Demographic Politics And Population Growth - 2

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my dear friend you have unnecessarily brought in my/your family into the discussion. while I am glad to learn that your grandparents had a bountiful existence and told you about it , I 'll simply ask you this question, did they have kids early or late?


As far as your comments about India being a half baked society are concerned , I have no issues with it. however the following piece of commentary , shows that you feel that the breakdown of the marriage structure is on account of womens "lib" .

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->You don't get it. Modern Indians with their progressive views are already too westernised - your comments on matters of 'women's rights' (when no one was even contesting women's rights) shows it. But half-westernisation coupled with half-hearted (ideas of) 'traditionalism' doesn't work. There's no successful blend of the two. You'll find the traditional half losing out to the westernised compulsions. Westernised stubbornness/non-compromise will not work with "let's have kids". In a half-westernised set-up it will turn out more like an Ostrich tactic: "let's have kids, close our eyes and maybe it will all go away". Nothing traditional about that at all. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Now while I understand your grief at the state of middle class society , the fact is, India has always been an experiment where new and old ideas are attempted to be synthesized . In the case of some invaders this has worked , in the case of some others (your favourite kind) it hasn't been that successful. Okay, i think the word "syncretism" is going to make you go ballistic anytime now.

I continue in the same tradition of trying to make the most of existing circumstances.
Women's rights and the advocacy of procreation are not mutually exclusive. so there is no dichotomy here per se.