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The Conscience Crisis in Indian Parenting”

“Matru Devo Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava” — Mother is God, Father is God This ancient Vedic mantra is one of the first values taught to an Indian child. It conveys a deep message of reverence, gratitude, and unquestioned respect toward parents. But as a society, while we are taught to worship our parents as divine, we must now confront a painful question: Have Indian parents truly acted like God? Or are many simply demanding god-like respect without god-like responsibility? Let’s Confront the Truth A Terrorism That Happens at Home   Since the 1990s, over 10 million female fetuses have been aborted in India — victims of our obsession with sons. Chilling Parallel: Terrorists kill for religious supremacy. Parents kill daughters for gender supremacy — to feel powerful by producing a boy. Like terrorism thrives on secret ecosystems — so does female foeticide, rooted in: •Cultural conditioning •Social pressure •Political silence And like terrorists in Kashmir who confessed to murders but r...