Posted by: KaLaNkIsThAn September 28, 2004
SHOULD ADVERTISEMENTS ON CONTRACEPTIVES BE ENCOURAGED IN NEPAL?
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I agree Meera... Reminds me of something that I read a long time ago. Somewhere in remote part of Nepal, they used to have once a year Mela where all the young guys and girls gather. It was like 24 hours Mela, and one of the organizations knew what would happen there during the night where young people are gathered. So, that Organization went there and distributed contraceptives to everyone and also briefly educated them about it. Next day, Mela was over and the people from the organization went there to check and they found all unused contraceptives. So that boils down to 2 conclusions. One, Those young people didn't do anything naughty when they got a chance... which was so unlikely going by the 'tradition' of that mela. OR, Nobody gave a damn about contraceptives, which was sad but true. hmmmm!!!!
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