emm…let me ask you to think..how do you feel…..?????

if you have a daughter and a son and how if they said someday…

daughter :”mama..i want to work as a prostitute..it seem to be interesting..”

boy ; “mama…i was from that prostitute, she is hot..can i go there again tomorrow..”

—-we will be destroying our kids ethics, this is not only about HIV but more than that…may God SAve my family and your family..amin..:)—

However, as much as your article does to highlight the salient features of HIV-testing, your content does not have anything to do with horoscope matching. So, I guess they could rather be spoken separately.

(I posted the second part of the comment also, hope you can find it).

Two things:

(1)I don’t quite understand why it has to be pitched against Horoscope matching.

Well dear, it is my personal belief that Horoscope matching is a sham and actually a disgusting fashion. I even would like to support conservatives like Maharishi Dayanand and whole Arya Samaj faculty that keep trying to help the society get rid of such superstitions.
But, again I am a libertarian, so I do respect an Individual’s right to believe in any sort of superstition, they can surely match horoscope, I am not saying that government should state some other “Dictatorial Law” to prohibit Horoscope Matching.

Yet, in my personal view, horoscope matching is futile superstition while HIV test may prove to be handy and useful, and that is the theme of the article, an article in opposition to a certain kind of superstition and in support of a positive scientific test that may save people from spreading a disease.
That doesn’t mean that I want to argue with others about the authenticity of horoscopes, if they like matching it, they may, if they check for HIV test too alongwith horoscope matching, it will be worthy.

And well, you never mentioned the second point. May be you missed it.

(1)I don’t quite understand why it has to be pitched against Horoscope matching.

These two checks, if you will, are there (for people who believe in horoscopes) to indicate two totally different things. Horoscope matching is more about how compatible two people are; while HIV-testing is more about how long it could be before one of them, or both, die due to HIV. In some sense, it perhaps a quality vs a quantity argument, both are perhaps important; and (even if one doesn’t think so) one cannot replace the other.

(2) Second, while I do agree that one solution is for people to give up on their traditional morals, and social taboos and become more talkitive in these matters in order to keep in touch with the laws/globalization. But, perhaps that is not the only solution

Perhaps, legalsing (and perhaps encouraging .. lol) child-marriages could allow the middle-class conservative society, who might feel it a taboo to talk about sex outside the marriage, to both prevent HIV and keep up with their morals.

I know this might sound as a ridiculous idea …. (may be it is, or may be not) .. it is definitely not any more ridiculous than legalising prostitution for the benefit of the prostitutes .

Moreover, if it is acceptable under (followed, if not the written) law for two teenagers to have sex without
their parents permission …. why should it be a crime/taboo to have the parents consent to the affair and legitimise it as a marriage?

Thoughts/comments are welcome

the second richest are by far those most at risk from HIV in India.
There are other interesting results presented in this report, on caste, religion and education.
DHS are internationally recognised comparable large-scale household surveys.

Claire

Malaria, together with HIV/AIDS and TB, is one of the major public health challenges undermining development in the poorest countries in the world. Many children who survive an episode of severe malaria may suffer from learning impairments or brain damage.
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Gr8..