The jubilant young man's arrival brought an abrupt halt to the card game contested by the turbaned group sitting under the tree.
He thought he had good news for them: "I've been blessed with a baby girl!" he announced proudly.
The response was not what he expected - the group's shock quickly turned to ridicule.
"Why didn't you get her killed in the womb?" came the collective cry. "Did you not get a gender determination test done on the foetus?"
Such a test is illegal in India, but this reaction - discovered during an undercover investigation by Al Jazeera in the village of Bibipur - is a reflection of prevailing male-chauvinistic attitudes in the country. Full story...
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He thought he had good news for them: "I've been blessed with a baby girl!" he announced proudly.
The response was not what he expected - the group's shock quickly turned to ridicule.
"Why didn't you get her killed in the womb?" came the collective cry. "Did you not get a gender determination test done on the foetus?"
Such a test is illegal in India, but this reaction - discovered during an undercover investigation by Al Jazeera in the village of Bibipur - is a reflection of prevailing male-chauvinistic attitudes in the country. Full story...
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