In the documentary Love.Etc, I focused on Chitra and Mahendra a young Indian couple, who has been engaged for 2 years. They met at Mahendra’s brother’s wedding reception, and they danced all night. Chitra and Mahendra both come from traditional Indian families and have the same cultural background. The beginning of the documentary focuses on their life during engagement, and goes through their life after marriage. The couple cohabitates in single family home in Queens, New York. Chitra is a paralegal and has been working at a law firm, while Mahendra is an aspiring lawyer. Mahendra recently passed the BAR exam but is currently unemployed. Due to this, the couple argues a lot, because Chitra makes all the money, and Mahendra doesn’t like to do household work. The couple has plans to move to Jamaica States, NY or Long Island, NY once they can establish themselves and Mahendra gets a job.
Theoretical Foundation
Wholeness
Wholeness is the concept that the whole is more than the sum of its parts, meaning the whole family is more than the total of all its individual members (Olsen, DeFrain, & Skogrand, 2011). This means you …show more content…
This could be true for Chitra and Mahendra, because in the film they tend to argue a lot over minor things like house work. The power dynamics for Chitra and Mahendra have a very diverse power dynamic, in most cases Chitra is making more of the important decisions, because she is the one that is more stable. They have a power struggle in communication and their arguments escalate quickly. He constantly is told by his dad and father in law to listen and pay attention to the needs of his wife but he doesn’t listen. When it comes to their thoughts on the future they seem to have a syncretic relationship. They both want to move and start a family once they are financial
Theoretical Foundation
Wholeness
Wholeness is the concept that the whole is more than the sum of its parts, meaning the whole family is more than the total of all its individual members (Olsen, DeFrain, & Skogrand, 2011). This means you …show more content…
This could be true for Chitra and Mahendra, because in the film they tend to argue a lot over minor things like house work. The power dynamics for Chitra and Mahendra have a very diverse power dynamic, in most cases Chitra is making more of the important decisions, because she is the one that is more stable. They have a power struggle in communication and their arguments escalate quickly. He constantly is told by his dad and father in law to listen and pay attention to the needs of his wife but he doesn’t listen. When it comes to their thoughts on the future they seem to have a syncretic relationship. They both want to move and start a family once they are financial