It is the Indian culture which is to blame for this. The dil is kept at a distance so as to control her and let her know her true position. Else she might start controlling her husband and the mil will lose her supreme authority . After all the parents invested so much in bringing up their son and when the time to reap the return on investment came someone else might enjoy it. Heaven forbid.
The only thing they don't realise is by constantly humiliating the dil they are sowing seeds of their own destruction as the day she has her own children and becomes more important for their son than them, she will pay them back with interest.
Ishwari is following the same path. She has already started hurting Sona, Sona's resentment is slowly increasing, Dev has started observing and is bewildered.
It's a slow process but will come to pass.
As regards the son in law's royal treatment, the parents know that their daughter lives in his house, there are MILs like Ishwari and GKB around, so they bend over backwards to please him. They also are always over eager to adopt him on their family, in fact feel honoured if he agrees.
Edited by _Payalj_ - 8 years ago