Distance From BETI to BAHU
Author :
Bhavia
Blog :Je Suis Blogging
Date: 8/6/2012 10:35:43 AM
Some daughters are lucky to have a wonderful father.He would love her,pamper her and support her very decision.He would bring her up with so much freedom and liberal views.I know such a father since 10 years.Her daughter,6 years elder to me,has done everything that an orthodox Kerala must have not even thought about.She was studious,assertive,bold,travelled alone,married an English guy and now settled in London.
I have always looked upon this father with so much respect that I have felt at times that even my father drew inspiration from him on matters related to me.He would tell everyone that girls are asset to a family.
My heart made arguments against him after I met his son,who is 3 is elder to me,couple of weeks back.He has been a very smart guy since I have known the family.He wanted to marry his girl friend who was with him in one of the top management institutes in India and the father went against his decision.
His girl friend is smart,intelligent,studious,social drinker,modern,atheist and very liberal in her views.She cooks terribly,sings well,holds a fat check job like the guy but she is not a Keralite.
The reasons which his father put forward to cancel the marriage did depress me a lot because I always thought he would treat both his beti and bahu the same.His dream bahu should be
1)not-so-smart-not-so-intelligent(WTF!!His daughter is smart and intelligent.What is wrong in being a smart and intelligent girl?)
2)a good cook(I have never seen his daughter entering in the kitchen and from the Facebook photos,I guess her English husband does most of the household work)
3)traditional and god-fearing(What is his problem with her religious views?Traditional means she should wear sari and walk around?)
4)non-drinker(His daughter drinks,so why such a constrain on the bahu?)
5)holding a small job so that she has time to look after the house(His daughter holds a very high place in a world-famous MNC.If you need somebody to look after your house,get a maid)
And when the guy argued with the father,he replied that beti and bahu are not the same. :-0
Finally,I realized the difference between beti and bahu are not just three letters but much more than that.
Poor guy!! 
*Beti - daughter
*Bahu – daughter-in-law
Filed under: India in my Dreams, My Thoughts & Views, Women's World Tagged: arraged marriage, bahu, beti, daughter, daughter in law, love marriage, traditional daughter in law 
