Interesting topic Sumii.
Hmmm.. arranged marriages to NRIs. I don't think the issue is so much to do with Geet getting married, it's more to do with the fact that it's being married to someone who's not originally from India.
I personally have nothing against NRI marriages - by all means, a lot of people want to preserve Indian culture and rituals, they don't want to spend their life with a gori/gora person, etc. But there's a fine line on these types of marriages.. and it works both ways.
In Geet's case, Dev's married her for the money. And now that he has it, he has no need for her.
In other cases however, I've seen people from India/Fiji (I'm Fijian-Indian btw) come here to get married just for PR, or even just to be able to get into the country.. and then they piss off.
I feel for Geet, especially knowing that she went into this marriage with a heavy heart. Yes, it was wrong of Darji to force the wedding upon her because she was of age, and Dev was from overseas. However, sometimes, family must interfere if they feel there's an issue - as was the case with Geet's dad.
And as for those hints that Darji got, I don't think he was so confident about it, but more thought of the prestige that comes with someone from his family marrying and moving overseas. It happens all the time.. a lot of people in India/Fiji automatically assume that when you come from a wealthy country, you're going to be just as wealthy, therefore they push their children into getting married.
I hope that this show is going to remain realistic about NRI marriages.. because if anything, it should, at the very least, have parents/grandparents thinking about these things - like, finding out about the family, thoroughly; asking their children what they want..
Just my thoughts. :)
Much love.
Ishaani
