Do not make our country a land of orphans

Do not make our country  a land of orphans

(Possibly some of you may think this is an exaggeration .But it is not ,Our girls getting married very late  and then get their only child still later.Many of them do not have any child .So  inspite of our country  not introducing one child norm like China(after 37 years experimentation  they withdrew it) , we  are implementing it. This article shook me to the chore .Are our children marching fast to becme a generation of orphans?)

By

P.R.Ramachander

(The entire material is borrowed from  the  tamil speech of M.Porchelvi   in a debate   which was  posted by  ny friend Rajagopalan Srinivasan .It was with tears  that  I read it and wrote this.  Each and every relation that I have mentioned has a word in every Indian languages.(I am reproducing  the tamil word  as given n the face book  post of my friend . Each of them  have a great role to play  in our  joy and sorrow.Just  for a minute , I imagined a  world without them  and I felt extremely bad, One child norm is going  to create   a land  of rich orphans)

Words    indicating   relations in Indian languages like,

Elder brother , younger brother , younger sister  ,

Junior elder brother  , Senior   elder brother  ,

Junior elder  sister  , senior elder   sister  ,

Father’s  younger brother   and elder brother ,

Paternal aunt  , maternal uncle ,

Husband’s brother  and sister, Elder brother’s wife  ,

Wife’s brother   and sister , Paternal cousin  brother,

Paternal  cousin sister  , Paternal  aunt’s daughter   and son,

Maternal  uncle’s daughter   as well as son ,

(அண்ணன், தம்பி, அக்கா, தங்கை, சின்ன அண்ணன், பெரிய அண்ணன், சின்ன அக்கா, பெரிய அக்கா,
சித்தப்பா, பெரியப்பா, அத்தை, மாமா, மச்சான், மச்சினி, அண்ணி, கொழுந்தனார், நாத்தனார், தாய்மாமன், சித்தப்பா பையன், சித்தப்பா பொண்ணு,
பெரியப்பா பையன்,
பெரியப்பா பொண்ணு,
அத்தை பையன்,
அத்தை பொண்ணு, மாமன் பொண்ணு,
மாமன் பையன்,)

Would not fall  on the  ears  of any one , fifty  years later,

For no one would  have  any such relations in India,

And slowly words for such relations   would vanish from Indian  language dictionaries.

The reason   for this  is  that most  of the families ,

Have decided  to adopt   the  one child norm,

And how can these   relations   continue to exist,

When no one has   a brother   or sister.

After  this   there   would not be  maternal uncles ,

For celebrating  his nieces   attaining  majority,

There would not be  elder brothers   to Hoist,

The first  pillar during  marriage of his sister ,

There would not be younger brothers,

To put a ring  to  the groom of his elder  sister,

There  would not be   mother’s brother for any children

To keep little ones  on his lap  during their first head shave,

There would  not be younger  or elder brothers ,

To rush to   the help of any married   girl in trouble,

And each and every girl  are going   to sob their heart out,

With no  relations or brothers to wipe away  their  tears,

And each and every man   , when facing any crisis in life ,

Is  going to find that  there are no siblings   to bale him out,

After  this like the   bird developing   wings and flying away ,

When the only child  of the family  goes  his way for a job,

Or go away   after  marriage   with their partner  ,

For leading    a life  where  privacy  is more important  ,

All parents  like orphans  would be either put  in an old age home,

Or   rot and  die  alone with no one to care,   in their   palatial own homes.

This is definitely   going to happen to every one in India,

Who are adopting  the one child norm  ,

Aimed at enhanced  prosperity ,

Without bothering about  the banyan tree of shade,

That can only   be provided  by  chains  of relations.

If you  one day become sick in your lonely home  ,

Should you not have some   relation nearby,

Who would  postphne all his work and engagements  ,

And rush    to help you  , in that time of dire need?

It is those  sons of ours   who quarrel ,

Among themselves   for getting  even little things,

Who would  with tears  in their   eyes,

And anguish in their  heart , rush to your help, when you are in need

Even our daughters , engaged  in employment,

Looking after   their husbands , children and family,

Would throw  away all that  in a jiffy  and be by your side,

If  either  one of you   is  sick or in need  of help.

Just for once   do think of your  last days,

You  would  not be an orphan  without money,

But you would definitely  be one   without relations.

Are you  not  engaged   in bringing   up an orphan child ,

Without any relations   except   you in this earth ,

With  millions of bank balance , bunglow,

Chauffer   driven  car  and  modern gadgets all around him,

For  your dying  like an orphan and he also  having  the same  fate.

You are all  struggling to earn  an orphan filled   India