Petals in the Dust: India's Missing Girls - Trailer

[Alixxxneverland]

@1:30 her daughter is pretty 

[NaPakAsstani]

Non Muslim Men Should Marry Muslim Girls Because Muslim Men Marry 4 Wives Produce 20 Children Like A Pigs

Problem Solved

[mooninquirer]

@NaPakAsstani THIS problem is ENTIRELY the fault of Hindu men. India should have have kept its brief period of Buddhism, and everyone ( except the most upper class ) wold be better off in India if they converted and gave up that FOREIGN religion imposed by invaders, so they would be the master caste, and everyone else would be brainwashed and in their place. The British Imperialists were the worst pieces of shit, no doubt, but this problem is upon Hindus themselves.

[FancyFancyName]

"We hold up half the sky. But we get probably 10% of that." That's powerful.

[Truth128]

India really needs a huge Renaissance.

[zamoharkan]

Around 1400 years at the advent of Islam in Arabia most people there had not the right faith and the pagan practices were generally in vogue, which included the killing and burying alive of the female newborn children.Some people were believing that Angles were daughters of God and preferred male children for themselves. This state of affairs is mentioned by Allah in Al-Quran, Surah 16 – an-Nahl, in verses 57,58 & 59 reproduced in another comment below.

[kiwifluffs]

It's kind of sad how the woman at 3:18 said that she went to abortion because "I don't want to keep, first only, girl baby. 'Girl baby' means for 18 years I have to search some boys to get married. I have to make property."

Maybe it's just me... but didn't her own mother keep her and helped her find a husband/property for her future.. but she doesn't help her 'girl baby?' :/

[TediusZanarukando]

Indian women are so beautiful. Sadly, far too many Indian baby girls are aborted or killed immediately upon birth. The main reason is dowry. Indian mothers actually prefer girls, but are pressured into having boys by their husbands and in-laws.

[puketinho]

@TediusZanarukando This is a job of india government, they should change the law in favour of females like in europe, Indian men 70 % illiterate, dont know how to handle a woman, they see a woman as animal, and govt tolrate it, not the dowry is a main reason, behavior is the ground for, which women see live daily allarround in their neighbours and I can assure you there will be no change in excepting the girl emryo for next 50 yrs.The ment have to learn cooking, cleaning house, washing launderi

[teeheexxx1]

i am an indian girl..... dont say that india is a shithole becuse the sick idiotic men of india cause all this. My parents say tht they would kill themselves if they had to kill me. i also hate some american people say that indian women are ugly becuz they are dark. They work in the sun ALOT and lots of perverts only watch bolly woood movies to see the girls half naked

[4485lolo]

@teeheexxx1

Everyone knows that Indian girls are beautiful and yes, generalisation sucks....the men fail to realise that it's our sperm that determine the gender of the offspring....I apologise on the behalf of my gender

[mooninquirer]

@4485lolo It isn't your sperm, but your religion of Hinduism, with its dowry system and extreme mistreatment of women, in which even mothers feel compelled to kill their own daughters. THAT is what is causes the very extreme shortage of women in India.

[chrisstevensjunior]

Why isn't there sex selective adoption instead more money for the government and you won't have to kill the baby.

[lhrsfo]

Sadly despite the high rate of femate foeticide and infanticide, adoption of girls from India is almost impossible, so that even those that survive and are put into orphanages, are deprived of a loving family for the most part. Thank you for raising awareness.

[33tolu1]

even women in india see daughters as burdens sepecially the illiterates. until these women change their perception about girls, love them and see them as humans with a right to live, the problem will never be solved.

[mooninquirer]

@33tolu1 That is only going to happen if they repudiate Hinduism, which REQUIRES that daughters are severe burdens ---- so much so, that sometimes Hindu mothers sell their kidneys to pay a dowry to marry their daughters.

[Cathleeng007]

Thank you for using your gifts to bring change to the world. Life begins at conception and every life is a gift --- technology should be bringing the world hope not abominations like infanticide.

[shinta49]

Powerful! This realty open my eyes to pay attention to a pro-life.

[oldcat1959]

JUST IN CASE: Im a 50 year old Black man living i the US, in the Great state of Mississippi with own property, and own successful trucking business, on the verge of divorce after 29 years, and will gladly jump at the first chance for a decent woman from India, any serious prospects, please contact me.

[Cathleeng007]

@oldcat1959 SEriously seek Jesus and stop the maddness...the Lord is preparing the way. May your heart and mind wake up and you fall to your knees asking forgiveness from your wife --- serve and protect her first. Used goods brother you will be used goods - seek hope and trust in the transforming power of God!

[Starryeyedfilms]

How can this problem be tackled? What should India be doing? Can the world do any more than criticize from the sidelines? What is the price of doing nothing?

[MissMXL]

This situation, as with all human rights abuses, has deep moral and sociological implications. The world needs to know this is happening.

[TheSeattlebiker]

Very powerful and eye opening. We definitely need to make the world aware of such things that occur that are so sad, demeaning and destructive.

[BoldPe]

Powerful and moving. We need to make people more aware of this sad injustice against women. The consequences to this are profound and global. Let's work together to protect the young girls of India and of the world.

[kelly94111]

This is a terrible story that must be told about the abuse, destruction and elimination of women.