Beijing is already buzzing with activity and all set for the upcoming Olympics. India's closest competitor for foreign investments and trade looks to this year - the 'RAT's year, for their good luck. All seem going great guns from the third person Indian spectator's perspective who has keenly been sifting through the global prospects of the Asian brother. While at home, i happened to skim through a 'not-so-popular' colour blended magazine and stripped a sheet off it's sheen, intrigued by an article that highlighted the 'one-child' norm of China. While China is desperately trying to winnow the weeds and relax this policy, there still seems to be a problem with the 'one-child' norm in some interior parts of the country. Women not so ready for this pressure, seem to be undergoing their fourth or fifth months of maternity, only to be later forced to abort the little life they yearned to see. Some others see the baby killed right before their eyes. Some, perhaps like Moses's mother , were happier to secretly send away their new-borns hoping they'd get a better life somewhere. The issue really is not about the 'one-child' norm - understandably China's population density would soon warrant not even a one sq. foot's space to one person on an average. The issue is the pressure brought about by the communist regime in the country. One side of the communist argument is right - country's capital is equally divided. But with money swinging the hypnotic pendulum, scarcely is anything equally divided in this world. Rich become richer leaving the poor poorer. The only thing that remains of a communist regime is autocracy morphed. The rich get away from the government and the poor are scape goats. Worse still, because of lack of democracy , right to freedom is little spoken about.
This article is not meant to end here. But its meant to begin something elsewhere. I've just scratched the surface a bit. If you find more articles on this, do post as a comment.
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