On the contrary having a daughter is the most beautiful thing especially in today’s world torn by warring instincts and animal appetites. Daughter bring the much ignored heart of love and enrich the house with tender feelings, care and the oft neglected sweetness. Their birth is the sign of prosperity and, as the scriptures say, the gods reside where daughters and women are worshipped.
The neglect of daughters is the sign of a crude humanity. It started mainly because of two reasons. Firstly, the requirement of son among warring tribes and agricultural families. Secondly the effect of Mayavada that neglected the Feminine as Prakriti or Maya seen as a snare and God as the Universal Male. But these stereotypes are changing and daughters are increasingly exceling in every field bringing honour and even wealth to the family. But their most important contribution is the gift of the qualities of the heart without which humanity suffers.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
