Girl Child Day - she rocks !!!!

January 24, is for each one of us to find the awareness in our hearts, and share it with those who are still in the dark. It is for us to make that extra effort, take that extra step forward from our busy lives, and reach out to the yet un-enlightened and un-informed, biased members of our neighbourhoods, families, cities and county, and make that change. That will be the true tribute to the National Day of the Girl Child.
"Our government is rolling out two new schemes-- Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojna for conditional cash transfers to pregnant and lactating mothers. If mothers are healthy, children will be healthy. The second scheme is for underweight adolescent girls. We are going to provide nutrition support to undernourished girls to improve their health and nutritional status. This scheme has been named after late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi," says Krishna Tirath, Minister of State for Women and Child. The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent Girls will be dedicated soon for the welfare of every helpless girlchild. In short, the scheme has been named as "Sabla". 

Progressive Alliance (The UPA Government), and steps began to be taken in the right direction. But the real tribute to the girl child is to celebrate every day of her life as the "Day of the Girl Child", celebrate her identity as an equal member of her family, her community and her country. The world's largest democracy can surely awaken today, and extend her largesse to encompass the life-giving section of humanity - the girl child.