How it is.

"Confronted with a falling gender ratio again after making good progress in correcting it, Haryana has over the past few months taken a series of measures to plug possible gaps in rules and enforcement that are allowing female foeticide to happen." "Surveys have identified 481 villages across the state - which is around 7% of its 6,842 villages (2011 census) that have over the past five years consistently had a severely skewed sex ratio at birth - below 700 girls per 1,000 boys." TOI. Which may be just as well because, "Over 30% of girls and 13% of boys in India experienced sexual violence before turning 18 years old in 2023, according to an analysis published in the Lancet Journal. Estimating the prevalence of sexual violence against children in over 200 countries between 1990 and 2023, the study found that the highest rates were recorded in South Asia for girls - ranging from 9.3% in Bangladesh to 30.8% in India." ET. Poor innocent, helpless children. "Alone, frightened, and often no older than six, Indian children are being found at the US borders with Mexico and Canada - without documents, guardians or belongings - carrying only a slip of paper with their parents' names and contact details. Over the past few years, this unsettling pattern has grown, marking a rise in unaccompanied minors attempting illegal entry into the United States." ET. "India registered around 2.58 million more deaths in Covid year 2021 compared to 2019, the last pre-Covid year, as per official data based on the civil registration system (CRS) that was released on 07 May. After accounting for a natural increase in population over the two-year period, the spike in deaths in 2021 is about 2 million, nearly six times the official Covid death tally of 330,000 in that year." In July 2021, "The Covid-19 pandemic has caused excess deaths in India to cross more than four million, a new study has found." "India has officially recorded more than 414,000 Covid-19 deaths so far." BBC. In 2022, the WHO estimated 4.7 million fatalities in India." ET. "Gujarat saw the highest undercounting of deaths with nearly 200,000 excess deaths, more than 33 times the official death count of just over 5,800 Covid deaths in 2021." Why aren't we surprised? "On the night of 16 April, the journalists drove 150 km (93 miles) around Ahmedabad and visited 21 cremation grounds." "At the end of the night the team had counted more than 200 bodies, But the next day, Ahmedabad counted only 25 deaths." BBC. In July 2021, Indian tax authorities raided the offices of Bharat Samachar and Dainik Bhaskar for daring to criticise the government's handling of the Covid pandemic. "The homes of some employees have also been raided, and many have had their mobile phones seized." BBC. Land of smoke and mirrors (Cambridge dictionary). Two children from Gujarat drowned off the coast of San Diego 3 days ago while trying to enter the US illegally. DH. Just another statistic. So, what's better? Being aborted, being sexually abused, being abandoned at the US border or drowning far away from home? Children don't vote. Some will never.