Thursday, March 29, 2012

Karishma’s Grandmother tried to Kill Her: Her Story

Karishma’s Grandmother tried to Kill Her: Her Story «: Karishma survived infancy through the vigilance of her mother. But when she was not yet a year old, her paternal grandmother started physically abusing Karishma. Over time the beatings intensified such that there were times when Karishma would pass out with the pain. She often had bruising all over her. The grandmother even taught Karishma’s young brother how to strangle her. She told him, “If you kill your sister, you will be even more loved by us.”

Related:
  • 50% of girls in India don’t want to be girls. They feel so unloved and unwanted as girls in this society that they wish they were born as boys (according to a government survey)!
  • Hundreds of girls born in India are given names like ‘Unwanted’ and ‘Undesired’ by their parents.
  • 90% of abandoned children in India are girls who were discarded by their parents who did not want daughters. There are about 10 million abandoned girls in India.

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