective killing of female foetuses is wrong, I did have some issues about how it squares with free will and women’s right to their own bodies. So the post (’May you be the mother of a hundred sons’, title filched from book of the same name) addresses some of those issues. Go read it here.

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2 Comments

Shriram R
Nov 5, 2008 at 8:10 am

For a moment after reading the stats of Punjab I was “scaredly” reminded of Mathrubhoomi.
The last few paragraphs were a little generic, I think.


 
apu
Nov 6, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Shriram - yes, it’s a scary tale! Perhaps the last few paragraphs sound like that, because, honestly, the scale of the problem is so vast, it is difficult to end on a prescriptive note! Do follow the comments there - they throw up some interesting points.


 

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