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| Aspect | Urban Practice | Rural/Traditional Practice | |--------|----------------|----------------------------| | Eating | Mixed cuisine (pasta, dosa, cereal). Often separate timings. | Freshly cooked millet/rice. All eat together from a thali. | | Festivals | Diwali = social media posts + eco-friendly crackers + ordered sweets. | Diwali = home-made laddoos, oil lamps, local temple fair. | | Child Discipline | “Time out” + therapy (emerging). | Shaming (“What will the neighbors say?”) + mild corporal punishment (declining). | | Elder Care | Live-in help or old age homes (rare, stigmatized). | Absolute family responsibility. Last rites performed by son. | | Technology | Each member has smartphone. Family WhatsApp group mandatory. | Feature phones common. TV is main entertainment. |

Contrary to Western individualistic lifestyles, the Indian family lifestyle bleeds into professional life. Download -18 - Kavita Bhabhi -2020- S01 Part 3

Between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM, the Indian household becomes a study in managed pandemonium. | Aspect | Urban Practice | Rural/Traditional Practice

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