May 26, 2012 - ALLAHABAD: Taking a commendable step which would have a far reaching effect on the society, the members of Sikh community took a pledge that they would never indulge in female feticide.
The pledge was taken on the occasion of martyrdom of the fifth Guru Arjun Dev at the Khuldabad Gurudwara on Friday. They also said they would neither take nor give dowry. Taking the vow, members of Sikh community also took the pledge that they would also not allow other people to commit female feticide. "If we come to know about any person involved in such heinous crime, we would oppose him and also socially boycott him," they said.
They further observed that they would neither take nor give dowry.
President of Guru Singh Sabha Sardar Joginder Singh said that Sikh religion accords special place for the women. The importance of women has been highlighted right by the first Guru Nanak Dev to the last guru Guru Gobind Singh. Sardar Joginder Singh further said that it is a matter of great shame that the evil of female foeticide exists in the society.
"The evil of female feticide can be eliminated from the society if we bring a change in our mindset that a girl child is a gift from the God and can be never less important than a male child," he said. It is a matter of concern that the sex ratio is 914 girl child per 1,000 male child.
The sex ratio is Haryana is alarming as it is 877:1000 and in Delhi it is about 866:1000.
[ BMif jMmIAY BMif inMmIAY BMif mMgxu vIAwhu ]
bha(n)dd ja(n)meeai bha(n)dd ni(n)meeai bha(n)dd ma(n)gan veeaahu ||
From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.
BMfhu hovY dosqI BMfhu clY rwhu ]
bha(n)ddahu hovai dhosathee bha(n)ddahu chalai raahu ||
Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come.
BMfu muAw BMfu BwlIAY BMif hovY bMDwnu ]
bha(n)dd muaa bha(n)dd bhaaleeai bha(n)dd hovai ba(n)dhhaan ||
When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound.
so ikau mMdw AwKIAY ijqu jMmih rwjwn ]
so kio ma(n)dhaa aakheeai jith ja(n)mehi raajaan ||
So why call her bad? From her, kings are born.
BMfhu hI BMfu aUpjY BMfY bwJu n koie ]
bha(n)ddahu hee bha(n)dd oopajai bha(n)ddai baajh n koe ||
From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.
nwnk BMfY bwhrw eyko scw soie ]
naanak bha(n)ddai baaharaa eaeko sachaa soe ||
O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman.
ijqu muiK sdw swlwhIAY Bwgw rqI cwir ]
jith mukh sadhaa saalaaheeai bhaagaa rathee chaar ||
That mouth which praises the Lord continually is blessed and beautiful.
nwnk qy muK aUjly iqqu scY drbwir ]2]
naanak thae mukh oojalae thith sachai dharabaar ||2||
O Nanak, those faces shall be radiant in the Court of the True Lord. ||2||
Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Raag Aasaa on Ang 473 -- Editor]
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'Satyameva Jayate' inspires sarpanch to act against female feticide
Jaipur: Aamir Khan's highly acclaimed 'Satyameva Jayate' has inspired a sarpanch in a Rajasthan village to register police cases against women and families who go for tests to detect and abort the girl child.
"Illegal sex determination is rampant in the Shekhawati region (Jhunjhunu, Churu and Sikar districts)," sarpanch Randheer Singh of Budania village told IANS. The village, some 200 km from here, is home to some 5,000 people.
Randheer Singh said a six-member committee had been formed to keep a tab on pregnant women. "After watching Aamir Khan's TV show 'Satyameva Jayate' on female foeticide, I felt that awareness in Rajasthan is not enough," he said. 'Satyameva Jayate' inspires sarpanch to act against female foeticide
"Checking female foeticide at the village level is necessary to save girl children." He said that auxiliary nurses and midwives know about almost every pregnant woman in villages.
"If a woman is found involved in illegal sex determination and abortion of a girl child, an FIR (First Information Report) will be filed against her with the police," Singh said.
"If she is forced to abort by her in-laws, similar action will be taken against them also," he said.
According to the 2011 census, Rajasthan has 883 girls in the 0-6 age group for every 1,000 boys. The child sex ratio in 2001 was 909.
The Rajasthan government has taken several measures to end illegal sex determination tests. It has hiked the amount of money given to people who complain about errant ultrasound clinics.
Aamir Khan, in his programme telecast May 6 that drew record audiences countrywide, highlighted a sting operation done seven years ago by two journalists to expose growing female foeticide in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
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