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Discrimination begins from the womb, sometimes even before conception, and likely to be lifelong; daughters are seen as paraya dhan, so parents do not consider them important enough to be taken care of.
She was allowed to go back only after her brother-in-law, at the behest of her elder sister, intervened. ‘He was a patriarchal man; he couldn’t say no to his son-in-law.’
Society will always have a say in whatever you do or not do! If you keep paying heed to what they say, they will accomplish their mission of pulling you down!
The parents are donating their daughters openly and proudly with 'kanyadaan'. Why? What’s the need for such a custom? Is it any less than human trafficking?
While starting a new life with a life partner again, she needs to leave her mayka, the maternal home. Her love for her parents and siblings, her job, her surname, her room — just to survive in a new place which will never be hers ever.
In Jayeshbhai Jordaar, director Divyang Thakkar explores the reason of foeticide with his protagonist Jayesh (Ranveer Singh) a man who doesn’t know what feminism, but is determined to face the consequences.
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