Acharya Prashant responds to a question about the nature of traditional Indian wedding farewell (Vidaai) songs, which portray daughters as someone else's property who, once married, do not return. The questioner cites lyrics from old and new Bollywood songs, such as "A daughter in her father's house is someone else's property" and "Daughters who are married off don't turn back," and asks why this regressive image of women persists, even among educated and liberal women. Acharya Prashant turns the question back to the women in the audience, asking why they agree to leave their homes and parents. He humorously states that he is a man of "half-intelligence" and has never been able to understand this custom. He questions the logic behind leaving one's parents, especially when they are old and need care, and dismisses reasons like social compulsion. He asks, "How do you tolerate this?" and "Why do you leave your father?" He points out that he would never leave his own parents, no matter what. He describes the tradition of sending the daughter away as a cruel one that has instilled a deep sense of being uprooted in women. He refers to the Manusmriti, which dictates that a woman should be dependent on her father in childhood, her husband in youth, and her son in old age, and that it is good for her to never be independent. Acharya Prashant asserts that accepting such bondage is the antithesis of spirituality, whose goal is liberation (Mukti). He warns that knowingly accepting bondage leads to a lifetime of suffering. He further links this tradition to severe social evils, arguing that the mindset of seeing a daughter as a liability to be married off is the root cause of female foeticide and infanticide. He provides statistics on the skewed sex ratio at birth in states like Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan as proof of this societal problem. He also criticizes the notion of marrying for security in old age, stating that a husband is not a nurse and that many health issues, such as heart attacks in men, stem from the stress of unhappy marriages where the woman is bound and miserable. In conclusion, Acharya Prashant condemns the emotional farewell songs as "murderous, bloody songs." He explains that they are not cultural but are based on a materialistic and lustful perspective that treats women as objects or property to be transferred for the purpose of reproduction and service. He argues that this entire system is a cruel tradition that has distorted the minds of women.