tortured by dil

Thanks for the video, will watch it.

Have to read up more about Finland. The only things I know about Finland are Stockholm, Stockholm syndrome, Nokia, Vikings (do they belong to Sweden only?) and the awesome education system.

@Goodie, fresh air always puts babies to sleep In India when I wanted to put my babies to sleep, I would go for a walk carrying them, they would be asleep in no time. In villages, people would tie these cloth cradles to trees and swing babies. Same effect.

Like @Crayoness says, they tend to sleep better and longer.

 

Thank You! You made my day!

 

Oops, that ought to read Helsinki and Helsinki Olympics! Sorry.

 

A headache might well be a brain tumour. But all headaches are not brain tumours. Someone might want to look and treat all heaches as brain tumours. Pointing out that the headache might only be a headache and not a brain tumour unless you know the reasons is not frivolous. Its called common sense. Treating all headaches as brain tumours is frivolous.

When a man/woman says he prefers to have a boy, it does not mean they support or commit female infanticide. They could have n number of reasons, all valid reasons at that. A mom born with 8 sisters could expect to have a boy without any criminal intent. Just like a man born with 8 brothers can look forward to having a girl.

Someone can have all girls and still "regret" not having a son due to many reasons. I have seen several examples of such people who treat their daughters with much love and affection but still miss that son. I have seen a roadside chaiwallah and a goldshop owner, both from different income levels, both having 4 and 5 daughters, both treating their daughters with immense love, educating and marrying them off and ruing the lack of son to carry on the business. I have argued with them about their daughters continuing the business. For the chaiwallah, given the location of his shop, its not possible. The goldshop owner, cannot expect his daughters' help as they are helping their respective husbands in their own businesses. Must we then accuse all these people of being criminals or say they don't treat women right because they desire a son?

Treating every MIL/DIL issue as a women's right issue is not right. Most often they are clashes of egos which can be set right with the participation of both parties.

The first time that infanticide was mentioned in this thread was as a response to children accepting responsibility for their parents' old age. When the children are all grown up and have good lives, why accuse the parents of infanticide? What is the connection?

Treating every disagreement/issue between 2 generations and making it seem as grave as something heinous as female infanticide is very similar to treating every headache as a tumor. This is a gross injustice to those little lives lost. That is frivolous.

The Holocaust was a terrible tragedy. Should we then accuse every German to being an accomplice to this horror? Does German culture advocate concentration camps? More recently the media is full of news associating terrorism with a particular religion. Does the religion propagate terrorism? I do not buy that just as I do not buy that Indian culture advocates female infanticide. Saying this does not make me frivolous or not acknowledge infanticide. It means I acknowledge the horrors of infanticide but do not associate it as being perpetrated by every Indian on the face of earth.

 

This video is pretty neat, innovative presentation. Thanks for the link.

The problem with India is that it still stays in the $4000 range but the lifespan has increased to the 75 years range. And it also suffers from all the anomalies that China suffers from in terms of income distribution across geographies.

See how the bubbles literally jump for Europe post industrialisation. I have big reasons to believe that a large part of this development happened at the cost of the colonies in Asia and Africa. Asia and Africa now have no colonies, have much bigger populations and that's why I think that the current model of industrialisation that worked for America/Europe in the 19th century will not work anymore. But that's for another thread.

I loved watching the video.