Demographic Politics And Population Growth - 2

[G.Subramaniam]

Haindavakeralam



Fearing extinction, displaced Kashmiri Hindus advocate three-child norm





July 3, 2013

Jyeshtha Krushnapaksha 11, Kaliyug Varsha 5115



Fearing extinction, the internally-displaced and persecuted Kashmiri Hindu community has decided to advocate a three-child norm so that it is able to sustain its numbers and not evaporate into extinction. Apart from holding the forced exodus of the community responsible for the dwindling growth rate, the community leaders have blamed the community itself for the negative growth rate. They have said that it is not just the one-child norm but also the “delayed marriages and delayed child-bearing” which have played havoc with community and accused the “more self-reliant and self-sustained” families in the community of being “complicit in this crime of self-annihilation”. Other factors responsible for the decline in the growth rate among the Kashmiri Hindus, according to the community leaders, are premature menopause in women, hypo-function of the reproduction system, lack of adequate accommodation and privacy.

Only a few days ago, the concerned community leaders adopted a resolution making a fervent appeal to all parents to take responsibility to educate their children about the dimensions of self-destruction. The resolution, inter-alia, read: “The ruthless and genocidal destabilisation has been of catastrophic implications for the demography of Kashmiri Hindus. In exile maintaining and perpetuating our demography is a prime task for all of us. Our own responsibility in creating a growth rate which can arrest the trend of dwindling numbers in our stock is a prime responsibility for all of us.