The Digital Journalist
© MARY F. CALVERT / THE WASHINGTON TIMES
LOST DAUGHTERS: A "perfect" Indian family rides through the streets of Bangalore. Indian women are often stuck in marriages with men they don't chose, raising only sons. Sons are preferred in India because boys will be more prosperous and take care of their aging parents. They carry on the family name and are the ones to inherit family wealth. Girls are seen as a drain on family resources.