How Indian Television Serials Are Sending Wrong Messages?
‘What nonsense!’ My sister-in-law said as we watched one bahu shed endless tears after her husband scolded her for existing. If we look at our current crop of serials, there will be only one or two, which are not the result of some overworked, cut-out-from-reality scriptwriter’s imagination. But do you ever stop to wonder just what are these serials trying to convey? If you do, you’ll get just one answer: Nonsense. In this day and age, where we talk about women-equality, in all serials there are bahus in saris with matching jewellery, who treat their husbands like parmeshwars or...
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