![]() ![]() Such was the Agrawal households’ dependency on their bahu that they can’t even perform their daily chores. One fine day, Savitri passes away unnaturally, leaving the two men clueless about how to go about. Savitri, his daughter-in-law, was the personification of patience as she managed the entire household without any complaint. He now stays at home after handing over the business to his only son Jagadish, who lets life pass by without ever living it fully. Hridaynarayan now in his eighties, shifted to Calcutta in his younger days, for better business prospects. Each daughter’s marriage expenses and dowry cost them a fortune leaving the families in deep financial crisis. Their family, over the generations, had only one son and remaining all daughters. Ladki Dushman – this is the strong belief of the Agrawal family, who are businessmen from Rajasthan. Soon afterwards, Moom, a young girl of 11 or 12 Inmates begin to rely on Savitri’s voice to have their lives managed. Savitri remains in the house, invisible yet constantly audible. In a Marwari family in Calcutta, the last woman dies.
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