Law Of Nature - Sushmita Sen speaks up about Female Foeticide

I shared my views on one of the most heart-wrenching issue around women - Female Foeticide in my earlier post.

I came across this beautiful message from none other than Miss Universe 1994, Sushmita Sen.
(For the readers who do not want to or can not view the video, read the transcript below)


English Transcript:

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It's been a strong and beautiful night and you all have been very very patient. My name is Sushmita Sen and I am a proud mother of two very beautiful, young ladies. One of who is already, ready to be model. May I please... I am a little scared with her on stage. Maa! Where is my maa? Every one, Ladies and gentlemen, please my mother.

I need to come back to a point where I can see you all. I believe ** ladies and gentlemen. I believe 'k duniya mein jo bhi hota hai kisi wajeh se hota hai". It's not an accident. Every single human being in this room tonight is here for a reason. And that reason is - that the age of the Aquarius is on its way by December 2012. Have you heard of it? Oh no! You have'nt Haan! Age of the Aquarius is when women will rise. It is the time when we will come to the awareness of the female strength. It is not a coincidence then, that tonight we have this wonderful platform.

God bless you Lilavati hospital, God bless you Manish Malhotra, God bless you Lubna adams, Vipul Bhagat, Sangeeta, all beautiful ladies that participated tonight who are also mums. Because when we do this, we create the single most important awareness.

I have been blessed, to be born in a family. To a mum and a dad who raised me just as a human being. They didn't differentiate between a girl and a boy. So, I never grew up, like many of us blessed people realising that this is what happens to the girl child in the smallest of districts of our country.

We will no get into statistics. You know why? Because it is depressing. We are not going to talk about the cruel things that happen to them. Because we have to focus on stopping it. We have heard about the problem, we know the problem.

But as Mother Teresa once told me, just a year before she passed away. She changed my life I tell you that. I was 18 years old and I went and met her in Kolkata. And, I told maa, that maa you know, I see so many babies. There must have been 55 cribs in there. And they are all girls! They don't have boys or do you have a separate room for boys. So she says no, we had only 4 boys and all have been adopted. These are only the girls.

And the reason she smiled about it. She said these are the lucky ones. They didn't end up in dustbins. They ended up with a future. Where some body, a loving home is going to recognise the fact that there is a reason why the law of the nature says to you - I will not let you choose. When you become pregnant, you will not know- you shouldn't. If it's a girl or a boy. That is laws nature of keeping the balance between the nurturer and the provider. When we kill the nurturer ladies and gentlemen, we create an imbalance. An imbalance that we will be so sorry in generations to have done. Because life will stop to exist the way we see it.

I made a promise that day that I am going to, Ok - let's clap.

I know, I just really, this is something very very close to my heart. And I can't stop talking about it. Because I keep. Feeling, k 'Agar aap, itni choti si baat agar aap samajh lete hain. K jab log duniya badalne chalte hain...'

You can't change the world. Are you crazy? There are number of people doing all numbers of things. How do you change the world?

Don't worry about it. The world will change on its own.

You change one life. You change one thought. You tell one father. Today, truly you are a blessed man. Because not only do you have a girl, you have the womb of the universe. She will then nurture life beyond. Right?

And so, with all of your blessings and all of my country that despite being an Indian woman, You gave me the courage to be a single mother. Everyday being asked about my Renne and Alisha.

You have given me as you should every girl child this opportunity. Because god as my greatest truth I tell you, all of us here. Stood on our own two feet, because we are capable and that no body can take away from us.

Ladies and gentlemen, you are beautiful people and you have been tremendous source of strength    For me my entire life. Tonight, take that strength home, change one opinion, one life. I will do that with Renne and Alisha. You that with whoever you want.

I love you people. Thank

We should all look forward to doing more of this. Salam shukriya

I absolutely loved the part when she quoted Mother Teresa  saying that these are the lucky ones with a smile. This is one of the biggest example of creating positive feelings from difficult situations. I am sure everyone would have had a sad feeling when they heard that all boys were adopted and only few girls got parents. But the simplicity with which the message was passed on is truly amazing.

I have already been a fan of this lady. The more I see and hear her, more I fall in love with her.

This post was to be written as a part of April 2015 A to Z Challenge. My theme for this year was 'WOMEN and ISSUES AROUND THEME'. Click at the link to check other common issues women face in and their respective links.