I Don't remember the day I was born, Date of Birth Conundrum
Every body does. I mean how?
This illogical statement above comes from the sorry state of affairs in India where nearly 30-60% births go unregistered(worse in poorer states). I once argued with someone that i don't know when i was born because i don't remember having taken birth, least of all the date.
My school teacher in my seventh year of schooling once took me aside and privately asked me my date of birth. I said some date which according to rules did not allow me to be in the seventh standard. I guess she already had my DOB in the records and wanted to just confirm it. So Devaki teacher told me to tell some random date between april to june and i did which became my official DOB about six months earlier than my real DOB.
According to some reports official records of students show a majority of them got birth between april to june showing a big skew in the calendar. Sorry this problem is not going to be solved any time soon.
This illogical statement above comes from the sorry state of affairs in India where nearly 30-60% births go unregistered(worse in poorer states). I once argued with someone that i don't know when i was born because i don't remember having taken birth, least of all the date.
My school teacher in my seventh year of schooling once took me aside and privately asked me my date of birth. I said some date which according to rules did not allow me to be in the seventh standard. I guess she already had my DOB in the records and wanted to just confirm it. So Devaki teacher told me to tell some random date between april to june and i did which became my official DOB about six months earlier than my real DOB.
According to some reports official records of students show a majority of them got birth between april to june showing a big skew in the calendar. Sorry this problem is not going to be solved any time soon.
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