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Let Her be "Herself"

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“It is not gender which is destroying our culture.... it is our interpretations of culture which has destroyed gender equality.” They are a zamindar-pandit family from rural Rajasthan: Three brothers with their wives and children. Grandparents visit often. It’s a typical, what you’d call Balika Vadhu family (no…not for child marriage thing.) They are wealthy but orthodox. They do not keep any domestic help, the jobs like cleaning, washing, cooking, etc are their women’s jobs.