Whew. Good. The title did not sound all that uplifting with the implication that only one survived.

Very uplifting, thank you

Least self centered yank on reddit

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The thing is, running the govt is tricky. There are schemes for boys too. Everyone has the right to education. And there are free education programs for all in poor and rural areas, irrespective of the gender. But it is also important to observe the target audience. It was observed that girls in these areas, couldn't attend school because of families with strong stereotypical-old age mindset. And just because some elected leader comes and tells you, "bro from now on you shouldn't have such 1940 mindset and all", these people will not automatically change and start sending their daughters to school. So, it becomes necessary for the govt focus more on helping these girls. India is developing rapidly and it is necessary that these girls also become a part of it. Lots and lots of attention is needed to bring these people out of their old mentality. That's why there are lot of programs for girls. It doesn't mean there's nothing for the boys.

Technology helps a lot.

Earlier middlemen would steal govt handouts.

These days it's direct to bank transfer.

Introduction of government unique identity card has ensured the right people get the handouts.

No Indian should be hungry considering how much food India produces.

Surprisingly, a lot of these are Indian. As is the person I replied to.

Macaulay's kids.

Edit: he also mentioned about ban on single use plastics. That is very severely enforced.

Damn I read this as Indiana and got excited for a sec.

AmieLynn and JamieLynn… that’s going to get confusing. Glad they’re okay!

Sorry, Reddit has a swath of people with an axe to grind about India that will insist that you don’t exist.

No, they haven't. The lawyers who have said this aren't able to prosecute them anyway, it's a dangerous performance piece which is going to make MOP who don't know better (and much of the mainstream media) believe that those who do prosecute choose to do so. They don't. We have the cab rank rule which prevents barristers picking and choosing the cases they represent. This is a list of non-criminal and retired barristers, academics and solicitors, none of whom would be called upon to prosecute because they wouldn't be allowed to.

If you want to know the truth about this have a read of the thread by Alex Wright (@alexwright174) or of the secret barristers timeline on Twitter.

Although the women’s game is not as skilled as the men’s game, with the exception of a few teams( Brazil and Mexico) the women don’t dive , fake injury or make as many stupid fouls as the men

Oh thank god, I would love to have better conditions here for everyone.

My grandparents were trying to guarantee healthcare access and end medical bankruptcy. No such luck.

Yup. That's why people had so many kids. Then once child mortality rates drop, it can take a couple of generations for people to realise they can have fewer kids without much risk of ending up with them all dead.

Increasing access to education for girls actually does tend to reduce birthrates.

Because boys are already being sent to school at much higher rates. Getting them to the same rates means investing in education for girls.

Spoken perfectly like someone not from one of those ten countries lol.

Am from new Zealand, living in the states now, can confirm, NZ is better.

"Go back where you come from if it's so much better then!"

Noo... I think I'd rather stay and advocate for better conditions here for everyone.

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>India's birthrate was high in the 1900s which makes sense since the whole country was primarily an agrarian society which was also heavily exploited and in extreme poverty.

The real reason was the sky high child mortality. No matter how many kids you had chances of having a few survive was low.

One of my great uncles had 14 kids. None survived. Another relative had twenty one of which nine survived.

My mother reckons child mortality was at least 50 percent. She is the only surviving child out of two siblings

Yeah, because they're going the wrong fucking way.

I come from a very poor village in one of the 100 poorest districts of India.

All houses in my village have toilets. Built by the government. For free. To a very high standard.

Same with the houses in the surrounding villages

college loans arent traditional loans b/c theres no collateral

And still a lot of work to go.