The ascendency of India as an economic world power

India and China are the two emerging economic powers in the world. These two Asian giants are catching more and more world attention these days. They have a history of intense rivalry for the last few decades. India and China are competing in the economic front and sometimes we see media reports that China is attractive for investment in the manufacturing sector while India’s strength lies in the service industry.

Well, it seems that India and China have one striking similarity when it comes to killing female babies. Both the people of China and India are obsessed with the notion of having male children and not having female children. However, Mother Nature blesses the human race with almost equal number of make and female babies. So, both in India and China, now we can see that the number of female population is sharply declining against the number of male population. According to a report, China and India have now intense rivalry about killing female babies- before and after birth. I am quoting from a report of Times of India:

The report is a sweeping indictment of efforts of governments to enforce laws against foeticide as well as killing of newborn girls. Campaigns to encourage people to consider girl children as socially and even economically desirable do not seem to have made much headway either.

The all-India average is 927 girls for 1000 boys which puts the country right at the bottom of the chart internationally. In fact, it fares even worse than countries like strife-wracked Nigeria (965) and neighbour Pakistan (958). According to the report, only China with 832 girls per 1,000 boys ranks below India on this dubious front.

 

So, the competition is very intense indeed between China and India. China is now the leader and India is close behind. The way that Indian government is neglecting this matter, I guess India will soon touch China.

India and China have two of the most ancient and cultured civilizations in the world. It really gives me a lot of pain to see that these two countries have such a barbaric record when it comes to dealing with female babies.

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