Students and faculty of the department of social work observed Girlchild Day at Students' Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The purpose of this event was to sensitize the student community on girls. Besides a street play titled 'Kalli, the bud', students held placards and posters with slogans which read like 'Don't cut the hands which will rock the cradle and rule the world' and 'A girl's theft is the most fatal of all thefts'.
"India still follows the tradition where people idolize sons and mourn the birth of daughters. At every stage of life, she is neglected and discriminated against for basic nutrition, formal/informal education and living standards. As per UN figures, 7,50,000 girls are aborted every year in India. If the practice continues, a day will come when Mother India will have no mothers, potentially, no life," said an artist.
Through the play, students tried to portray the stigma attached to the girlchild right from the time she is in her mother's womb. How as a teenager she is denied all the privileges which her brother enjoys. While in college, she is forced to marry an elderly man because of his status in society, thus crushing her dream of becoming a police officer. After her marriage, she is ridiculed by her inlaws for giving birth to a girlchild.
"Every citizen must stall the evil practices of killing girls and discriminating against them. A determined drive in this direction can be the spark to light a lamp to show the world that girls are an important part of India," said an artist.
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