Haryana’s Dhani Bhojraj village witnessed exuberant festivities when a 37-year-old woman gave birth to a boy after 18 years and 10 daughters. Ashna Butani visits the village and finds out how the family’s ‘wish for a son’ is rooted in persistent social taunts and an enduring cultural longing for a male child even as the State’s sex ratio steadily improves
