Marriage woes everywhere! Indian TV shows suffer from a serious case of a lack of originality and good story-telling! Why? Its apparent after viewing every single show aired on TV these days. Every fictional show concentrates on and keeps revolving around married lives of its protagonists! Even historical shows are no exception. Is there a dearth of literature that the Creative heads choose to show the same things over and over again in the name of entertainment? Why do people watch TV shows? To get some respite from the chaos of their daily lives and what do they instead get to see? Same frustrations and loud, trashy dialogues and scenes which not necessarily even imitate the real life. Some shows with despicable depictions of negative characters and arguing mothers-sons-daughters-in law are a disgrace on our rich culture.
Young children who watch TV have nothing educational to derive from the variety of channels. Instead, all they see is Reality TV shows which have the worst possible cultural stripping, or award functions which only promote movies and celebrities or derogatory comedy programmes. Do we absolutely have no ideals in our life that we succumb to such low form of entertainment? How do we raise kids into good human beings when they have nothing inspirational or pertaining to their scientific minds, anymore? Why are shows like Bournvita Quiz Contest no longer made? Or, good literary adaptations made into Tele-films? Why even the Cartoon Network or Disney channel has succumbed to their Creative Death today?
Every time I read a good book, I instantly think about the severe drought of stories on television. Almost all of them are unfit to be viewed together as family. Who wants to see feuding families when there are enough complex relationships in OUR real lives? Or intimate relations between a husband & wife? WHY, is my question! Or the various caricatures of people from different regions(states) of our nation? Especially, when the portrayal is neither authentic nor heart-touching. It worries me when I hear women discussing daily shows on the train or bus journeys; their comments on characters from TV shows resembling their own family members is sickening. THAT is not why one watches TV! When I hear young girls and boys excitedly wanting to participate in reality TV shows so that they can become actors and work in movies, at an age where they should be getting an education, it just reflects the degeneration of our nation's vast potential. Is money also an important factor? Certainly! Everybody wants to get rich, flaunt clothes from the mall, wear what their 'idols' are seen in. This is not just harmful but socially its setting a wrong custom of judging people based on their money and outward appearance. Not that this wasn't the case 25 years ago, but children had better ideals back then and lesser temptations.
Shouldn't the makers take it as their social responsibility to provide clean entertainment when they are only in the business for making money? At least, it gives them no right to publicly proclaim that if the viewers dislike or disagree with the content, they have the option of switching off their television sets. I think that's blatant disregard to those whom the makers consider their target-audience! In an era, when ideals of brotherhood, compassion, humanity find least takers, the future looks less promising than it was envisioned as being an inclusive world for all, many decades ago.
Young children who watch TV have nothing educational to derive from the variety of channels. Instead, all they see is Reality TV shows which have the worst possible cultural stripping, or award functions which only promote movies and celebrities or derogatory comedy programmes. Do we absolutely have no ideals in our life that we succumb to such low form of entertainment? How do we raise kids into good human beings when they have nothing inspirational or pertaining to their scientific minds, anymore? Why are shows like Bournvita Quiz Contest no longer made? Or, good literary adaptations made into Tele-films? Why even the Cartoon Network or Disney channel has succumbed to their Creative Death today?
Every time I read a good book, I instantly think about the severe drought of stories on television. Almost all of them are unfit to be viewed together as family. Who wants to see feuding families when there are enough complex relationships in OUR real lives? Or intimate relations between a husband & wife? WHY, is my question! Or the various caricatures of people from different regions(states) of our nation? Especially, when the portrayal is neither authentic nor heart-touching. It worries me when I hear women discussing daily shows on the train or bus journeys; their comments on characters from TV shows resembling their own family members is sickening. THAT is not why one watches TV! When I hear young girls and boys excitedly wanting to participate in reality TV shows so that they can become actors and work in movies, at an age where they should be getting an education, it just reflects the degeneration of our nation's vast potential. Is money also an important factor? Certainly! Everybody wants to get rich, flaunt clothes from the mall, wear what their 'idols' are seen in. This is not just harmful but socially its setting a wrong custom of judging people based on their money and outward appearance. Not that this wasn't the case 25 years ago, but children had better ideals back then and lesser temptations.
Shouldn't the makers take it as their social responsibility to provide clean entertainment when they are only in the business for making money? At least, it gives them no right to publicly proclaim that if the viewers dislike or disagree with the content, they have the option of switching off their television sets. I think that's blatant disregard to those whom the makers consider their target-audience! In an era, when ideals of brotherhood, compassion, humanity find least takers, the future looks less promising than it was envisioned as being an inclusive world for all, many decades ago.
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