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#BetiPadhao is good, more important is #BetiBadhao!

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Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/anseledwardsphotography/8133872228/">Ansel Edwards Photography</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/007a2a">Visual Hunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> CC BY</a> The stark realities are over powering the well planned marketing strategies. The glories of marketing, no matter how Cloud 9 they may seem, aren't matching up to the promise at ground reality.  Welcome to one section of  21st century India , which is still stuck in the archaic thoughts of the  18th century ; where women were confined to homes, and homely duties. The civil war like scenes at  Banaras Hindu University (BHU) , considered as one of the prestigious institutes in India; are heart wrenching and my heart goes out to the women, who are being subjected to episodes of misogyny. It's unfortunate that, in a country, which prays to Goddesses, with unm...