East to west, the DIL-MIL warfare begins in their common alienation. It ends when the ghar ki bahu mindset changes to bahu ka ghar. Don’t ask her to fit into her new home, fit it around her
An XX chromosome was never a good look on Asian embryos. For the longest time girls and boys had different welcomes in labour rooms. Sexist sayings set to music included a beti being paraya dhan. ‘A tenant in her father’s house,’ sighed female relatives, themselves waiting for in-laws to leave for heavenly abode so earthly abode was legally theirs.
But with the growing parity between genders, the sex ratio in property stakes has somewhat somersaulted. So what if the master bedroom is occupied by Prof Higgins’ mum. When Eliza Doolittle wants a room somewhere, she will rent it herself.
But with the growing parity between genders, the sex ratio in property stakes has somewhat somersaulted. So what if the master bedroom is occupied by Prof Higgins’ mum. When Eliza Doolittle wants a room somewhere, she will rent it herself.