‘Dear men, don’t expect your wives to naturally play the role of maid, cleaner, babysitter, a working professional and be nice to your parents.’I couldn’t sleep last night. I kept revisiting a verdict announced by India’s highest court and tried to make sense of it. A Hindu son can divorce his wife on grounds of cruelty because she tried to pry him away from his ‘pious obligation’ to live with, and provide for, his aged parents, the Supreme Court verdict ruled. I tossed and turned. I thought about a dear friend who, a few days ago, had confided in me about the helpless situation her married brother was in. Her sister-in-law, a homemaker, did not want to take care of their bedridden mother. Her brother, the sole breadwinner, was struggling to make ends meet and had tried, in multiple ways, to keep his wife happy — he hired caretakers for his mother, all of whom were sent away by his frustrated, abusive wife. She even filed a police complaint against her husband and mother-in-law, stating they tortured her. Her claim was busted when the couple’s young son told the police how his mother had become violent and abusive in the… Read full this story
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