I want the child to be an all-rounder, good in all fields." “My child should be healthy, talented, sanskari (cultured). It’s almost as though she is instructing her unborn child to pay attention. There is a determination in Gediya’s voice. This is what all parents dream of," Gediya tells me. “I want a child who is world No.1-the best of the best. “It is important to have the gaushala nearby-where there are cows, naturally there will be divine spirits." “Called Garbhadhan Samskar, it is done to invite the most divine spirit to take place in the mother’s womb," Narwani explains, standing near the cow-shed. The first stage is performed before conception. The 2-hour ceremony is done to ensure the unborn baby develops “good qualities". When I met the Gediyas, they were performing the second stage, which is a ritual performed between one-and-a-half to two months of pregnancy. But the blueprint to have the “perfect" progeny also includes Sanskar Vidhi, a three-stage havan over nine months. Referenced heavily from Charak Samhita, the ancient Ayurveda scripture, the kendra has a strict programme under which couples must adopt a regulated diet, drink medicinal concoctions and make yoga intrinsic to their lifestyle. The kendra’s director, Karishma Mohandas Narwani, claims that even if a couple is short, dark in complexion, and, of average intelligence, their child could be taller, fairer, and possibly a “genius", if the couple follows their programme. Headquartered in Jamnagar since 2004, it has 10 centres across India (seven of which are in Gujarat, including Gandhidham and Surat). The Gediyas are the newest entrants to the Garbhvigyan Anusandhan Kendra, which guarantees that it can help young couples produce “super" babies. A few feet away from the cottages-which are surrounded by tall trees and a family of herbal plants: tulsi, jambura, and nirgudi-is a platform under a thatched roof, where havans are performed regularly and gods invoked in order to call upon the surrounding “divine spirits" (in the form of children) to take seat in a woman’s womb, as well as to later “assist" in the nourishment of the foetus.
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