He told his family abt what he overheard Sanchi telling her friends, they remained unmoved.
Their anger hasn't seized or even reduced after giving him slaps & badduas...
Where's the room...any signs that they will accept him? Their stance is clear...we won't accept Ganga...and his is too, I can't live without her...there's no room to negotiate...they give him none...they don't even respect his place as their son...because they openly tell him that he's not important...someone else is...but he takes it.
Leave him alone.
As for regressive? He sent her off to get an education...and I bet he will tell her to work if she wants after marriage...he's a broken person right now...no family, phatkars, badduas, slaps, humiliation...no hospital...and he loves this one girl ...and he cannot imagine himself without her...so he tells her to stay...
He has one sympathizer among a lot of people who have reprimanded him ...his friend, Lal Singh...let him at least have his friend.