I lowkey think desi elders use “naseeb” as a way to whitewash their terrible decisions for their children. Ghalat aadmi se shaadi kara di? Bechari ka naseeb hi bura tha, kya karein. Just no sense of accountability whatsoever.
ny nani once said to me 'naseeb eik band mutthi ki tarha hai shadi ke baad khulti hai toh pata chlta hai naseeb mein kya hai' and her words still stuck in my mind that how for south asian women their luck, happiness, future, whole life still tied to marriage and husband.