Re: Running away is seen as such a bad thing in desi culture…
Anyone who knows your dad (according to how you’ve described him) will understand and secretly admire you for your courage to get rid of his absolute and suffocating dictatorship over your life. But, it’d be a lot more easier for them to be respectable of your decision if they knew you were brave and looked at your dad in the eye to tell him of your decision. Scary I know but doable. Even your dad will shake inside by your strength and determination.