Sir, But what if the joint-family means only the daughter-in-law sacrificing all the time, no freedom to choose what and when to do, no freedom to meet her own parents at all & bahu's parents are needed only to shell out money for every smallest occassion because that is what the "tradition and culture" of Indian family is? What if lives are decided by astrology- ph calls aren't answered, nobody steps out of the house on amavasya? A house where bahu is servant & no matter how ill she is, she must cook, press her saas' feet, do all household chores and yet be told by the husband you don't do enough for my parents! A family where if the roti is even 1/4 inch bigger leads to people throwing the roti on your face & saying "it's big". Do you still support such joint-families? Kids sure need grandparents but such atmosphere makes yet another generation of "ridiculous" people under the garb of tradition & culture.
