All Man’s Land
India imagines herself as a woman – Bharat Mata, or Mother India. But, unless far-reaching changes are made soon, a cultural preference for boys – and a widespread willingness to abort girls – could one day leave Mother India the only woman left in the country.
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NEW DELHI – Ernest Hemingway’s collection of stories, Men without Women, examines tense gender relationships. In a particularly poignant story, a young man convinces his partner to have an abortion, viewing their unborn child as a hindrance to the status quo. Frustrated, the woman gives in.