Summarise the prose A Child is Born.
Or, Write the summary of A Child is Born.
Ans A child is born in many societies woman still go forth from their
mother's houses at marriage to live with a mother-in-law and the wives of their
husband, brothers. It is a truism of anthropology that such woman do not become
members of their family until they have borne a child. If a girl is lucky and her
parents are a live, she goes to her mother's house for the last months of her
pregnancy and about the first three month of the baby's life. When the baby is
born it is an occasion of joy for the whole family.
The naming ceremony is lovely. It is held when the boys in seven days old.
A new dress is brought for it and a new sari for the mother. There is feasing and
singing until late at night. The woman and girls gather and sing songs. Garlands
of turmeric and garlic are worn to ward off evil spirits. That is when the name is
chosen.... The ceremony is held for the birth of a boy or girl, of course it is
considered better to have a boy, but the birth of a girl is celebrated with the same
joy by the women in the family. We sit together eating pen and singing. Some of
us might be young unmarried girls, others aged ladies of forty or fifty. There are
so many jokes, so much laughter.
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