Originally posted by: nightingale
Yes this still exists. I live in the US. I am currently living Europe temporarily. Many of the Indians I have met abroad live like the Shah parivaar. I know of women physicians whowork at hospitals and then when they come home they get abused and can't take any decisions. One of these women had to quit her job because of h er husband's household demands. Its terrible but it exists, and many Indian women support this kind of behavior.
One example, my husband travels alot. I have small children. Some family frineds will not invite me when my husband travels because "he" is not there, so howcan I sociaize. But when I go to India to visit my inlaws and parents, these same friends invite him every weekend because "becahara, akele kese khana banyega".
Strange huh?