The Other Half - Who Cares?

I recently read the following article The Other Half - Dying of Indifference  which focuses on apathy of people in a metropolitan city like Delhi and of course, on the lack of basic health care system in India. But the very title of this article "The Other Half-Dying of Indifference" made me think that the other half is always dying, everyday she is dying either in a womb of her mother, or succumbs to injuries in case of domestic violence. She dies when she is forced to drop out of school (if at all she was ever given a chance to attend one) and help at home. She dies when she is raped, molested, eve-teased and considered a commodity day and night by her other half. The other half is beaten and thrashed by her husband/in-laws for not providing enough dowry and giving birth to a girl(s). Her life is dependent on her better half but does he care though he needs her to do chores, run errands, give birth to a boy. She is there as long as he wants her to. She lives for as long as she is allowed to live. The other half, the better half is there but who cares !