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A Big Indian Family

I want to pen down some of my thoughts after my encounter with a big Indian family who consider themselves as the epitome of love, unity and cultural values.  But is that really true, do they really understand the true meaning of love and unity? If you see through my lens I don't think they do. I have seen a lot of Indian families who have completely misunderstood the term "Indian Culture" and hide their deep rooted hypocrisy by calling their controlling behaviour as family values and culture. I want to highlight this point with some examples here and would like to welcome everyone to share their perspective on the same. Scenario 1 Everyone eats together. So, this family proudly says that being in the joint family give them the privilege to eat together and it feels nice when the whole family sits together for dinner on various occasions. Do you see anything wrong in the statement? I am sure no one will, it actually looks like an advantage of a big Indian family. But I se