To have a family is normal, but to have a family that loves you is the extraordinary. The world over people have families, but an Indian family is completely distinguishable from any other culture in the world.
Because the bonding that you find in an Indian family, you will find it nowhere else. Children are god fearing and respect elders, that’s how they are brought up. Right from childhood, values like prayer, respect, self-discipline, and lend a helping hand are imbibed in toddlers. Hence when they grow up you see them as mature understanding individuals.
Moreover an Indian family has always been a joint family. Where there are mostly 2 senior family members, then you have their children, sons staying with them, daughters have been married away. Wives of the sons and their children, all under one roof.
In the good old days the big village houses supported the Indian family life. Food was grown in the backyard. The courtyard was huge enough to accommodate tens of children climbing up trees and romping around. The village had enough work for the sons and the barter system kept everyone happy.
Today however in the metropolitans with the rate of real estate escalating sky-high, owning a house that can accommodate a modest 10 family members is not possible. So nuclear families have risen. Where the couple once married live separately. But values are values they are not separated from an Indian. So the society on a whole has developed these values that are lived up to so that we can hand it down to posterity.
Occupations have been so robust in some castes and class in Indian families that the next generation follows in the footsteps. So be it the barber, blacksmith or goldsmith, the son does exactly what the father used to do. Infact the Hindu business family stems from this school of thought. Children are educated abroad and come back to join the family business and give it a gigantic boost.
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