Direction: It was already late when we set out for the next town, which according to the map was about fifteen kilometers away on the other side of the hills. There we felt that we would find a bed for the night. Darkness fell soon after we had left the village, but luckily we met no one as we drove swiftly along the narrow winding road that led to the hills. As we climbed higher, it became colder and rain began to fall, making it difficult at times to see the road. I asked john, my companion, to drive more slowly . After we had traveled for about twenty kilometers, there was still no sign of the town which was marked on the map. We were beginning to get worried. Then without warning., the car stopped and we found we had run out of petrol.

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To be able to grow into self confident, fearless and active women, a girl must be nurtured in an atmosphere where she can be valued. However, for the average girl child in India. her prospects of all round healthy development are severely constrained. Born into a socially inhospitable environment, a girl is considered to be an expense - someone who will never contribute to the family income and at the time of her marriage will take large assets as dowry. So deeply entrenched is the ideology of sun preference, that a mother not only hopes and prays for a boy but actually fears the birth of a daughter. In India, girls are socialized from the very beginning to accept the ideology of make supremacy, which makes them a prey to discriminatory practices. This means that not only girl are socially unequipped to question the injustices done them, but in the absence of models of role and conduct, they actually propagate the dominant social and cultural values which are against their interests. Large number of the girl are allowed to die because of malnutrition and disease, which are not properly treated. Children who are working and are on the street are know as children. A street child may be defined as a minor for whom the street has become his or her habitual abode and who is without adequate protection.