Divorce and joint families: Desi community shares its most controversial takes

Another day, another controversial tweet that gets people riled up. This time around, a Twitter user posed a simple enough query: What’s your hot take on desi culture that would have you in this position? The position in question, of course, was a pictorial depiction of a smug Flynn Rider from Tangled with countless knives to his neck.

Buckle up and get ready, because it's a wild ride from here on out. It seems like a lot of users of the microblogging site had a lot of pent-up anger. For the most part, it made sense as well.

"Overspending on marriage just for the sake of 'what will people say' is gross. Instead, be more philanthropic to others," stated one user.

"No man - NO MAN - can understand how difficult it is to be a woman in desi culture. And if men are telling you that you’re crying about your miseries just because you’re speaking up, you’re probably doing something right," wrote another.

"Mental health illnesses are real," penned a user. "It's time we end the stigma associated with it in our culture and started talking openly about it. A lot of people suffer due to the non-support/help due to the fear of 'what will people say.'"

"When brown parents disown their own daughters after they get married, so they have to bear all the physical abuse from their husbands and in-laws because they have 'no other home' to go to, and parents want them to sort out their differences themselves," stated another user.

This particular user spoke about interfaith harmony. "Desi culture is very diverse and people need to start respecting each other's faith, religion, language and regional cultural differences, especially in professional settings," they wrote.

"Not everyone whose kid's wedding you went to (or even a function of some other sort) is important enough to be invited to your kid's wedding /or other functions!" stated another user.

"It's high time society stops judging a woman if she demands to stay separate from her husband! If I can leave my parent's home, then why can't he? And why am obliged to take care of your parents while my parents struggle in their old age? Either play fair or don't play at all," demanded one user.

"If there would be no stigma around divorce and being unmarried, all the women in this country would choose to be single forever," stated yet another user.

"Couples shouldn't live in joint families, but have separate houses," another user said.

"Making fun of peoples' appearances and giving them nicknames based on that isn't funny. And also thinking a girl doesn't have any purpose outside of getting married and being a housewife," highlighted another user.

"Most desi men treat women as their honour but won't shy away from giving mother/sister related insults which are extremely demeaning to women," said one user.

"Desi people are very entitled. They keep whining about the country but cannot make an honest living even if their life depends on it. The same people suddenly develop a work ethic and respect for laws when they move abroad," said one user.

"There's no room for individuality in this culture. It's all about putting everyone around you above yourself and it mostly only applies to women because God forbid women choose themselves over other people," penned yet another user.

"Unhealthy competition between cousins exists and parents thrive over comparing their children’s achievements and showing unnecessary malice towards a child who does better than their own," said another.

The tweet in question, which has 1.6 million views, is still garnering engagement. Netizens are not holding back, and there are numerous 'controversial' opinions that actually make a whole lot of sense.

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