Indian TV these days caters to the worst of the lot.
On one hand you have News readers who take themselves too seriously and whose best talent seems to lie in shouting at the top of the voice and trying to host what look like heavily scripted match-ups which go by the name of debate.
On the other hand you have those Tele-serials which make 10th century court intrigue look like child's play. Going by these serials it would seem that the favorite way of passing time in an Indian house hold is for the Saas to plot the downfall of her Bahu and vice versa and its a formula which can be played in an eternal loop by just giving the same story different names across channels and time slots.
It was amidst such doomsday scenarios that my wife started watching a Pakistani serial which seemed like a breath of fresh air . No daily shows , certainly not never ending and oh wait for it , there is actually a story .
So I started following the daily travails in the life of Kashaf Mortaza hoping secretly that she succeeds in her ambition to stand on her own feet and bring her family out of the clutches of poverty. It was under these circumstances that I was deeply moved by a realization that Kashaf has and which seems to very truly defines the life of an average middle class family.
As a girl struggling to make ends meet she justifies this struggle as
"Humare zindaagi mein struggle karne ke ilawa , aur koi option nahi hai
Khwahish na hone ke bawajood struggle karte rehna .......
Mein Ghyair zimmedar nahi ho sakti , Mein Khudgarz bhi nahi ho sakti
Mein Behisebi nahi ho sakti
Lekin mein mar bhi nahi sakti "
Translated that would stand as
"As normal middle class men with families to look after and with only the efforts of our hard work to guide us
We dont have any other option in life than to struggle
Whether we want it or not , we have to struggle
As someone who wants to work for the betterment of the lives of his near and dear ones ,
we cannot be irresponsible , We cannot be selfish
We cannot be inconsiderate
And least of all , we cannot give up as thats the way of the coward
So struggle struggle and struggle till you meet your goals and then struggle some more to savior the fruits of your struggle "
I remember that as children we were brought up on similar values and this is something that still creates a resonance when I hear it. So it was very refreshing to see those same value resonate in a serial made across the border, where people apparently don't think the way we do.
Life never seems to stop surprising you
On one hand you have News readers who take themselves too seriously and whose best talent seems to lie in shouting at the top of the voice and trying to host what look like heavily scripted match-ups which go by the name of debate.
On the other hand you have those Tele-serials which make 10th century court intrigue look like child's play. Going by these serials it would seem that the favorite way of passing time in an Indian house hold is for the Saas to plot the downfall of her Bahu and vice versa and its a formula which can be played in an eternal loop by just giving the same story different names across channels and time slots.
It was amidst such doomsday scenarios that my wife started watching a Pakistani serial which seemed like a breath of fresh air . No daily shows , certainly not never ending and oh wait for it , there is actually a story .
So I started following the daily travails in the life of Kashaf Mortaza hoping secretly that she succeeds in her ambition to stand on her own feet and bring her family out of the clutches of poverty. It was under these circumstances that I was deeply moved by a realization that Kashaf has and which seems to very truly defines the life of an average middle class family.
As a girl struggling to make ends meet she justifies this struggle as
"Humare zindaagi mein struggle karne ke ilawa , aur koi option nahi hai
Khwahish na hone ke bawajood struggle karte rehna .......
Mein Ghyair zimmedar nahi ho sakti , Mein Khudgarz bhi nahi ho sakti
Mein Behisebi nahi ho sakti
Lekin mein mar bhi nahi sakti "
Translated that would stand as
"As normal middle class men with families to look after and with only the efforts of our hard work to guide us
We dont have any other option in life than to struggle
Whether we want it or not , we have to struggle
As someone who wants to work for the betterment of the lives of his near and dear ones ,
we cannot be irresponsible , We cannot be selfish
We cannot be inconsiderate
And least of all , we cannot give up as thats the way of the coward
So struggle struggle and struggle till you meet your goals and then struggle some more to savior the fruits of your struggle "
I remember that as children we were brought up on similar values and this is something that still creates a resonance when I hear it. So it was very refreshing to see those same value resonate in a serial made across the border, where people apparently don't think the way we do.
Life never seems to stop surprising you
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