Doodh peeti information

Doodh peeti was a method of female infanticide in which newborn girls were drowned in pails or pits of cow milk (doodh). It is the British government who found that in Rajasthan, the people were dipping and drowning newborn girls in milk until they died. The practice was prevalent in the Saurashtra and Kutch region of India.^[1]^[2]^[3] The phrase is a euphemism literally meaning "feeding of milk".^[4]^[5]

^ Jill E. Korbin (1983). Child Abuse and Neglect: Cross-cultural Perspectives. University of California Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-520-05070-9. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Banerji, Rita (October 2009). "Female Genocide in India and the 50 Million Missing Campaign". Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (22). Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Rath, Suresh. "Public Health Needs Modified Strategy". ResearchGate. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Anantanand Rambachan (7 November 2014). A Hindu Theology of Liberation: Not-Two Is Not One. SUNY Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4384-5457-3. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ Aḥsānulḥaq (1 January 2007). Sociology of Population in India. Macmillan India. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-230-63013-0. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[Korbin1983-1] Jill E. Korbin (1983). Child Abuse and Neglect: Cross-cultural Perspectives. University of California Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-520-05070-9. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[Banerji-2] Banerji, Rita (October 2009). "Female Genocide in India and the 50 Million Missing Campaign". Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (22). Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[SureshRath-3] Rath, Suresh. "Public Health Needs Modified Strategy". ResearchGate. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[Rambachan2014-4] Anantanand Rambachan (7 November 2014). A Hindu Theology of Liberation: Not-Two Is Not One. SUNY Press. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-4384-5457-3. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[Aḥsānulḥaq2007-5] Aḥsānulḥaq (1 January 2007). Sociology of Population in India. Macmillan India. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-230-63013-0. Retrieved 15 November 2015.