I have not yet become a parent but I live with my brother's children like a parent. I tell people around me that I hear that life changes after becoming a parent (in a negative way) but I have always tried to be friends with my friends and I believe that we are the same and will remain so with our children.
Anyway, in a country like India, a lot depends on religion and myths and we have to live our lives according to them. And this also includes that when a girl is born, you have to give up your dreams and live a suffocated life every day thinking about your daughter's marriage. Also, here, if you take a 6-month-old child on a trip, the family members start threatening to throw you out of the house, saying that if you don't love children, why did you give birth to them. I have thousands of stories from my joint family.
I am glad that you have written this post because it makes the life of all those parents meaningful who are living an ideal life with children. Dada have you ever come to India with children?
Lot of what you said is true even here in the US. That is the reason to write the post. Regarding if I have visited India with my kids: lets see if you can identify the locations...
This is strange because I consider America to be a country that is a little ahead in terms of ideology.
The first photo is of Pangong Lake, I don't know about the second one. Both the photos are very beautiful.
Second one is Amer Palace near Jaipur