Yomu,

I think you should rejoice on this fact...

Loving is all about accepting one inspite of their flaws..

You can still find the joint family system in many places in India and luckily for us the joint system or arranged marriage system has worked more often than not..

In India, unlike in Western countries, the concept of family is much wider reaching to cousins, uncles, aunts etc. so extended family is also important..

In the west the concept of the parents taking care of their children beyond 18  or living with them or interfering in thier matters is almost unheard of ..

How many of us can stay without talking to our parents or children for more than a week...?

The emotional bonding starts at a very young age and its something many of us take for granted.. Even when it comes to grandparents we share a special bond unlike the west where their involvement is less..

In nuclear families also one can't ignore these things..

Its slowly changing as a lot of people have smaller famlies so the extended family concept is gradually fading ..

We care ..whether or not about the society or the social issues or hygiene etc... we still care about our family...

Its become synonymous with being an Indian..