Express Photo by Janak RathodIn Satara’s Kamathi village, Sanchita Chavan (22), an expectant mother, recalls her childhood when her name was the bane of her life. The community believed that by naming the third girl child ‘Nakushi’, which means ‘unwanted’ in Marathi, a girl would not be born in the family again. Families believed that by naming the third girl child ‘Nakushi’, a girl child would not be born in the family. She is the third girl child to be born in the family but claims that she is the most-educated among her siblings. In the series, the third girl child named Nakushi was first unwanted by the father and later her husband, they said.

Source: Indian Express March 08, 2018 01:09 UTC