{"id":46,"date":"2010-04-15T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2010\/04\/is-this-empowerment.html"},"modified":"2011-06-30T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T20:13:25","slug":"is-this-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2010\/04\/is-this-empowerment.html","title":{"rendered":"Is this empowerment ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw this promo on TV, I thought finally &#8211; someone with their head screwed on the right way :<br \/>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EVfL6kmciXM]<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately and horrifyingly, as it turns out in this serial, the heroine, the girl who speaks up, marries the ring-leader of the molesters (the guy in black). Disturbing, to put it mildly. Sevati Ninan in the Hindu, has this to say :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>From the current crop of serials, a very good example of enthusiastic consumption of a bizarre plot line is the serial \u201cMann ki Awaaz Pratigya\u201d. The production house, Star TV, bills it a \u201cfight against disrespect of women\u201d. And what does the lead character do? She marries a goon who eve-teases her. Then she tells him that he can win her body but not her love. You fight disrespect by marrying the eve-teaser, taking the battle into his home.<\/em><br \/><em><br \/><\/em><br \/><em>One scene has the couple standing around while the goon&#8217;s mother and father discuss the fact that the bride did not let her husband near him on her wedding night. The father suddenly sticks his gun at his son&#8217;s head. The son narrows his eyes and dares his father to kill him. Later his mother is told by his father, that she needs to have her tongue chopped off with a pair of scissors because she interrupts when the menfolk are talking.<\/em><br \/><em><br \/><\/em><br \/><em>But on a blog called \u2018TV serials and TV shows&#8217; there are 53 comments about Pratigya and here&#8217;s what viewer postings say: \u201cit is best serial.\u201d \u201cIt is best story. This story is Power of women. I like Pratigya Character.\u201d \u201cExcellent concept. its needed to see by all girls and women. very good and congratess to teem of pratigya. (sic)\u201d \u201cIts a pretty gud serial i liked krishna&#8217;s character.\u201d \u201cPRATIGYA serial is very good story.\u201d \u201cI should tell this or not but i like Krishna the way he speaks in the serial the story is good hats off to your team why i see that show is because i like Krishna a lot.\u201d<\/em><br \/><em><br \/><\/em><br \/><em>Krishna is the goon who is the raffish protagonist. \u201cIt&#8217;s a very nice serial. I love krishna&#8217;s eyes.\u201d \u201cPratigya serial is very good. Every character is very natural and Krishna Bhaiya is awesome. His dialogue delivery is wonderful. I like him very much. In fact I am going to crazy about him.\u201d If this degree of appreciation needs comprehending, here is another visitor comment which offers an explanation: \u201cThe serial has started off well&#8230;the challenge is to sustain the interest. Krishna is a typical young brat from North Indian which would appeal to young audience.\u201d Young audiences are discovering that harassing her is the way to get the girl you want? There I go being literal again.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How nice that the Indian people have taken a goonda to their hearts ! &#8220;<em>Krishna Bhaiya is awesome<\/em>&#8221; indeed ! Excuse me while I throw up (there goes my dinner).<\/p>\n<p>Entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindu.com\/mag\/2010\/04\/04\/stories\/2010040450010100.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/11570614-9049128812084289908?l=reviewroom.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw this promo on TV, I thought finally &#8211; someone with their head screwed on the right way :[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EVfL6kmciXM] Unfortunately and horrifyingly, as it turns out in this serial, the heroine, the girl who speaks up, marries the ring-leader of the molesters (the guy in black). Disturbing, to put it mildly. 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Disturbing, to put it mildly. 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