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WHERE A WOMAN AND HER FAMILY ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDED THAT THEY MUST BOW DOWN TO THE MALE COUNTERPART AND HIS FAMILY ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ‘LADKIWALE’, AND AS PER (A RATHER OUTDATED, I FEEL) SOCIAL CONVENTION, THEIR POSITION IS LOWER. WHERE IN-BETWEENERS AND INTERMEDIARIES (SIMA AUNTY, I’M LOOKING AT YOU!) BECOME THE MAHARAJAS (AND MAHARANIS) AND DICTATE TERMS TO PARTIES.
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RIGHT OUT OF MY MASTERS FROM AN A-LIST INSTITUTION, I WAS OFTEN ASKED BY MY OWN FAMILY TO TALK LESS ABOUT MY EDUCATION AND MY CAREER ASPIRATIONS. COME ACROSS AS LESS OPINIONATED. AND HIGHLIGHT THE FACT REPEATEDLY ABOUT HOW, DESPITE MY TWO DEGREES AND WORK EXPERIENCE, MY PRIORITIES WOULD ALWAYS BE HOME AND FAMILY. BECAUSE BETA, HOWEVER MODERN WE GET, BOYS WANT WOMEN WHO ARE HOMEMAKERS FIRST WAS AN ADVICE I GOT CONSTANTLY.
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OH, HOW I THANK MY STARS THAT ALL THE ARRANGED RISHTAS NEVER SAW THE LIGHT OF DAY, AND I ENDED UP FINDING THE MAN WHO I EVENTUALLY DID MARRY, ON MY OWN. SOMEONE WHO LIKED ME FOR WHO I WAS, AND MARRIED ME WITH ALL MY DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS, NOT DESPITE THEM. SOMEONE WITH WHOM I HAD TO ADJUST, BUT NOT ‘SACRIFICE’ OR ‘COMPROMISE’ ON ANYTHING, AS WE’RE OFTEN ADVISED.
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