Originally posted by: toothbrush13
@koolsadhu1000
Very well put, or if I may quote Rasili Bai from Ghar Ki Laskhmi Betiyann, "Yeh achi kahi meri jaan..." 😆
That's kind of what I was trying to say as well, that Sachin was a bindass/jhakaas person, and it was very out of character for him to do something like that. I think it was an insult to his character. They could have done so much more (like your 2nd point for example). From what I have read on here about the real version of Pavitra Rishta, that would have fit the original story more, with the rift between the brothers bringing ArMan back together. But no, the writers/creatives of this show don't want to use a ready-made super-hit story that they have already bought the rights of, such overachievers, na?
I love your third point. I really wanted to put something like that, but I felt like it would be off topic. The portrayal of the US (or anywhere "foreign" for that matter) in Indian shows/movies is so frustrating. There is no easy/instant money, people do have morals (Have these writers ever met a (usually Southern) conservative Christian? They have amazing morals and manners!), full-ride scholarships are a distant dream for most people, and in many places it rarely, if ever, snows. I still await a show where "Western" culture is portrayed accurately.
Sachin had so much scope, such a shame that they killed him.
Gosh !😊 U watched that show ? GKLB ? I was a regular there with my posts .........do not recall seeing u there .😆 Sometimes i miss blasting that chauvinistic show.
The portrayal of US is so typical , so judgmental , that it gets to me . Because of these serial makers the average Indians there believe that US is a place where money can be plucked on trees , where women are the fast kind and fall in your lap like ripe mangoes , where youth r always high on cocaine or marijuana, where youth always disrespect their elders and backanswer them and dont know the concept of a value called RESPECT , and getting into universities is a roll on a carpet .
They have no idea of the rigorous application process ..........that to get in at next fall , one has to apply the earlier fall ..........almost a year gap . See how fast Sachin's application is processed .......it was laughable.
Indian teenagers r equally disrespectful to elders at times , and do frequent pubs and do many things without their parents knowledge . In fact I know quite some who lie efficiently to their parents . This disrespect thing is common to an age called the adolescent age..........it has nothing to do with being in the US or being an INdian . 60 % of teenagers all over the world rebel . Drugs r sold outside Indian colleges blatantly by drug dealers with corrupt police looking the other way after taking their monthly 'hafta' , and youth in the States do community service , and r involved in many social programs right from high school days like volunteering in hospitals , libraries , Scout work , and many other . An average Indian teenager is far more pampered compared to an American teenager . He goes to college and gets hot meals by doting parents who think it is a big great thing that their son is studying in college and will bring honour to their family one day , while we see the American teenager doing odd jobs to earn his own pocket money , like mowing lawns of neighbours , raking leaves in fall , standing for hours in MC donalds or Krogers in summer vacations ...........things Indian teenagers in middle class familes r not subjected to till they graduate .
The beautiful policy of America to live and let live .........their " I can respect that ' attitude of other religions is never portrayed in INdian serials . Infact religious intolerance is far more in great value India . NRI Indian youth r sometimes far more culture aware than even Indian youth who take their cultural heritage for granted and blatantly ape the West or their conception of the West . The professional dedication of Americans , their ability to throw themselves in social causes and give it their hundred percent is never shown or mentioned in Indian serials . Americans r mocked at as people of loose morals with long hair who call everyone disrespectfully ' dude ' is the general idea . What they do not even understand is ' dude ' is a terminology for ' yaar ' in the Hindi language and that Not everyone in the states have long hair like hippies or green mohawk hair styles . There r gays in India too they just dont come out of the closet , bas .
When I go to India , to my amusement I often encounter comments from my relatives like " This may be happening in your Ammerica but WE dont do it like this here .' This from the very people whose children r lined up outside immigration advisers to get here either on student visas or job visas . Frankly , what do these people who make such idiotic , hurtful and judgemental comments even know about the first thing of US ? It is an awfully judgmental , rigid attitude . The latest irritatingly hypocritical attitude of Indian directors is " We may be poor but we have our culture , we r rich in culture unlike u US guys' ..........and it simply gets to me . If you guys r so judgmental about others , please take a good look into your own cultural roots and then speak for our Indian culture does NOT advocate such arrogance . Half of these idiotic serial makers do not know the first thing about Indian culture in the real sense........their knowledge is superficial and they sell their culture in the most crass way possible . Just look at the portrayal of women in Indian serials . They r only waaris producing machines who do obscure poojas the whole day and tolerate any amount of ' abuse ' in the name of ' good sanskaars ' . Is this portrayal of Indian women true ? Absolutely NOT . So is the portrayal of US or ' PHOREN or AMREEEKA . Whenever these idiots show that message in their serials that HA HUM GAREEB ZARUR HAI PAR HUM SANSKRUTI AUR SANSKAARON MEIN TUMSE { meaning the US ] KAHI ZYAADA AMEER HAI '..................someone from the audience in the awards functions shud get up and publicly blast them saying so go and study ur own culture , truly it is time u did so , coz if ur attitude is this self righteous and judgmental and ur so full of it , something is definetely very wrong ...............either ur so called culture is not so perfect or you are understanding it very wrongly .
Edited by koolsadhu1000 - 15 years ago
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