Ye Hai Mohabbatein' has aired repeatedly scenes of molestation and crimes against women but to no effect, the characters who play the perpetrators are shown roaming freely even as numerous cases are pending against them. So its clear law means nothing in their world but science, the other pillar of human society was still standing and it needed destruction, so welcome this new track to do it.
Recently when the show started dealing with the sensitive issue of infertility and surrogacy, something that's rampant, relatable and worthy of discussion in today's times when many couples battle with fertility related issues and seek treatment for the same. The channel could have educated the masses about the various treatments available for curing their fertility issues and even incorporated surrogacy as one of the means for the same, however instead of doing so in order to sensationalise the content and create unnecessary drama to develop conflict in the story they chose to go down a path that's appalling to watch. Ishita, who was known to have fertility issues owing to a history of tuberculosis is shown getting pregnant within a fortnight of consummating her marriage with her husband Raman, what kind of message does it send across to the viewers?
The show which was launched as a vehicle to touch and address various issues that are rampant in the society but not discussed openly making them taboos like infidelity and infertility just went against the very theme that was the message behind it's inception.
Couples who struggle with infertility and undergo painful and costly procedures for the same for years sometimes and to no avail in some cases were just made a big, fat joke here, women who tackle the various barbs of the society when they are unable to conceive and even go through depression and develop suicidal tendencies sometimes even going to the extreme lengths of killing themselves were mocked at. And if that wasn't enough, later Ishita suffers a miscarriage and not by any natural reasons like her fertility issues but an accident which could have been disastrous for any pregnant woman in her shoes; however the peak of disgust is when after this incident Raman arrives to the conclusion of opting for surrogacy in the blink of an eye.
The medical aspects of the case are shown in such an absurd and ludicrous manner that it's cringe worthy. But what's truly appalling isRaman duping his wife into signing a consent form for surrogacy and asking the doctor to start the procedure immediately without imparting her any knowledge of the same. The doctor who is performing the procedure is completely aware that the woman who is his patient has not given her consent to the procedure and is yet endorsing the same. What a wonderful message the channel is showing here - that medical treatments are a joke and ethics mean nothing when you entrust a doctor with your care, share your personal information with them and that no such a thing as doctor-patient protocol exists?
Here is a show that is not only showing that it's alright for the husband alone to decide and take decisions about a matter so important and life altering that he doesn't think twice before violating his wife's trust upon him but also her rights to decide whether or not she's willing to have this procedure done where a part of her body (her frozen eggs) are being used without her knowledge but also saying that it's perfectly acceptable to do so especially when you have a doctor who knows the truth about the matter and yet assures you that it's perfectly acceptable to make the decision as it has no legal repercussions that you might face.
What kind of message is the channel sending here , what is it endorsing? That as long as you can have child it's alright to opt for any means and methods even if it could jeopardise your marriage and violate the rights of your wife, she would have to accept a baby she has no idea about because biologically it would be her own even though she didn't opt for the same? And to top it off the channel is promoting this revolutionary message across social networks with the hashtag #HopeNeverDies, seriously?
Hats off Star plus and Balaji, for this wonderful representation of how issues like infertility can be tackled by couples, how surrogacy, especially one that is done without the persmission of the woman is absolutely acceptable and should in fact be opted for because who the hell cares about violation of trust and rights, as long as you get a child nothing else matters.
Thank you for spreading this sensational message across from your network, even as you promote women empowerment by airing shows like educate the girl child and Satyamev Jayate, I wonder would Aamir Khan on his next season call you people, the wonderful geniuses who came up with this brilliance and asked what gave you the brainwave that made you arrive at this conclusion - ask you how can you advice and help couples in this situation who could have been battling it for years and spend god knows how much, prayed for a miracle to happen to them with every fiber of their being, because who knows you might just show them the way which science and medicine failed to do, tell them if the woman has the problem ask your maid or the neighbor, or the one who walks your dog to rent her womb to you and problem solved and if its the guy whose swimmers lack the motility and agility that are making it a task for you to get knocked up, just walk in a bar, catch the first stud you think is virile enough and go at it with him for night - he would have no idea if you end up with a bun in the oven once its done and he is gone, and you would have what you wanted with no one none the wiser...and keep doing it again and again with as many people as possible until and unless you see a little positive sign on a pink strip...please for the sake of all that is holy show that Star plus do it, help the couples pining for a child who have not betrayed and stabbed each other in the back and got it done, because as long as a child is there who cares how it got in this world...marriage can be sanctitious and sacred and all that jazz, but at the end of the day what counts, what matters is if you can have a ghar ka chirag to carry the line forward or maybe even a ghar ki lakshmi to show...hey the organs are functional at least - because XX or XY is beyond my control...
Current Affairs
Bigg Boss 19
Anupamaa
Jhanak
22