Question

Why did Mrs. Pandit not meet her relatives in the beginning before she left for America?

Answer 1

According to Indian law in colonial times, women who had no husband or son had no share in family property. Relatives of Mrs. Pandit used this outworn law and refused to give her a share in family property as her husband was dead and she did not have a son. This anguished Mrs. Pandit and she refused to meet her relatives in the beginning before she left for America.