I think this is what the makers want to show.
For a woman like Anandi who is quite intelligent proved herself to be very capable handling issues outside of her home right from child hood conquering the world is not a big challenge.
But it is the family who drags her down it is the ties of her family that hamper her growth and prevent from reaching for the heights she is destined to.
She was teacher's pet for the shortwhile she went to school.She was a star performer and knew how to handle bullies even as a kid.
Her parents and DSa tied her up in a marriage and that hampered her growth a lot.Simply because of her love and respect for family she followed their traditions and suppressed her desire to educate herself.
Only when her loved ones specially DSa and Jagya did not recognise the sacrifice she made by giving up her education she decided to educate herself.
Same way when Jagya didn't respect her as a wife she decided to make a life for herself.
Finally when she got rid of Jagya and carving an identity and a life for herself Dsa tied her up to Shiv who came with such a dysfunctional family.
This family tied her down even though Shiv gives her freedom she can't ignore his family who is forever finding itself in trouble and so she spend more time straightening things for them instead of giving in to her desires to enjoy carefree live with her husband.
Even in real world it is the family life and responsibilities towards family that pull back even most capable women.
As for Anandi living without support I guess she is capable of.But the thing is a human being is a social animal and lives in a community and family is the building block
.No man/woman is an island.
While a man is not bound by his family responsibilities to such an extent a woman's growth outside of her family is restricted by her responsibilities towards family.
She recounted the day 14 years ago when she was told that she would be made president of PepsiCo and be named to the board of directors.
She said she was "overwhelmed" but her mother's reaction was, she said, "let the news wait. Can you go out and get some milk."
Ms Nooyi recalled her mother telling her, "let me explain something to you. You might be president of PepsiCo. You might be on the board of directors. But when you enter this house, you're the wife, you're the daughter, you're the daughter-in-law, you're the mother. You're all of that. Nobody else can take that place. So leave that damned crown in the garage. And don't bring it into the house."
"You know I've never seen that crown," the corporate honcho said.