( 1. ) GONE are the days of yore when the mythical King Sagar was instrumental in procreation of 60,000 sons who were burnt to ashes by the wrath of Kapil Muni and the great devotee King Bhagirath, by his incomparable and inimitable penance, brought Goddess Ganges from the heaven for their salvation. The presentation may be a myth, a symbol or a metaphor or an image to convey an idea or it may be a portrayal of a larger than life situation to strike home a point. The phenomenon as has been depicted may be accepted in a symbolic manner but it cannot be literally construed either to give a denotative meaning or a connotative expanse for the simon pure reason that no one by whatever reason, at present, be permitted to get himself or herself engaged in procreation of this magnitude as that would lead to untold and unimaginable cataclysm and catastrophe.

( 2. ) AT this juncture I may clarify at the cost of repetition that the purpose of putting forth the aforesaid myth is only to indicate that a distinct scene has emerged in the last few decades in "bharat" where the primary duty of every citizen has been emphasized to have limited number of children. The welfare state has taken