What difference do a few million missing girls make to a country that has a population of over a billion? This:
In rural Punjab, where the shortage of women is most pronounced, a desire to keep rural family holdings intact is now driving a trend towards polyandrous unions where one woman, often ‘purchased’ from poorer regions [...]

It was an eventful night. Bhairavi became a bride. Along with her, her weight in gold crossed the threshold of her in-laws’ home. Everyone smiled. She was a chubby girl. A few houses away, Kalpana, locked in her room without food could hear the disharmonious orchestra. A sour reminder of how little she had brought [...]