Surely by now you’ve heard of the story of Nadya Suleman, the woman who gave birth to octoplets. For the mathematically challenged, that’s eight babies in one delivery session. [Reuters]
What makes the story even more curious is the fact that the woman already had 6 babies. That’s 14 children to those who’re keeping count. So while the world discusses the ethics of IVF treatments that made this population explosion possible, and to think India and China get blamed for overpopulation, we @ Über Desi are busy looking for the desi connection to this story.
One that jumps out is the similarity to Gandhari, from the Hindu epic, Mahabharat. Gandhari had a hundred kids. Nadya has 14, which accounting for inflation, roughly translates to 100. Gandhari chose to become blind out of love for her husband. Nadya, chose to turn a blind eye to reason when she carried 8 embryos.
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The other desi connection is with the team of doctors that made this unique event happen – 8 children delivered from the same mother in the same day. Dr. Mandhir Gupta, Neonatalogist, was one of those responsible for creating this modern day Gandhari and will also decide when the children are fit to be discharged from the hospital. [Yahoo]
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