How Indian Television shows are promoting superstitions!

The television industry is home to some exceptional writers. But now these writers are shifting towards creativity in a rather odd way. A number of shows have started filming unrealistic tracks and superstitions. Here are some examples of the superstitions and other fictional tracks that some of the Indian television shows are broadcasting.

1. Diya extinguishing!

There are various reasons why a diya may extinguish. For example, the cotton used for it may be faulty, the window might be open on a windy day or maybe the lamp just ran out of oil! How does this indicate forthcoming bad luck? And people actually believe this!

 

2. Black cat crossing the path.

Once there was a black cat walking casually and suddenly she saw a human looked at her and turn back. Imagine how bad the cat would have felt. I have a friend who owns a black cat and he recently won a big lottery! So much for bad luck!

 

3. Snake people a.k.a. Naagins!

It is believed in many parts of the world that snake people actually existed at some point of time. Most of these are folk tales and fictional stories. Now a days, these naagins have become a tool for getting higher TRPs! People actually believe that these snake people exist.

 

4. Ghosts/Monsters and other entities.

These writers need to understand that the current set of television viewers are not the same set of viewers from 10 years back. This is the internet age. We know what is possible and what is not possible. To believe or not to believe in ghosts depends on person to person. Even if they do exist they don't play with your electrical equipment!

 

5.       Miscellaneous superstitions.

Television shows have shown a number of superstitions such as breaking of glass, Turmeric falling, Puja Plate dropping and what not! And it is believed by many that all such events are signs of bad luck. There is no evidence for these! And I have never heard foreigners reacting to these events. In fact they get happy when glass breaks!

 

The urban people of India have the sense to differentiate between real and reel things and take these things casually. But the main problem arises in the rural areas. There are still a large number of people in the world that believe Television speaks the truth and are often influenced by the shows on TV. Why aren't these shows promoting useful thing such as self defence for women or maybe family counselling!

What are your views on this issue? Do you know of more such superstitions? Comment below!

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