Baghban and Darlings are two films which capture how far portrayal of parents has come in Hindi films.

How can a woman love her life if she has never made a single decision about it?

Decision-making is a privilege in Indian households which comes with huge accountability, especially for young women.

Parents feel that comparison will help children and motivate them but instead, it demotivates them and could also lead to the development of a sense of inferiority.

Must kids feel obliged and indebted by the support they gain from their parents? And do parents know the amount of stress such an approach inflicts on their children?

Indian society still values a woman’s izzat more than her independence and parents are no different. The minute their daughter challenges ground rules laid by them for supporting her aspirations, many parents find it difficult to keep supporting their daughter.

Although being our parents, they have all the rights to govern our lifestyle, many of us often feel entrapped when all of our activities are being watched on and we are constantly getting reprimanded for our decisions.

In the end, Indian parents end up failing their girls by telling them to compromise or adjust and forget all the virtues of equality that they had instilled in them since childhood. It suddenly becomes of paramount importance that their daughter’s life charts the course determined for her by the very patriarchal society, which we looked down upon as a deterrent to her prosperity.