All the Missing Girls, Continued

So what will the social ramifications of 160 million missing women be 10 years from now? 20 years from now? Here's a clue:

But Birbal was unable to find a bride in Haryana, which has the most unbalanced sex ratio in the country, with 877 women for every 1,000 men. Among under sevens, that ratio drops to just 830 girls for every 1,000 boys.

Think about what happens when someone "imports" a bride from a place where sex ratios are more balanced: he simply "exports" the imbalance somewhere else. This is a zero sum trade. The pain is simply going to be passed down the income scale, to be fully absorbed by the poorest, who will find themselves incapable of forming families. Ever.