Shobha gave birth to a healthy baby girl. She already had three daughters, and her husband’s family had wanted her to have a son. Her husband, too, was unhappy with the news because he wanted a son to hand over the family business to. He believed that raising and educating a daughter was a waste as she would be eventually be married into another household. Shobha was worried about how the family would react to the birth of a girl child.
Are Shobha’s in-laws justified in blaming her for the birth of the baby girl?