Preference for a male child is wreaking havoc in families and the sex ratio. Govind Naik is known in the interior areas of Macherla in Guntur district for a unique record. He had four girls from his first wife. But the desire for a male heir was so strong that...
Andhra Pradesh has the worst sex ratio among south Indian states. According to the 2011 census, there just 943 women to 1000 men. That is a steep fall from the 2001 census when it was 961 women to 1000 men. And the sex ratio is the worst in the Warangal distri...
Sex determination tests are banned, so are scanning centres and abortion without medical approval. Connected with this is the phenomenon of abortion of female foetus. Despite laws to the effect, many parents, and specially men, take their spouse to the hospita...
Medak district's thandas have become infamous for the sale of children by their parents. A visit to the villages here shows each family having at four to five children. That a rural family has so many children is result of poverty-stricken parents' lack of awa...
Today is the International Girl Child Day. In this programme, the reasons for declining sex ratio and of the problems the girl child continues to face in this day and age are discussed. There are cultural, social and religious roots that makes families prefer ...