When Ishani returned home for a week, the silence in the house felt heavy. She spent her afternoons editing photos, her headphones on, while Raghav sat on the porch reading the newspaper.
Despite progress, the "Baap aur Beti" genre has blind spots.
When censorship loosened, the Baap aur Beti narrative got teeth. No longer was the father a god or a fool; he was a human capable of grave error.