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# Indians Flood the Internet With #SelfieWithDaughter Photos


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Jun 29, 2015 4:21 AM CUT

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Jun 29, 2015 4:21 AM CUT

Thousands of people across India (and several from various corners of the globe) flooded social media Sunday with selfies taken with their daughters in response to a call from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi appealed to his country during his monthly radio address to share photos with the tag _#_SelfieWithDaughter — an attempt to recognize and celebrate the girl child as part of his _Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao_ (Save the Daughter, Educate the Daughter) campaign.

> [](https://twitter.com/PMOIndia/status/615034960492171264)

Modi mentioned the head of a [small village in the state of Haryana](http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pm-narendra-modis-selfie-with-daughter-talk-makes-haryana-village-proud/ "undefined") (which has one of the most skewed sex ratios in the country) as the source of the idea, the _Indian Express_ newspaper reported.

India’s netizens responded enthusiastically.

> [](https://twitter.com/hiteshchelani/status/615353117685608449)

> [](https://twitter.com/vishal%5Fjain11/status/615352926651834368)

> [](https://twitter.com/Pizarugamasti/status/615352602583171072)

> [](https://twitter.com/sonunigambatra/status/615352596593676288)

> [](https://twitter.com/chitraSD/status/615234412662378496)


Many women, young and old, used the opportunity to take selfies with their doting dads as well.

> [](https://twitter.com/IheartDancing%5F/status/615353039222800385)

> [](https://twitter.com/umagaur2906/status/615356463167344641)

> [](https://twitter.com/NishaBiswal/status/615169497293414400)


Gender inequality has long been a major problem in India’s highly patriarchal society, where female children are being perceived as inferior and [even killed](http://time.com/3830874/2000-girls-killed-every-day-india-minister/ "undefined") in the womb or as infants — a phenomenon Modi has fought to reverse since he took office about a year ago.

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