I am pushpa, 42( years), married in a Hindu Brahmin family for 21 years, having two daughters - Archana (18) and Aarti (14 years) . i had been wanting a son during my pregnancies.

my parents-in-law had an old (51 years) Muslim driver, ASLAM, for almost 18 years, so my mother-in-law had been insisting that they look for a younger driver. aslam had two sons, feroze (29 years) and junaid (19 years), but both of them were working as mechanics in their uncle's workshop. i requested my mother-in-law to let ASLAM work for us, for they were looking for another driver. She readily agreed, and Aslam joined us. We lived in separate houses, which were almost adjoining, so that my parents-in-law will not feel lonely.