Srinagar, Jan. 25 -- Every year, on the eve of National Girl Child Day, we pause, briefly to speak about the girl child. We write articles, hold seminars, issue statements, and share slogans. Yet a disturbing question remains unanswered: why do we need a special day to remind ourselves that a girl deserves to live, learn, and be loved? Do we celebrate a National Boy Child Day with the same urgency? That we must set aside a specific day to remind ourselves of the value of the girl child is not a cause for celebration, but a painful exposure of our shared moral lapses and the uncomfortable truth of how casually we have allowed injustice to take root. Long before modern charters, constitutions, and campaigns, the sanctity of the girl child w...