The Campaign Against Sex Determination Tests

Abstract

The banners for the International Women's Day still flutter in the hall. The air is still thick with songs and slogans. Dreams in clenched fists and raised voices still float in the eyes. However, there is dead silence at Surinder Lotow'a's house. This is the happiest and luckiest day for him. Twenty-three years after marriage, his dream is fulfilled: he has become the proud father of a son.

His three daughters are not at all happy. As he returns from the maternity home, he finds the door locked from Inside. Nobody answers his calls. At last, he jumps over the wall to enter the backyard. There is pindrop silence in the house. Finally, he sees them: their bodies hanging from the ceiling.