Saas bahu na raha...
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TVtamasha of the week
By Kshama Rao
smdmail@mid-day.com
It's been six days since the idiot box has gone silent of its daily soaps, courtesy the strike between the producers' associations and the workers. While broadcasters have been twiddling their thumbs and waiting for the war to be called off, most viewers we guess are back to doing things they had sacrificed for TV viewing. For instance:
* We hear divorce rates are going down. The couple is no longer fighting over the remote control.
* Chips and cola sales are going down as children are no longer sitting like aloos on the couch. They are discovering the joys of reading, playing outdoors and actually bonding with their parents.
* More women (yeah, some men too) are trying out new recipes in the kitchen as now they have enough time to cook up elaborate meals as there is no favourite serial to catch up with.
* Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are bickering more than usual just to make up for what they are missing on screen.
* People are sleeping early and not waking up thinking 'how will Parvati solve her dilemma'.
* Last but not the least, there is a growing worry among the broadcasters that aisa hi haal raha toh viewers will soon call their bluff, realise they were being taken for a long, senseless viewing ride and eventually be weaned off daily soaps.
Ah, Utopia.
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