NEW DELHI: The Garbh Vigyan Sanskar project of the RSS’s health wing Arogya Bharati had undertaken a project to produce “customized fair and tall babies”. According to the office-bearers, the project was inspired by Germany, which they claimed had “resurrected itself by having such signature children through Ayurvedic practices within two decades after World War II”. The project claimed to have ensured the delivery of 450 “customised babies” so far, and its target arogywas to have a Garbh Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra, a facilitation centre, in every state by 2020. Three months of “shuddhikaran (purification)” for parents, intercourse at a time decided by planetary configurations, complete abstinence after the baby was conceived, and procedural and dietary regulations were listed as the mechanics for the perfect baby. A woman was expected to deliver an “uttam santati” — a perfect, “customised child”. Top office-bearers associated with the ambitious programme said it was launched in Gujarat over a decade ago, and taken up at the national level in 2015. Today, the project, assisted by the Sangh’s education wing Vidya Bharati, had around 10 branches in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, with more units to come up soon in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Dr Karishma Mohandas Narwani, national convener of the project said “Our main objective is to make a samarth Bharat (strong India) through uttam santati. Our target is to have thousands of such babies by 2020,”. Dr Hitesh Jani, national convener, Arogya Bharati said “The parents may have lower IQ, with a poor educational background, but their baby can be extremely bright. If the proper procedure is followed, babies of dark-skinned parents with lesser height can have fair complexion and grow taller,”. The office-bearers claimed that this procedure “repairs genes” by ensuring that genetic defects are not passed on to babies.