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This is my story. I normal girl born in India. That must have already made a picture in your mind!! Right? yes you are right!! First thing that comes into the mind when we say "daughter" in "India" is "Unwanted"!!! Same was the case with me. First thing that I remember was "we wanted a son". My mother often told me that she fainted when she was told that she had a daughter "again". Of course a major setback for a family who already has a 4 year old daughter. My father stopped praying because his innumerable prayers of "becoming the father of a son" was not granted. Nonetheless, the only person who was happy, was my elder sister. Thank God she was just just 4 years old. Otherwise she would have also fainted!!
Second thing that effected my life was "scarcity"!! My mother cried every day that she has to leave us and go to work. Actually she was working even before my birth. I wondered why did she bring me to this world of scarcity. I did not have to wait much for the answer. The reason was my sister!! Doctors had told my mother that a sibling would help improve my sister's behavioral problems. Then my innocent mind asked another question!! "Why was she brought into this world?". Again my question had one simple answer- She was also "unwanted"!! I felt happy somehow, that I was not the only unwanted thing in my "parents'" life. After all, I Had Company!!!
This is my story. I normal girl born in India. That must have already made a picture in your mind!! Right? yes you are right!! First thing that comes into the mind when we say "daughter" in "India" is "Unwanted"!!! Same was the case with me. First thing that I remember was "we wanted a son". My mother often told me that she fainted when she was told that she had a daughter "again". Of course a major setback for a family who already has a 4 year old daughter. My father stopped praying because his innumerable prayers of "becoming the father of a son" was not granted. Nonetheless, the only person who was happy, was my elder sister. Thank God she was just just 4 years old. Otherwise she would have also fainted!!
Second thing that effected my life was "scarcity"!! My mother cried every day that she has to leave us and go to work. Actually she was working even before my birth. I wondered why did she bring me to this world of scarcity. I did not have to wait much for the answer. The reason was my sister!! Doctors had told my mother that a sibling would help improve my sister's behavioral problems. Then my innocent mind asked another question!! "Why was she brought into this world?". Again my question had one simple answer- She was also "unwanted"!! I felt happy somehow, that I was not the only unwanted thing in my "parents'" life. After all, I Had Company!!!
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