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Mother's day gift - in a very real sense

Recently, we got new neighbors. Rahul & Jaya(our neighbors) have 3 really adorable kids & Jaya is really loving, devoted mom. Their youngest daughter is of 7 yrs & she instantly became friend of my daughter who is of same age. Nowadays they spend so much time playing together & they both need little attention so we moms are also getting along with each other. Jaya is really charming person always smiling, no nonsense attitude & very very caring mom. One day my daughter was playing at their house & as usual we ladies were talking. Suddenly I noticed there was one magnificent painting in the drawing room, Jaya told me she had made that painting. I was astonished because little bit art & craft things that ladies do/make are very common but this thing was something ......WOW. I wanted to ask Jaya how she learned it? is it her hobby?...... Before I ask anything she said she has so many other paintings. She immediately went inside & got something kind of  v

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao........ After that what options she gets???

Basic introduction of scheme   (readers can skip this part if already know about "Beti bachao.." scheme) As we all know Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao ( Save girl child, educate girl child ) is a social campaign of Govt. of India. The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme was launched on 22 January 2015 by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Main purpose of this scheme is to address the issue of declining child sex ratio (CRS) and generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls. I hope things will work out as intended it will increase some awareness among people of the country. Main Issue First let us see how our girls(betiya) are performing when given a chance. We all know results of class 10th & 12th will be out soon. From past many years we read headline about the result with proud which states "girls have been better than boys". Let's see some statistics of last five years class 12th CBSC results before I come to