Not all of us are the same. And thank God for that! Thank God, not all of us are creepy idiots who have the IQ of a cabbage.
I will abort the child if I come to know it is a girl.
Imagine that from a well-educated (a professional degree holder from a decent college), IT professional who I happened to work with. The nerve he had to tell me that, without the slightest inkling of sensitivity or respect for the life of a child! All I wanted to do at that moment was to just punch him in the face and break a tooth or two in that mouth of his that uttered those stinking words.
But fortunately for him, it was within the office premises and I was in no mood to get fired for physically assaulting a colleague. Believe me, I am physically and mentally capable of killing that mosquito (oh, have I given out too much about the identity of the person already?)
I mustered up all my patience and asked him, “What if your father had thought the same way? You wouldn’t have had a sister who you love so much today.”
You’d think that would have reached the non-existent brain of his or at least strike an emotional chord with him. He coolly turned to me and told, “Sandhya, I am talking about getting my wife to get it aborted; not you.”
I don’t use expletives (at least not in public forums), but that fucking asshole actually said those words to me!
He continued, “Where I come from it happens all the time. Hospitals there help the would-be parents determine the sex of the unborn baby and they get the “problem fixed” too.”
What the hell is wrong with this country? If it happens as often as he says it does, what are the police doing there? Is our law just something to laugh about after breaking it? Well, I know most people break the law, but I thought we had grown out of hatred towards the female child, at least in our so-called educated urban youth.
That the guy is not even married yet is another problem. But God help the poor girl that agrees to marry him. Oh wait, maybe where he comes from, the girl’s opinion is not sought while “fixing” her marriage with Mr.Creepy Creeperson with a mind narrower than a strand of his hair.
I personally know so many couples yearning for a baby in their lives; and then there are people like this one that makes me wonder why God created these infinitely stupid beings.
Should I just go and report this to the police? Will there be any action? You know, like checking if there are hospitals that do this?
I couldn't agree with you more. I am one of those couples you mentioned in your post who is yearning for a baby, and that too a girl if I could choose. :)
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ReplyDeleteI hope your words make a difference to his otherwise unchangeable mentality.
And may God bless you soon with a little princess who will make your life heaven on earth! :-)
Don't worry.Life has its own way to teach everyone a lesson.Uska number bhi aayega.
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I have very few regrets in life. The top in the small list is that I do not have a daughter. Good post Sandhya. Wish you had punched him and he would lose his job for inciting violence! If wishes were horses . . .
ReplyDeleteSome of the creatures on the earth they worry more about the future and will not enjoy the present looks like he belongs to that category..
ReplyDeleteThis is absurd, shameful and worst human less act. I hope his family won't do this non-sense.
ReplyDeleteCatch him. Bind him. Tattoo "I endorse female feticide" on his forehead. Release him. The rest of the world will know what to do with him (hopefully).
ReplyDeleteMost of these guys have full family support to do such heinous act. So Family is never going to stop them. You wouldn't believe there are so many people I have met in the US who don't want a female child. I just can't believe that god does bless these idiots with kids. Leave India, there was an article here in the US where Indian women gave interviews that they did abort their kid after knowing the sex of their baby since their in-laws pressurised them from India. What a feeble excuse, someone from 20,000 miles away can influence you to abort a baby? Ridiculous. If only people like myself who would do anything to have a kid will be blessed with a baby rather than these monsters. India as a country has no hopes, the so called educated people are not that educated after all.
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