Ali Malik's blog

For last few weeks, I have been getting more and more details of an inhumane practice being carried out in Pakistan in the name of religion. There is a legend that if the women who can't conceive pray at the shrine of Shah Daula, and pledge to donate their first child to the shrine of Shah Daula, they will have babies. The legend also says that if they wouldn't do this, they will have abnormal babies. Now many people believe in the legend for sheer ignorance and lack of education. Many women come to the shrine and pray and then donate their kids to the shrine. This is where the irony starts. It is said that a mafia at the shrine puts the metallic clad around these kids' heads. This stops the growth of their skull and mental faculties. And they grow up as abnormal adults with small skulls. They are called Dolay shah ke Chohae (Rats of Dolay Shah) and are used for begging all across the country. Now this whole operation is said to be controlled by a powerful mafia and the bri...