Want To Talk To Your Father: Woman On Twitter Lists Questions She's Asked By Landlords In Delhi
Complementing each tweet with a Bollywood meme, Karnika suggested that there's always a wish to speak to her father. "I want to talk to your father first. (I am 31 btw and have been financially independent for a decade)," she wrote.
It's no hidden secret that finding a decent rented property to live is tough in a country like ours and especially for those who are single. A single woman has shared her ordeal on Twitter, listing all the questions she has been asked from landlords in just two days of house hunting in Delhi.
Taking to Twitter, Karnika Kohli a media professional as per her bio, she wrote, "Few things I was asked by landlords in the last 2 days while house hunting". From personal questions like marriage to wishing to talk to parents, below is the thread shared by her on the social media platform.
Marriage
The first one is, "Isn't it difficult for you to manage because you are unmarried?" she wrote on Twitter.
Complementing each tweet with a Bollywood meme, Karnika suggested that there's always a wish to speak to her father. "I want to talk to your father first. (I am 31 btw and have been financially independent for a decade)," she wrote.
1) isn't it difficult for you to manage because you are unmarried?
¡ª Karnika (@KarnikaKohli) May 10, 2022
2/n pic.twitter.com/axATqrEpKA
Workplace
"Why do you work for places like scroll and wire?," she wrote as the third question and another one, "Why dont you live with your parents? unko bura lagta hoga na?"
3) why do you work for places like scroll and wire?
¡ª Karnika (@KarnikaKohli) May 10, 2022
4/n pic.twitter.com/RMSyucl11j
Parents
4) why dont you live with your parents? unko bura lagta hoga na?
¡ª Karnika (@KarnikaKohli) May 10, 2022
5/n pic.twitter.com/6rqMbbLe4K
Freedom
Karnika wrote, "Why don't you want to get married? we will give to couple". Next wasn't a questions, but a statement, "I would never let my daughter live on her own".
6) I would never let my daughter live on her own
¡ª Karnika (@KarnikaKohli) May 10, 2022
7/n pic.twitter.com/vNLMInyYjQ
Family
To conclude she wrote, "Will add more as this nightmare continues" and added a screenshot of a chat exchange in which she is being denied a house because the owner wants to give the house to a "family". She wrote, "I clearly have no value unless I can get a man to live with me".
Another one.
¡ª Karnika (@KarnikaKohli) May 10, 2022
I clearly have no value unless I can get a man to live with me. pic.twitter.com/pp5UIEnsQh
Twitterati shares their experiences
Netizens couldn't agree more with her. Some users shared the questions they have been asked too. Take a look,
As an unmarried guy I had the same problem, a bunch of them would rather lend to single girl over single guy. I convinced my landlord I am actively looking to get settled, a precondition in my state is groom should have a house ?... Stayed there for five years.
¡ª Jewelthief (@Jewelthief11) May 10, 2022
Recently my friend too faced a similar screening. First, the owner asked her name, when he couldn't identify her religion , he asked her full name. Isse bhi baat nahi bani to he asked the names of her in-laws. My friend directly told him she is Muslim. Baat khatam.
¡ª sameera kapoor (@sameerakapoor) May 10, 2022
I rented my house to a female colleague once and society made me sign an understaking for good behaviour. It¡¯s beyond ridiculous esp considering most of the ruckus from ¡°family¡± tenants
¡ª Kisan zindabad ? ???? (@citizenbolario) May 10, 2022
Being a single guy is no less tougher. Had to lie i have a wife back home to get a room! And thats in my own state.
¡ª ??????? (@RamanVirdi21) May 10, 2022
The broker showing me houses in South Delhi a) asked me to dress decently and b) said "great strategy" when I brought my mum along to look at houses once
¡ª Tanyaa Sharma (@tanyaaster) May 10, 2022
Some even gave their own suggestions to tackle the situation.
Tell them that you are married to a Muslim. Then they¡¯d wish that you were single.
¡ª Sab Changa Si (@lalaramlalaram) May 10, 2022
Meanwhile, as the land in the national capital is a central subject, the Union Government has to enact the law and repeal the existing legislature, the Delhi Rent Control Act of 1958. The aim of the government is no different when it comes to the nation¡¯s capital and the new Act is going to be aligned with the Model Act that the Centre approved earlier this year.
For more on news and current affairs from around the world please visit Indiatimes News.
Senior Writer at Indiatimes. She writes on Lifestyle, fashion, beauty, astrology and health.
