Indian children tend to behave very differently before their parents than they would in front of their friends. There are many things they wouldn’t say or do in front of their parents which they would otherwise. Dressing a certain way, smoking, drinking and dating would be taboo – in front of parents. Most of the time, anyway
Misha Malik is and NRI; and clearly a family with ‘desi’ values. Here, she is seen taking a shot of what is likely to be vodka or tequila and follows it up with the customary lime wedge. The parents look on – the mother appears to express faint horror, the father expresses grim resignation.
A lot of people thought that their own parents would probably react the same way.
So apparently a daughter drinking is all the terrible western influence telling on her; so obviously she has to be packed off back home to India.
A lot of NRI parents are often stuck in a time warp and imagine that India is still the same as when they left it (or when their parents left it). They mistakenly imagine India to be a tequila-free, sanskaari haven devoid of pubs and other dens of sin.
Definitely. Sending a person away to save them from sin – sending them to a place where that sin is cheaper = exercise in futility.
Indian parents are disappointed a lot. If a child isn’t as successful as them. If a child is only as successful as them. If the child isn’t as good as Sharmaji's child. If a child has interests other than study. If a child is not a paragon of virtue… the list is long.
The mother is shocked and the dad is like - ਆ ਕਿ ਨਯਾ ਸਿਆਪਾ - which loosely translates as what fresh hell is this.
When asked what led up to this, Misha explains by giving some context.
There were a few who sympathised with the clearly traumatised parents.
“Where did we go wrong”. This is the classic Indian parent reaction – some amount of melodrama, some self-pity, and liberal dollops of emotional blackmail.
Uncle and Aunty should have shots too, suggests this tweet. As a parent, I would agree, I’d much rather that my kids drink in front of me than furtively – as and when they do. And let’s face it they will!
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