Neena Gupta says Indian men still want a ‘virgin wife’, recalls niece wasn’t allowed to keep family photo in her room: ‘Things haven’t changed’

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The actor further gave examples of women in her family facing prejudice on a daily basis within their marital homes. “I’ll give you an example. A relative on my father’s side got married to a guy in Mumbai who worked in a big financial company. Once my father called the boy, the girl, and her family to his house to talk to the couple because the girl refused to live with the guy and his family in Mumbai. The girl worshipped Sai Baba, so she put his picture in their room, but her mother-in-law didn’t allow her to keep that picture and told her to put up the picture of the guru that they worship,”she shared.

She added, “I’ll give you another example. My niece was told by her mother-in-law that she cannot put her family photo on her bedside table. We have a long way to go when it comes to changing the condition of women in the country.”

Neena became a single mother at 30 and welcomed her daughter Masaba out fo wedlock. She has previously said that this decision of hers worked out well for her but she wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else.