Atrocities on Women

India has globally become a force to reckon with and this makes each one of us very proud. But there still are some ugly truths that need our attention and its high time that we stop turning a deaf year towards them. Female infanticide is one such social issue. Female infanticide is a heinous crime. In simple terms, it is a deliberate attempt to kill newborn female children within one year of their birth. It is a century old phenomenon caused by social evils likes poverty, illiteracy, child marriage, dowry system, births to unmarried women, female genital mutilation, famine, maternal illness, sex-selective abortion, etc. These barbaric practices are still rampant in India, forcing people to commit social evils like female infanticide, female feticide, and sex-selective abortion. In spite of being criminalized, it is one of the most under-reported crimes. Girl children in India often face various challenges from their childhood to their adulthood. On every step, girls face more rejectio...

“Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonors womanhood” — Mahatma Gandhi.                                                                                     Dowry or Dahej, one of the deep-rooted social evils, is flourishing in our society at an unprecedented rate. There is no denying the fact that modern citizens condemn it, yet this practice varies according to the region, caste, and creed. From being a financial burden on a daughter’s family to wastage of money, this evil is silently claiming the lives of innocent married women. So how do we deal with this social stigma? We live in a society where hypocrisy is on the rise. People do not openly support the system. However, deep inside themselves, they seem to pu...