Birth of a daughter || Acharya Prashant

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Transcript

00:00The day a daughter is born, at least the financial purpose of the father's life is decided.

00:07Cast in stone.

00:08Now I have a daughter, so all I am doing is saving for her wedding.

00:14And the expenses that you quoted, do not go merely towards celebration.

00:18A lot of that is actually towards dowry.

00:21So what is the poor father doing for the next 25 years since the girl is born?

00:26Just saving, saving and saving.

00:27And if he by chance happens to have three girls, think of his predicament.

00:33And now do you see that this fat wedding business is also directly related to female infanticide

00:38and foeticide?

00:40Because if a daughter is born, you'll have to arrange that kind of wedding and dowry.

00:44And you already have two daughters.

00:46And your means do not permit you that kind of expenditure the third time over.

00:52So the moment you know that a third girl is about to arrive, you kill her in the foetus,

00:57in the womb.