i recently saw a family of five children (four girls and the last one boy) at a sugarcane juice center. none of the children were wearing chappals nor were they sufficiently dressed. the family of seven were sharing three glasses of juice and the children were fighting to have the biggest share. i kept wondering why the couple needs five children when they cannot afford to feed them properly. i could not suppress my anxiety and popped the question to the head of the family. he out of dismay replied, "in our community, we need a son to carry the family name ahead. if we do not have a son, the community will disown us and its a disgrace to our ancestral family". i fail to understand the role of a community and the way it works. think over this - parents who cannot really manage to bear the expenses of the kids are forced to concieve one? and in all this where does the concept of self reasoning disappear?
another site common on Mumbai streets annoys me a lot. im referring to the beggars who carry a new born infant on a pan and beg. the poor child is exposed to scorching sun and pollution the whole day. bt then i remembered wot ma economics professor taught in 12th. "People are not poor because they have more children but they have more cildren becoz they r poor". they have more kids bcoz there might be more hands to serve in future. this is a true answer for the query why people who cannot afford even two meals a day have as may as four children.
