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I am a 34-year-old architect who got divorced recently in US. I got married in 2006. Three years after
our wedding, my husband and I planned a child but his family’s mindset changed when they learnt
about my pregnancy and they forced me to abort my child. Since I did not agree, he created very
unhealthy situations and I had to involve the US police for help.
-Kamini
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My cousin’s wife has three daughters. After doing the tests, two different doctors had said that baby
number two and three will be a boy but it turned out to be a girl. The entire family was shocked and sad
when the girl was born. The mother and her kids have been boycotted by the family and no importance
is given even to the girls’ education. The husband is also supporting all this due to social pressure.
-Jamuna
--
I know one so-called educated couple that resorted to female foeticide (by forcibly inducing labour
pains) after the fifth month of pregnancy as they had two teenage daughters and they only wanted a son.
Their reasoning was that progress in technology is to be used to our benefit; otherwise there is no use of
such progress. The well-known lady doctor’s justification was that if she had refused to oblige them, they
would have gone to a quack who would have endangered the mother’s life.
-Anirudh
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When my sister-in-law’s husband learnt that she is carrying a daughter, he kicked her and ensured that
the baby dies in the womb itself. The shocking thing is that this happened in London which is where he
has studied and worked. Even though she works for a major bank in London, she did not have the
courage to oppose this demon and still chooses to live with him.
-Alzeyne
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My husband, an MBA working with an MNC, was not happy when we had a daughter and forced me to
go for one more child. He said he was ready for an abortion if it is not a boy. After suffering a lot in the
marriage, I divorced him. This year, he has not paid for our daughter’s school fees saying that he doesn’t
have a job so he doesn’t have money. But he has the money to get married again! Aise logon ko kadi se
kadi saza milni chahiye.
-Shrividya
--
My husband’s father passed away at a young age. Since then, my husband had to take up many
responsibilities. At the time of his sister’s wedding, he had to pay Rs 15 lakhs as dowry and even bear the
entire wedding cost even though she had studied upto the Master’s level.
The entire experience of earning the money that was to be paid as dowry and of interacting with his
sister’s in-laws was so dreadful that we had to delay our pregnancy since we couldn’t afford raising a
child. Now that so much time has passed, I am unable to become pregnant. I feel so relieved that I live in
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our wedding, my husband and I planned a child but his family’s mindset changed when they learnt
about my pregnancy and they forced me to abort my child. Since I did not agree, he created very
unhealthy situations and I had to involve the US police for help.
-Kamini
--
My cousin’s wife has three daughters. After doing the tests, two different doctors had said that baby
number two and three will be a boy but it turned out to be a girl. The entire family was shocked and sad
when the girl was born. The mother and her kids have been boycotted by the family and no importance
is given even to the girls’ education. The husband is also supporting all this due to social pressure.
-Jamuna
--
I know one so-called educated couple that resorted to female foeticide (by forcibly inducing labour
pains) after the fifth month of pregnancy as they had two teenage daughters and they only wanted a son.
Their reasoning was that progress in technology is to be used to our benefit; otherwise there is no use of
such progress. The well-known lady doctor’s justification was that if she had refused to oblige them, they
would have gone to a quack who would have endangered the mother’s life.
-Anirudh
--
When my sister-in-law’s husband learnt that she is carrying a daughter, he kicked her and ensured that
the baby dies in the womb itself. The shocking thing is that this happened in London which is where he
has studied and worked. Even though she works for a major bank in London, she did not have the
courage to oppose this demon and still chooses to live with him.
-Alzeyne
--
My husband, an MBA working with an MNC, was not happy when we had a daughter and forced me to
go for one more child. He said he was ready for an abortion if it is not a boy. After suffering a lot in the
marriage, I divorced him. This year, he has not paid for our daughter’s school fees saying that he doesn’t
have a job so he doesn’t have money. But he has the money to get married again! Aise logon ko kadi se
kadi saza milni chahiye.
-Shrividya
--
My husband’s father passed away at a young age. Since then, my husband had to take up many
responsibilities. At the time of his sister’s wedding, he had to pay Rs 15 lakhs as dowry and even bear the
entire wedding cost even though she had studied upto the Master’s level.
The entire experience of earning the money that was to be paid as dowry and of interacting with his
sister’s in-laws was so dreadful that we had to delay our pregnancy since we couldn’t afford raising a
child. Now that so much time has passed, I am unable to become pregnant. I feel so relieved that I live in
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