** Those Sweet Soaps…

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why some of the vices we stand on the roof tops to discourage are the very ones we contentedly sit down to watch on TV (to our detriment, no doubt)?

We grin, laugh, smile and purse our lips when we watch steamy love scenes and passionate kissing courtesy of the manifold soap operas that grace our sets. {Just try to picture your favourite Bollywood movie. It fits this bill, doesn’t it? }

During the day we rebuke immorality, promiscuity and other such ‘vices’; In the evening it is served hot (on TV) for us to savour and join in the fray.

The soaps ‘teach’ us that having multiple sexual partners is alright as long as you have the money to keep the ‘relationship’ going. They also aim at making us believe that divorce is the sure-fire way of dealing with issues in marriage. Patience and perseverance in marriage are no-go zones according to these programmes. But what do we do about the whole thing? We open our arms to welcome their insidious notions and ideals. We try as much as we can not to miss an episode.

I know of a certain woman who sulks the whole evening if she is ‘disturbed’ as she watches her favourite soap. When her husband wants to talk to her or asks her for food or bath water she gives a thousand and one excuses just to make sure that she watches the soap without missing any action. Talk of disrespect and disregard!

Where are we headed if this is the state of affairs? I dare say, homes are crumbling and disintegrating thanks to these gripping programmes. Though their story lines are very interesting and spellbinding, I tend to think there is a dark abyss under their seemingly harmless façade. What do you think?

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