television viewing

For the past few weeks i have been confined in and around my bed thanks to my back and its related problems.this inturn has led me back to the idiot box.in the good old school days jostling between unit tests and tiresome projects tv viewing had a special halo attached to it.it was the forbidden fruit.one had to make excuses for it,choose the appropriate time when dad would not be around with his knit eyebrows ,it was all about monopolizing the remote at the right time and right place.

Zooming in to the present and there is no question of monopolising the remote as my tv and i share a loving and deep monogamous relatnshp.i have my own tv in my own room.its no longer about switching it on at the right time and right place as now we are always there for each other aroused and hungry for more.but my tv has never been so idiotic as it is now.

There come on it flashes of some dolly bindra blaring away even when i try to decrease the volume, there is a well polished Mr Bachhan swimming in a pool of his own sachhirine modesty, a visibly unabashed gay coffee hamper carrier Mr Johar and a news blaster Mr Goswami pointing an AK 47 at anyone who refuses to make news!! These are the knights in shining armour of my more idiotic than ever tv.Intersperced and intermingling are the various characters with whom any resemblence of any charecter living or dead can spell doom for whole humanity.These charecters look lovely on my idiot box.there is a Nakusha who refuses to take a bath lest she loose her colour n we loose our composure,a Tapasya suffering from an only child phenomenon,Archana and Manav who take too seriously the age old adage of distance makes the heart grow fonder and Pratigya who cant keep one small promise.i wonder if with my words i have been able to convey my heartfelt deep admiration for these serials and their never say "the end" spirit.its easy to tie a knot wen one is done wid the stiching but its a whole different matter wen you have to tirelessly embroider on the daily soap spead wid knots and crosses.thats the beauty and the challenge.