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  That stinks of corruption and theft. No child should have their futures stolen like that.
context: More like 8yr old girl forced into >
  
  Not that I have any love for the diamond mining "industry", but I somehow doubt this girl made an informed decision on this at 8 years old. The question is who her fortune went to and how much influence they had on her upbringing until this point.
  ...which the article probably covers if I had the time to read it. :p >
  
  I read it because I was curious about the same thing. The article doesn't say. My guess is she has brothers/sisters that the money will go to, and this child was expendable. There was also this:
  
  Jain families are sometimes said to encourage their children to enter the monkhood to enhance their relatives' social standing.