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Marriage
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage—or so it usually goes (at least according to the song). In Homeless Bird, however, none of these take place in the right order for Koly. Babies aside (since she doesn't have any), her first marriage is arranged and her husband is dead before she has a fighting chance of loving him. And then once he's dead, Koly's shot at future love and marriage is practically zilch since widows are damaged goods in her society and nobody wants them.
Luckily, Koly learns to love herself and then finds Raji, a man who appreciates her and truly loves her for who she is. Which is good since she totally loves him, too. Phew.
The thing that makes Koly most unique is her belief that marriage is connected to love.
The Mehtas might be manipulative, but in treating marriage as a financial arrangement they're actually operating within society's expectations for the institution.
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