During his Sunday radio address, Modi asked parents to tweet photos of themselves with their daughters to highlight the importance of girls and women. The campaign is called "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana" and is roughly translated to "Save Daughters, Educate Daughters." Modi credits the online hit to a local politician in the small Indian village of Haryana. According to a story published in the New York Times, baby boys are valued in Indian society, resulting in nearly 2,000 girls being killed at birth. And while laws exist to prevent expecting couples from using prenatal tests to learn the sex of their unborn baby, per the Wall Street Journal, many parents hold out hope for a son.
As of Tuesday, the hashtag "SelfieWithDaughter" was used 222K times. Even fashion designer Kenneth Cole participated, sharing a photo of his two daughters with the hashtag #DaughterSandwich.
On Monday, Modi expressed his excitement, tweeting, "Amazed by the fantastic response to SelfieWithDaughter. It's remarkable how people across the world have chipped in."
Here are some of the sweetest snaps from the viral campaign.
દીકરી વગરનું જીવન એટલે ધબકાર વગરનું હૈયુ @narendramodi @PMOIndia @AmitShahOffice pic.twitter.com/WvUusbvhha
— Harshadgiri goswami (@Harshadgirigosw) June 30, 2015
Love the #SelfieWithDaughter campaign. My selfie with my daughter Yashasvini @narendramodi. #BetiBachaoBetiPadhao pic.twitter.com/gbbaBlsuj2
— Naveen Jindal (@MPNaveenJindal) June 29, 2015
Thank you Hon'ble PM @narendramodi for retweeting my #SelfieWithDaughter. Truly appreciate your initiative sir ! pic.twitter.com/y2ZfnyvBmQ
— Hardik Dave (@hardikgdave) June 30, 2015
not exactly a selfie #SelfieWithDaughter , but still here goes :D pic.twitter.com/09k0uqkpLG
— Jayant UnKill (@jayantgajria) June 29, 2015
:) "@NishaBiswal: Love the #SelfieWithDaughter idea @narendramodi. Here is mine w my girls. pic.twitter.com/ZYS7jBBddZ"
— GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) June 28, 2015
Dear sir @narendramodi
Greetings from Nepal!
In solidarity to your initiative,here's my #SelfieWithDaughter pic.twitter.com/Khlw1yy2uz
— Anita Thapa (@apthapa) June 30, 2015
She may be my niece, but see a lot of me in her... So.... #SelfieWithDaughter :) pic.twitter.com/I68Pz1y1UU
— Padmaja joshi (@PadmajaJoshi) June 30, 2015
"@PaniniPete: #SelfieWithDaughter my sweet Bella ! pic.twitter.com/EbNBgFTjJV" Lovely. I think I have eaten @ your Cafe a few yrs back.
— Yogini (@yoginisd) June 28, 2015
The selfie fantasy brought to life. #DaughterSandwich #SelfieWithDaughter pic.twitter.com/nmO0xtsRnq
— Mr. Kenneth Cole (@mr_kennethcole) June 28, 2015
Reader Comments
As long as you have 'government', you will never have 'equal' rights.
Not even close.
Nor any of the things 'government' claims to provide and to guarantee to you.
Governments are ALWAYS composed of the worst of the worst psychos, liars, thieves and killers imaginable.
Governments thrive on disparity and disharmony (the abuse and misuse of POWER) and, INEQUALITY.
Look at the world around you.
Take a good, hard, long look.
(I do give Sott and the readers here some credit, it is a better collection of individuals, slightly less delusional, with slightly more understanding of the 'situation', than many other such 'collections'....)
Happy 4th.
ned, out