PRACTICE
ASSIGNMENT
ASSESSMENT
iting (Article)
Topic Discrimination Against Girl Child
Taking ideas from the visual below, together with your own ideas, write an article for your school
magazine to raise awareness about the Government of India's initiative "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'
Save the girl child, Educate the girl child).
In your article you should
• say how girls are disadvantaged in the society
. describe what the 'BBBP'initiative is all about
explain how it will ensure a dignified life for girls
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DAUGHTERS - PRECIOUS JEWELS OF OUR COUNTRY
Answers
Answer:
DAUGHTERS - PRECIOUS JEWELS OF OUR COUNTRY
God has made all things bright and beautiful – daughters included. Daughters are an integral part of life. Imagine the world without daughters! No God-like mothers at homes! No caring sisters to share our sorrows and double our joys! No wives for man forcing him to live a bachelor’s life eternally with all the responsibilities of household chores on him! The truth is man’s life would be eternally monotonous and monochromatic without girls. The practical and scientific fact is man’s existence is impossible without GIRLS.
Now the question arises: ‘When DAUGHTERS are so important for life why are they being subjected to female-foeticide, molestation, gender-discrimination and bias? The answer will shock you! This injustice against the girls is nothing but atrocities of male chauvinistic society bringing forth its backwardness and ignorance. How savagely and outrageously shocking is this ill-treatment of the fair sex! In some of the states of India such as Punjab and Haryana this heinous crime against the GIRL child has gone beyond limits. The average sex ratio in India is 933. Haryana is the state with lowest sex ratio of 861.
Though the Indian Government has passed many laws to safeguard GIRL children, yet the crimes against them have not ended completely. Though there is a sea change in people’s attitude towards GIRL children, still the Government along with people and NGOs need to do more in promoting GIRL children’s interest and causes. The Government must not hesitate in passing and implementing more stringent laws to save DAUGHTERS.
The best way to empower daughters against the injustice and discrimination done to them is the educate them. The Government must provide free compulsory education to all the girls, especially to the girls born in poor families. The following poem describes the abilities and talents of DAUGHTERS in the best manner:
Beti Bachao Beti Padao
Daughters are awesome, daughters are divine;
They sparkle, they dazzle, and they brilliantly shine,
In each and every sphere and field;
Still I wonder why people feel the need
For female foeticide and female abortions;
I don’t know from where they get such notions.
Daughters are awesome, daughters are divine;
Let them be born and let them grow into their prime;
Just give them the freedom they will stun you with their shine.
They will amaze, blaze, and stun the world with their talents so fine.