"Haryana is India's richest state by per capita incomes." "National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) data shows in 2016, Haryana registered one gang rape every two days. The number of rapes was at 1,187 -- which is more than three a day," wrote S Dhingra. Why? "With some of the worst sex ratios in the country, a deep-rooted system of khap panchayat and innumerable honour killings, Haryana has never been known for its gender sensitivity or equality." The normal sex ratio at birth is 105 boys for every 100 girls, according to the World Health Organization, WHO. In India, for some unknown reason, we count the number of girls for every 1,000 boys. As per WHO figures, there should be 952 girls per 1,000 boys at birth, but, except for Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal, all states are well below that level. Haryana has the lowest ratio in India, at 831 girls for every 1,000 boys. What is particularly disgusting is the attitudes of men in Haryana. "With more girls venturing out of their homes for education, work and sport, developing friendships with boys, and seeking to assert themselves, a new trend of 'use and throw' seemed to have emerged," said J Sangwan, state vice-president of the All India Democratic Women's Association. "There is also desire at a certain age, but since marriages are still largely determined by considerations of caste endogamy, village exogamy, etc. men look at these women as objects of fun with no intention of marrying them." Which means marriage has to be in the same caste but outside the village, possibly to prevent consanguinity. Haryana has the highest unemployment ratio in India at 15.1%. "They are not always uneducated.... a lot of them are engineers who were promised the moon by private colleges that mushroomed across the state, but didn't get packages of more than Rs 15,000-18,000." Unemployed, with a third rate degree and no prospect of getting married due to the perverted sex ratio young men spend time watching pornography on cheap smartphones. Add alcohol and drugs and it is a terrifying mix. Being next to Haryana, Delhi reported the highest number of rape cases among major cities in India. Trouble is that conviction rates of crimes are very low in India. Police and the Central Bureau of Investigation could not find who killed Aarushi Talwar, a 14 year old girl found battered to death in a house locked from inside. Indians do not trust the police. Recently there has been a spate of lynchings of innocent people suspected of child snatchung. That is because thousands of children go missing every year in India and the police register only about 40% of cases. Most people will not go to the police to settle a dispute.A sick nation that cannot protect its women and children. The dead are probably better off.
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