Reproduction-Linked Incentive Scheme Fail

In the business of business, folks call it ROI - return on investment. Desi parents, of course, have their own expectations, even demands, about the ROI on the 'chaand ka tukda' they put their savings in. But when it comes to ROI of the generational kind, it's almost always about when the child will deliver a child, and almost always this ROI is delivered. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad of Uttarakhand are one of those 'dead serious' investors, and they have read out the Company Act to their only son - by suing him for ₹5 crore for 'mental harassment' as a result of not 'giving them' a grandchild even after six years' of marriage. Talk about cause for performance anxiety. Also talk about the cases our courts choose not to throw out.

The petitioners have come to the ₹5 crore figure by claiming that this is the amount they had spent on their son's 'upbringing and education' over the years, not to mention on his wedding at a five-star hotel, a luxury car 'gift' and expenses for the newlyweds' honeymoon abroad. Still, no bun in the bahu's oven since 2016. The fact that the poor couple may not want to supply brats doesn't seem to feature anywhere in the whole episode. Adding to the woes of beta and bahu, the latter has been accused of seldom visiting her in-laws. May we suggest the poor couple crowdfunds the Rs 5 crore to clear all debts.