Caste Scars Gender Reality In K’shetra Village
by The Daily Eye Team June 13 2015, 6:03 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 24 secsMale child boom in upper caste families as girls’ ratio stands at 308Upper caste families of Mangoli Jattan village — having the worst gender ratio in the district with 308 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2014 — feel “blessed” for God has been “very kind” in filling almost every mother’s lap with a boy. The same, however, is not true for those belonging to the lower castes.