There is saying that can be translated in english as 'Did we eat, Did we sleep, Is it morning yet'. That is what Saxena family including Pratigya is capable of following. You give them anything else, they cannot take it.You ask for anything else, you will not get it. And yes, teaching theory is one thing you can get from them.So, when anybody else questions, demands or begs anything else from them, they go into defensive mode, and they use their teaching skills. And when that is not entertained they go into rona - dhona mode - the only powerful weapon they know how to use.It is the power of K's love, that P had to give up a bit on her rigidness and surrender to some extent. If it was nitin uncle in her life, she could have comfortably followed her above rules.
Saxes have always been all theory but rarely apply what they learn. They have always been a defense family. They have not learned how to live in society. They talk sanskaars and riti-riwaz till they go blue in the face but when it comes to living it they are lost living in the real world.