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'''Nakusha''', or '''Nakushi''', is a derogatory given name that means "unwanted" in the [[Languages of India|Indian language]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]], given by some parents in rural [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], to unwanted female children,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15414796|title='Unwanted' Indian girls get new start in name ceremony|publisher=BBC News|date=22 October 2011|accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=indianexpress>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-new-name-for-nakushi/864079/0|title=A New Name For Nakushi|publisher=Indian Express|last=Kher|first=Swatee|date=23 October 2011}}</ref> in the belief that doing so will ensure that their next child is a boy.<ref name=indianexpress/><br />
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A government campaign exists to find such girls, and allow them to officially change their names.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/end-nakusha-campaign-girls-no-more-unwanted_737916.html|title=End 'Nakusha' campaign: Girls no more unwanted|publisher=Zee News|date=22 October 2011|accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref> In the Satara district, girls named "Nakusha" or "Nakushi" are renamed, automatically enrolled in school and granted free transport to school, while parents of these children obtain free food.<ref>{{cite web|last=Deshpande|first=Haima|title=Incités à aimer leur fille|url=http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2012/07/26/incites-a-aimer-leur-fille|work=Courrier international|language=French|date=2012-07-26}}</ref><br />
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