A few decades ago #entertainment on the small scale meant #TV #serials on #Doordarshan . Those that captured the socio economic hues of those times quite emotively. For example, #HumLog and #Buniyaad on one hand and #YeJoHaiZindagi and #IdharUdhar on the other.

Coming back to the present; have Saas Bahu serials taken over the tele scene? Is it all about wondering what to make for lunch or prasad these days? Is it about who would get the keys to the household? Or is it about just smiling on family get togethers or festivals? #TV #Serials

If #KahaaniGharGharKi and #KyunKiSaasBhiKabhiBahuThi on the one hand seem like run-of-the-mill regressive stuff; now there is more like #PremBandhan and #PinjraKhoobsurtiKa on the other! Is it the era of sheer stereotyping? Or that of commercial success over content? #TV #Serials

One may or may not have charm or good looks! One may or may not have abilities or capabilities! However, to pit the former against the latter? Or, the household against the workplace? Is that the new progressive? Is that the new face of entertainment? In which world? #TV #Serials

Nevertheless, thankfully, there have also been exceptions in each era! For example, #PachpanKhambeLalDeewarein , earlier on; or, #JassiJaisiKoiNahi later on! In fact, #MaryadaLekinKabTak was somewhat pathbreaking, too! Why aren't more such serials made? #ContentIsKing #TV #Serials