Several Indian women observe a day of complete fasting for the long lives of their husbands on this day. Celebrated every year as Karwa Chauth, Mona Singh’s comments on conventional marriages pop up at an ironic time. Last seen in Aryan Khan’s OTT show, Ba***ds of Bollywood, Mona Singh played the role of the protagonist’s mother.
Adding a key twist to the ending, fans say that it was a classic Bollywood ending that the show could have gotten. Sharing her comment on social media, netizens speculate whether it is the “harsh truth”, while others laud it.
‘Women are independent, men aren’t’
During a media interaction, Bollywood actor Mona Singh pointed out a common practice in several conventional marriages. Burdened with the pressure of gender roles, it has assumed that the female is the provider of nutrition. Mix modern-day employment to the mix, and you will get the rationale behind Singh’s comment.
“A working husband comes home to a cooked meal. A working wife comes home to cook the meal,” Singh remarked. “The problem isn’t that women are now independent; it is that men aren’t,” she added. Netizens could not help but recall Hollywood legend Meryl Streep‘s comment about a similar situation. “Man works from sun to sun. Women’s work is never done,” the Devil Wears Prada actress had once said during an interview. It is interesting to note that oppression is not bound by geographical boundaries, but is a global phenomenon.
From the other sex
Replying to the post, “as a man”, a Reddit user came forward and explained why he supported Mona Singh’s comment. Explaining that both he and his brother are unmarried, they are in a situation where they have to look after their mother. Since she is bedridden, as a natural transfer of roles, they have to “single-handedly run the house.”
“From making all three 3 meals everyday for the entire family, which includes an extra healthy diet for my mother, household chores, laundry and then feeding our 4 dogs, everything is done by me, and my brother doesn’t even help,” the user shared. Ranting about his younger brother, the user, in the end, empathised with the situation. ” it is sort of cunning because you are exploiting the other person. I wonder why some men are like this with no basic life skills and living under the mercy of others,” he said.
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