Gotta love Hindi soaps right? They are extremely entertaining, if not anything else, and they teach us the following important lessons
- Concept of Punarjanam AKA rebirth: Hindi serials validate the belief that true love cannot be thwarted by death. Lead actors will definitely meet in the next life to carry on with their romance. Because, destiny.
- Identify household villains easily: Does your Mother-in-Law, Sister-in-Law, Cousin, Cat wear long bindis, punk make-up, sexy sarees and sport an all-knowing smirk? Yeah, you better watch out girl.
- The heroine stereotype: Heroines are pretty, docile, dutiful and surprisingly naive. Although they seem to conquer the odds in the end (through no doing of their own, mind you) you would be shocked to see how (mentally) slow they are!
Who needs feminism when my pati (husband) is my Bhagwaan (God). - Watch out for the full moon: Be wary. A tiger might not be any tiger during the full moon, he might just be your husband.
How original. - Generations of Retinol: Want to look 30 even when you’re 60? Retinol is the way to go. You may want to use your hair dye sparingly to prevent stealing the limelight away from the young bahu (daughter in law) though.
- Don’t freak out about marriages: As far as marriages go, there is always a second ( third, fourth..) chance. If the first one doesn’t go right the third one might save your back. So save that lehenga girls!
Pun intended.
Come on Hindi serials, you can do better than that. Please ask your script writers to use less innovation and more common sense. Until next time!
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