singh > kaur

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i’ve often stated (usually for no obvious reason) that little boys in patkas are the most adorable thing ever…but little girls in pigtails are precious too. or are they?

New Delhi, Sep 12.(PTI): The Sikh community has the lowest sex ratio of 893 females per 1000 males well below the national average of 933.
…As regards the disparity of the absolute and relative number of males and female population in the society, expressed in terms of sex ratio or number of females per thousand males, the Hindus recorded 931 and were slightly below the national average whereas sex ratio among Muslim was 936.

my only consolation after such sadness? “my” team is doing just fine:

The sex ratio among the Christian population grew handsomely from 994 in 1991 to 1009 in 2001, it said adding, for the Buddhist and the Jains, the sex ratio remained almost the same as 953 and 950 respectively.

11 thoughts on “singh > kaur”

  3. Argh, it’s infuriating. My only hope is that these people will realize their mistake when they’re stuck with millions of depressed, permanent batchelors in 10-15 years.

    I did read somewhere that the marriage crisis in Punjab has already started. Some families are responding to it by allowing/encouraging a kind of polyandry (one brother gets married, but the wife sleeps with others as well). It seems a little scary, but it also seems fishy. I don’t know whether the phenomenon is statistically significant or even accurate.

  4. ah, poor men and their lack of accessible booty. forget about the value of a female life in itself. or barter it as an economic commodity.

  5. If that comment was directed at me, sorry. I certainly find the practice abhorrent because of the sexism behind it. I probably should have said so.

    This has been known about for more than a decade. The Indian government event tried to ban ultrasounds — but people still get them done illegally. It’s a serious, entrenched problem.

  7. HAHAHAHHAA…boy, this is amazing, because I know one certain Sikh who sure burts THAT bubble! 😉 And am I ever glad for it!!!

  9. mm….I hope my husband hasn’t a mistress…unless my dear sweet accountant soulmate has managed to really do what he’s threatened to for for some time – bring such joy to me that I would become over a million flower petals spinkled over the circumfrence of his inner fibre. Course, what the heck, I had to teach him how to make a proper latke, and to stuff a halupki! (I just told him there are some similarities for making halupkis as there are for other gracious activities!)

  10. Especially if he’s a certain Manvinder Singh from the outskirts of queens, NY….and the only other I hope he’s dragging home is Rabbi Shergill, or Waris Ahluwalia!