Decline in Sex Ratio Alternative Explanation Re-Examined

Decline in Sex Ratio: Alternative Explanation Re-Examined Saraswati Raju Mahendra K Premi AN alternative viewpoint on declining sex ratio (SR) by Rajan, Mishra and Navaneetham (December 21, 1991) in response to an earlier write-up by Kundu and Sahu on the same theme (October 12, 1991) by itself is no reason to attempt this note. One of the objectives of academic research is to provoke discussion on matters of importance and the declining sex ratio is one such concern. However, the trio,have not only sorely missed some of the points made by Kundu and Sahu, a certain misintcrprcta tion of their arguments at places is rather disconcerting.