Re: Your scientist daughter
keeping her at home or “marrying her off” when she’s obviously so brilliant is a complete waste, imho. (plus the whole “keeping” her bit bothers me- she’s not a piece of china to be displayed in a glass cabinet, nor is she just meant to be someone’s wife and not her own person, when she can do both when the time is right for her.)
and more importantly, what about what** she** wants? clearly she applied for the program because she wants to do it. thats a good enough reason for something as accomplished as higher education.
sorry if this sounds harsh, but her parents need to be stronger and stand up to criticism from paindu people who would rather keep women barefoot and pregnant than give them an equal opportunity to shine- lets face it, if she was a boy, the parents would only be applauded for their luck. 
the whole marry your daughters off before they become too educated/independent only comes from people who are afraid of messing up the rules in a mostly patriarchal society like those in south asia. God forbid she speak her mind, is intelligent and equal to her husband intellectually, and actually participates in her marriage instead of being a passive “yes woman” to her husband and in-laws.
i know girls who have their Masters, girls who are doctors and lawyers, and girls who are aiming for their ph D’s and not a single one of them is unhappy with their choices in life, and who aren’t either happily married already, or looking forward to it someday. when you can have the best of both worlds, why must society insist you choose just one??
her parents should be proud of her accomplishments and her smarts thus far- they should feel like they’re 12 feet tall instead of stressing over other people’s opinions.