where are women?

One of the mysteries you encounter in India at the early stage of your trip is that there are many more men out in the street but not so many women. Station, downtown and normally anywhere in the city street is occupied with men, men and men. From what I saw, maybe not so much in Delhi, but it was indeed very obvious in local city.


In fact, in India sex-selective abortion is still carried out because of the conventional preference for sons due to cultural views of daughters as financial burdens largely because of the dowries required before marriage. It has led to huge imbalances between male and female population and study even says that in 20 years there will be 20% more men than women in India.