Indian Race Genetic Code Changing By 2100 AD

India may well be a billion plus populated country and may stand proud as the world’s second largest highly populated nation but here is the flip side. The ratio of the male to female is rather discouraging and with each passing year, the disparity is on the rise. Though culture and lifestyle has changed to a large extent, there are major chunks of population who live in the conventional manner and call it ignorance or beliefs, but the nation is facing a threat.

Recently, a seminar was conducted at a prestigious institution by the department of Genetics and some of the experts across the nation took part in it. One of them revealed “The ratio of female to male is 8:10 in 2011 as per the latest survey reports and the situation will worsen by 2041 with the ratio becoming 6:10. And by 2071 the female to male ratio is likely to drop to a threatening 4:10. If this theory is right then the nation will be in for very tough times ahead.”

Another version was that those who are in the educated circuit and higher middle sections are now open to giving birth to girls as they are treating their daughters equal to sons. On the other hand, the rich society has got a system. They tend to have girls till a boy is born for the mere objective of protecting their properties. So that way, the problem is curbed to an extent but the real problem lies with the middle, lower middle and lower sections where girl child is still considered a burden and the situation is worse in the remote and village areas of the country.

So, due to the above factors, the experts are saying that there could be a possibility that the Indian men will have to go outside the country and marry foreigners. With that, there will be a significant change in the genetic code of the Indian race. Already, there are several instances of Indians marrying girls from various foreign races so the process has begun, as per the experts. Are we heading towards an Indian generation which will revolutionise the concept of genetics? Just a thought folks…

Anupama, Osmania University, Hyderabad