10 THINGS only a Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah FAN will understand

http://www.tellychakkar.com//tv/features/10-things-only-taarak-mehta-ka-ooltah-chashmah-fan-will-understand-150228

The article is very well written.

Somehow I feel the writer has written the article about old tmkoc rather than the present one.
Middle class values have almost disappeared from the show. The gokuldham wasis always need an excuse to have parties and functions, spend lot of money in making lavish sets and wearing designer clothes, etc.

A person who regularly watches the show will know that it glorifies Gujarati culture a lot.In this show,everything Gujarati is the best,whether it's clothes or food or language or cities. Only big festivals are celebrated but with Gujarati tadka. Every festival celebration ends with garba.

This show does stereotype tamilians and punjabis and bengalis too.They have very limited knowledge about other cultures and languages.

Even a die hard fan of the show is fed up of daya's garba.Nobody will do garba at the drop of a hat like garba.

But still this show is much much better than other channels shows and I am glad it's on top.Such shows are really rare nowadays.

Originally posted by: .Subha.

A person who regularly watches the show will know that it glorifies Gujarati culture a lot.In this show,everything Gujarati is the best,whether it's clothes or food or language or cities. Only big festivals are celebrated but with Gujarati tadka. Every festival celebration ends with garba.

Originally posted by: Chitragandha

Remember? They have a feeling that this show is watched only in Gujarat?

So basically, this show is made for gujarati people from gujrat, who have presumably never been out of Gujarat. The only other place they know is Mumbai. Now, how to make these people feel great about them selves? By placing a gujarati family with other families in a Mumbai set upand showing them to be the best amongst the lot. Simple!

Just observe, how lowly they portray a scientist. And the best is, how lowly they portray a well educated Marathi person in front of a school drop out, over smart, Gujarati businessman, who only knows how to earn money. Think from the angle of an average joe from Gujarat. he must be delighted to see and believe that Gujjus are the best even outside Gujarat. Esp compared to Marathis...Mumbai, being the bone of contention.😛.

This portrayal is called 'Ignorance" and "False self praise". Anybody who stays in Mumbai will know that Gujjus really don't matter in all the fields. Yes, the only place they dominate are in shops. But there are equal number of Rajasthani sshopkeepers

Anyway, not that I have anything against them, because I have a truck load of Gujju friends. But the over the top glorification of everything Gujarathi esp in Mumbai, is actually hallucination on part of the creatives. Only a wish, nothing more. Apart from Navratri, where do you see Dandiya? How many people prefer Gujarathi thali to a Punjabi thali or Chinese or South Indian food in reality? In actuality, Maharshtrian Vada Pav is the life line of Mumai.😉 If you have an academic problem, how many of us will go our Gujju friend for help? Wouldnt we rather go to a our brilliant South Indian friend or a scholar Maharashtrian friend? In school projects, how many times a Gujju student has been our leader? etc etc...

So, basically this serial is made by a Gujju, to make other Gujjus feel good about themselves. We are actually not supposed to watch it.😛

I am TMKOC fan .. ( atleast from episodes 1 to 800) and i couldn't relate to even single point in this article .. 🥱... dunno what thought process went behind whoever wrote this ...

Originally posted by: Chitragandha

Remember? They have a feeling that this show is watched only in Gujarat?

So basically, this show is made for gujarati people from gujrat, who have presumably never been out of Gujarat. The only other place they know is Mumbai. Now, how to make these people feel great about them selves? By placing a gujarati family with other families in a Mumbai set upand showing them to be the best amongst the lot. Simple!

Just observe, how lowly they portray a scientist. And the best is, how lowly they portray a well educated Marathi person in front of a school drop out, over smart, Gujarati businessman, who only knows how to earn money. Think from the angle of an average joe from Gujarat. he must be delighted to see and believe that Gujjus are the best even outside Gujarat. Esp compared to Marathis...Mumbai, being the bone of contention.😛.

This portrayal is called 'Ignorance" and "False self praise". Anybody who stays in Mumbai will know that Gujjus really don't matter in all the fields. Yes, the only place they dominate are in shops. But there are equal number of Rajasthani sshopkeepers

Anyway, not that I have anything against them, because I have a truck load of Gujju friends. But the over the top glorification of everything Gujarathi esp in Mumbai, is actually hallucination on part of the creatives. Only a wish, nothing more. Apart from Navratri, where do you see Dandiya? How many people prefer Gujarathi thali to a Punjabi thali or Chinese or South Indian food in reality? In actuality, Maharshtrian Vada Pav is the life line of Mumai.😉If you have an academic problem, how many of us will go our Gujju friend for help? Wouldnt we rather go to a our brilliant South Indian friend or a scholar Maharashtrian friend? In school projects, how many times a Gujju student has been our leader? etc etc...

So, basically this serial is made by a Gujju, to make other Gujjus feel good about themselves. We are actually not supposed to watch it.😛

First of all, the mindset amongst most of the indians that gujjus's are not fine academists is wrong, sab gujju baniye nahi hote and sab south indian padhakoo nahin hote, there are very prime examples of excellent south indian and maharastrain businesman and equally there prime examples of gujju scholars, so such thinking is absolutely not expected in 21st century for the least !!

@Amish,this serial stereotypes every community including gujaratis.In one episode,daya was mentioning all the successful businessmen who are less eduated yet earned a lot of money and fame.And all the names she mentioned all the guarati people.It was like as if all the gujjus are less educated and successful businessmen.

Very true subha...though not a sikh...but m also a punjabi...have many sikhs in relation..n they are not at all like sodhi...punjabis are open..dats true..but they does not keep expressing their love everytime in front of everone...their minds think beyond party sharty n alcohol...they are innocent not dumbs...

Originally posted by: pongapandit

First of all, the mindset amongst most of the indians that gujjus's are not fine academists is wrong, sab gujju baniye nahi hote and sab south indian padhakoo nahin hote, there are very prime examples of excellent south indian and maharastrain businesman and equally there prime examples of gujju scholars, so such thinking is absolutely not expected in 21st century for the least !!

Even i am against mr.a modi, he is portraying we gujjus and jains in an absolutely wrong manner, anyone will get offended from such portrayal show in the show, absolutely agree with your views chitragandhaben !!