Originally posted by: monsoonlove
This is something I find hard to connect as well...like you are educated and modern girl...why don't you have a career?One thing to keep in mind is that the novel ask-i memnu was written in 1900...so that aspect doesn't exactly fit in today's time...bt I think Ahana is not career oriented...and she doesn't find it odd to be financially dependent on her husband...as for Laila...I think she probabky thinks working is beneath her...I think no one handled Mr. Raichand's business and it had to be sold or there wasn't much left due to all the loans he had to take to fulfill Paula's demands...and she probably kept on taking loans to maintain her lifestyle...Anant is going to be spending a lot of money to maintain Raichands...lol