The biggest problem that most Indians have is that they tend to go over the limits in aping the West. I live and work in The Netherlands. I see that the women here attach enormous importance to their families. Even for women who are working, they tend to stop after they have kids or switch to working part-time so that they can give enough time for their husband and kids. It is very easy to get carried away with sitcoms like 'Sex and the City' and believe that all women in the West fall into that bracket. In fact, I have seen 'modern' women here are much more committed in relationships than the so called 'modern' women back home in India. The Netherlands was voted as the country where children have the happiest chilhood among all Western nations and the reason cited was the large percentage of women who sacrifice their careers for their family. the so called 'career women' in India would never ever dream about doing this. They would also never accept working part-time as most mothers here prefer to do since that would mean that she is 'inferior' to her husband. After all it is a man's obligation to provide for his family but if a woman wants to work, she should only look at it as a contribution to her family's income from a second source. This is the law of nature. If the Indian 'career' women think that they want to defy it, they will also have to face the consequences of a disruptive and chaotic family lives.
