it still happens.....

I was waiting for bus at the bus stand and at the same time a local mini bus came. The bus was empty and I thought to board the bus. I took a seat and the conductor was shouting outside for more passengers. In the next 2 minutes I was feeling like "sharukh khan of swadesh ". The bus was full with all the colors of India. I saw all sort of people around me like farmers, shopkeepers, villagers and a sage too. The bus was full and no place was left even for standing but the conductor was still shouting and telling all the boarding passengers to move behind. I don't think he has any idea about how long is his bus. Now the bus moved, the women were talking such that even the passenger at the last seat could hear their talk, a man was talking on the mobile but I don't think he need any mobile to talk with someone who is even at the other end of the country.
And the bus stopped and a family boarded. I saw a man with his wife and four children sat next to me. I was thinking why these people have this much children, and suddenly I got the answer. I saw all were girls except the one in the mother's arm and the youngest one. All the children have the age difference of 1 year. The man and his wife sat beside me and he told his eldest daughter to stand nearby. As there was so much rush, she wanted to stand near her father but the man told her to stand holding the seat.
I looked at her, she has worn a yellow old "frok" and a pair of Hawaii slippers and then I looked at the boy in the mother's arm, he was very well dressed and wearing shoes in his leg. After sometime she asked her father for water but he scolded her and told she may drink when they reach home. She didn't say anything. I looked in her eyes thinking she may be angry or sad but there was nothing she was very calm as it's normal, as it was not new for her. And then I heard a small cough and the man started shouting over his wife and told to keep the child away from the window. And he took the boy from the mother's arm and started kissing him and playing with him. I looked at the girl; she was looking at her father as she also wanted to be in him arm and being loved like her small brother. Now I saw something in her eyes.
Suddenly I startled by some voice, an elephant was passing near the bus and everybody started looking at the elephant. The girl was also so excited that she was jumping to see the elephant. And I saw her sparkling eyes, she was so happy. And I thought finally "Happiness finds its way". She kept on watching the elephant till it gets out of sight. After sometime their stop came and she went out holding her mother's hand.
I really felt bad that still our country have people who prefer boys over girls. They still wait for boys even when they are not financially strong. They hardly get two time meal but still they have 5-6 children only for a boy. I don't have words to say but it still happens…………..