In photos: The faces of India's sterilization culture Ram Saki, 38, became a mother at 14 and now has five children, the first four of them girls: "I wanted a son - that's why we kept having more, although my heart was weak." She uses no contraception. Sometimes you can get the pill here, but I don't want to take it - I know, if you keep taking it every month, you become weak. But I don't want to go and get that operation done - I'm scared. But I can't ask my husband to [have a vasectomy] - he'll start hitting me. It's better not to ask. for The Globe and Mail Published Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013 08:00AM EDT Last updated Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013 07:50AM EDT