Taslima Nasreen has recently commented on a remark made by actor Priyanka Chopra’s father. She is like a son to me, said he about his daughter. Taslima immediately chastigated him on Twitter demanding why he should have compared his daughter to a son!
I wonder which world does Taslima inhabit? Does she know how important it is for most people in our part of the world to have son? Such a comment coming from someone who has grown up in a patriarchal society…
The idea is to get these concepts out of a growing child’s mind before it takes deep root. No point hitting out at fathers with fixed ideas.
I too look forward to the day when parents begin to raise their sons more like their daughters. Unfortunately, going by the female infanticide data in India, that is going to take some time.
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