Oh! to be born and educated
Published Mainstream delhi July 2002]
To be born and to be educated are the most fundamental rights of anyone.The fast declining rate of female to male sex ratio as has been brought to the fore in the latest census of 2001 has created a wide- spread alarm among the government circles, the voluntary sector and academicians all over the country. There is no doubt that this kind of decline is not natural but is a result of rampant sex detection tests and female feoticide.
Apparently it would be expected that fmr (Female to Male sex ratio) should increase with increase in education. The actual trends are quite the reverse.
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