No one would willingly (I would imagine) admit to not wanting a girl, especially amongst the educated elite.
#[member='asingh'] - Sorry the 2nd part of my reply was never directed at you - the Taare Zameen part. Though example on 3 idiots was. When you talk about "It is how a "product" is packaged for the media" you negate your own statement. The product media talks about is "XYZ" - including the new improved Aamir KhanNo Aamir, no talk. If no star was there,the product itself is incomplete and wont sell. So I think the question ""what if Aamir was not doing this" is still open.
The 2nd part of your reply seems to be about personally being aware about dyslexia or foeticide. Yes, I was not aware about dyslexia before the movie but you were - kudos to you. Was I aware of the foeticide numbers? No, but I think the show numbers are a fair estimation based on sex ratio, birth rate and population growth. Though saying that it is exact figure cause it was quoted in the show is incorrect(please dont take this as my apathy towards foeticide) Was I aware of it happening in urban socities? Yes, check out one of my previous posts. The guy I talk about had his last "girl" child 3 years ago. He doesnt really seem the type to give up so easy. You can imagine what he has been up to.
And all we do is flush it down until one day,
Your post was fine in its unedited form. Now its a bit too Sh!tty tbh. Doesnt matters whether u are stating the facts or not, some decorum is always needed.
And why is that members and even mod been getting away while using this word freely offlate?
^ Well, I am a man of the law my friend. When we talk about sex, we talk about sex. We don't call it 'making love' just to make it sound better!
I too do not use those words in my day to day life or even on forums. But when I have to lay out facts, I think it is better to avoid the asterisks (*)!
Peace...
Who man, you are a hero. You talk about sex and not 'making love'.
^^ u r not a girl, yet ur parents named u neha.. why.. tell me why
Whoa... Didn't know that there was a thread going on about this show!
I never saw the show and will not see it... Have better things to do!
But I met a few people who saw the show and were all praises about it!
One of them has 4 kids: 3 elder daughters and the youngest one being a son. They needed a son to take care of the business! I can bet they didn't kill the daughters only coz they are an affluent family and can afford 4 children.
Another one has 1 daughter and 1 son. While his son is doing engineering, the daughter was asked to do B. Com coz they couldn't afford to educate both kids in esteemed fields! And in any case, the girl is supposed to get married and go to another place!
The problem wit us is that we all are empty vessels. We make a lot of noise and yet we are just that... empty, worthless vessels!
Happens with the rich and the poor. No matter whether we eat at a 5 star restaurant or at a roadside dhaba... when the shit comes out, it smells foul in both cases!
And all we do is flush it down until one day, someone tells us that out shit smells foul (the way the show tried to)! Then, we ponder over it for a few days and conclude: SHIT happens!