A description of the Hindu family in India would be incomplete without accounts of its vast jointness. In fact, this was such a characteristic feature, from time immemorial, that it induced the mutation of the adjective into a tangible concept – the Hindu Joint Family (hereafter the HJF). Interestingly, empirical evidence has shown that novel urban settings did not induce a complete breakdown of the joint family system, implying that change and continuity were not mutually exclusive for this Hindu institution.