The declining ratio of girls to boys born in the two Punjabs points to a heart-rending problem which few want to discuss. It is not a matter of education, it is not a matter of poverty, it is not a matter of religion. What is going on here?
This town after all
Why doesn't it say something
This town after all
Why does it lie
In the map of our Hindostan
– Rahul Rajesh in Hindi poem,
Farjad Nabi
Published on: 01 Sep 2001, 9:37 am
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