Japan's Male Hierarchy passion continues

After 40 years the female baby syndrome is finally broken in the Japan Royal family with the birth of a baby boy to Japan's Princess Kiko. This ends the succession crisis which plagued one of the world's oldest royal families. Princess Kiko is the wife of Prince Akishino, Emperor Akihito's second son and makes the new born third in line to the throne after his uncle Crown Prince Naruhito and his father.

This subject was a serious matter of discussion through out Japan with the Parliament even contemplating an amendment to change the age old practice of having only a male member from the Royal family as monarch. There is also speculation that this would spark a baby boom in Japan which has seen a serious decline in population growth and birth rates and for the first time in decades, the Koi No Bori or the Carp flag traditionally hoisted to celebrate male heirs seems to be fluttering everywhere.

Brings us back to home scenario where people after all the talk of gender inequality, female rights as well as prevention of female baby infanticide in Tamil Nadu still grumble
' kudumbathukku oru ambilai varisu illanre oru kuraidhan'. So we are also similar to the Japanese scenario except one small difference- They might talk about this syndrome only for Royal families where as every house back home talks about the heir apparent as a future breadwinner with all the additional family responsibilities loaded to the helpless boy as he grows along!

RK