A joint family was a Phenomena found only in India of the bygone days. This really meant that the parents with all their children and grandchilfren stayed together under one single roof.
This system could prevail for decades for several reasons. First and foremost all the children stayed the same town as no one went out of the town to another distant town in search of job this made it possie for all children to remain in town an that also in the same house. Secondly, and more importantly the sons and daughters in lwas were all treated as one family one all these members were obliged to listen to the dictates of the elders. This made them succumb into staying with the the parents even if they did not like the idea. This system of joint family continued in India till the advent of the British Raj with which came the British culture. Now the culture of single unit families was borrowed by India from their British counterparts. At that time little society single unit families started evolving in India. This happened in the middle of the current century. There is nothing in the world without advantages and disadvantages, it remaine to be true of the joint family system also the system but its flaws and great advantages.
Vanshi
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