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In Haryana, the birth of a son

Published - January 18, 2026 08:00 am IST Sunita Singwai with her newborn son, her husband Sanjay, daughters, and her mother-in-law in Dhani Bhojraj village of Fatehabad district, Haryana | Photo Credit: R V. Moorthy The Singwai household at Dhani Bhojraj village in Haryana’s Fatehabad district is filled with the sounds of mirth and merriment. Trophies, from dance, kabaddi and kho-kho competitions, earned by the nine daughters of the family line a shelf above their mother’s bed.

In Haryana, the birth of a son

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Key Highlights

  • Above the trophies, photos of baby boys are taped to the wall.
  • Thirteen-year-old Sushila, the third daughter of Sunita and Sanjay Singwai, holds up a drawing she made last year of an imagined brother, a smiling baby surrounded by butterflies, hearts and teddy bears, and compares it with the real brother who was born on January 4.
  • She is happy because no one at school will dare call her “brother-less” again.
  • The taunts were constant, her mother says, lying in bed with her nearly two-week-old son.
  • “I never looked at girls and boys differently.
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