What will you do if your husband and his family abuse you everyday?
There are women who don't know about their rights because they are not educated enough to know that her husband or his family can't violate her rights, then there are social economic condition, which force many women to stay with their husband as they don't have means to go out
In real life, if someone is educated and knows her rights, as she is daughter of a policeman, Sai Joshi doesn't file reports for crimes committed by her husband's family
How is this character a feminism icon or an inspiration for women in real life?
When she comes back to the same family who abused her and loves the man, who threw her out of the house
How is she empowering women?
To conclude - I understand and sympathize with women who either don't know their rights or tolerate the abuse because she has no where to go, I admire women who break every barrier and get justice for themselves, but Sai Joshi is a character who is keeping a door open to return in the house, protecting criminals by hiding about their crimes
She is embodiment of what not only a woman but a responsible citizen of India should not do
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