I have 2 daughters. One is a young adult, the other a teen. Both just around Sai’s age and with much more big city exposure than Gadchirolichi mulgi. If one of them said she has been invited by her male teacher/professor whom she has known for a few weeks, for lunch alone in his house, & further refuses to divulge his name, like hell I will allow her to go. I will very likely say “taange tod doongi” a la Kaku 😜
Pls set aside your biases & knowledge of Sai’s character and think... with all the stalking & MMS and drugging and other crimes against women, it is ridiculous to expect that any man who cares for u even as a friend will allow u to go. We as viewers know Dr Pulkit is Devi’s man, but how can Sai be sure, from what little she knows, that he is not a stalker or molester?
Secondly, how many of u socialise with your teachers & professors? Isn’t it highly irregular for a professor to invite just one student (gender apart) without her family to his home for lunch? That too, on a few weeks’ acquaintance. How many of u will say “jaa simran jee le apni lunch” if your daughter/ sister / bestie got such an invite?
Thirdly, however wicked Chavan Niwasis may be, it is now a roof over Sai’s head, a home for her, not a hotel. There are people there who feed her, take care of her comforts & expenses & care for her. She cannot treat ot like a hotel, coming & going as she pleases without being answerable to anyone. When we live in a home & with a family, we have to respect the norms of keeping folks informed. It is extremely impertinent not to do so. Her problem is, as long as she knows in her mind that she is well intentioned, she doesnt see a need to observe these norms. But societies & families dont work like that. It is the unwritten rules & norms of behaviour that keep these institutions going.
All this said, Virat is well within reason to question Sai, stop her, scold her & even give her the silent treatment on her return. But not not not to deny her food. That is tantamount to physical abuse.
Edited by Bana - 4 years ago
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