Funny side of Hindi Soaps.....

When I watch our Hindi soaps, I realise between all, there are many similarities,
A woman protagonist, a vamp and the hero caught between these two ladies.
The ladies adorned with heavy jewellery and heavy saris or salwar suits throughout the day,
At night they sleep with their heavy make up too, 
That's the way they sleep in India, portrayed in such a funny way!
These Hindi soaps are so stereotypical in their characters and stories,
Portraying the great big  quintessential "Khandaani" Indian family.

There'll be a protagonist from a middle class family or she may be extremely poor,
And the vamp, the hero's mother or step mother or sister-in-law will be super rich,
flashing her diamonds galore.
There'll be an evil tune when the vamp acts nasty and mean
And a sad tune playing in the background for a sob sob, melodramatic scene.
And there'll be drama, romance and Rhona Dhona, 
But we Indians are so engrossed and raptured in all this madness,
Where some saas and bahus forget to eat their raat ya din ka khana.

Our soap queen Ekta Kapoor has surely glued us to the "Idiot Dabha" (box)
With serials like "Bade Ache Lagte Hain" and "Kya hua Tera vadaa",
She has surely changed the face of Indian television, if that was her "Iraada"
With the Priyas, Niharikas, Anushkas, Monas, 
Indian women are portrayed in a very different light,
They are no longer shown as tortured or troubled poor souls,
Where we viewers pity their sorry, helpless plight.

All Hindi soaps show women fighting back,
And the poor heroes, left dumbfounded, it seems, tongues they lack.
These soaps are surely watchable and cannot be entirely criticised,
As it has been proved, that in some Indian villages, their good values have imbibed,
Where social evils like infanticide of the female foetus has been discouraged,
And educating the girl child has been greatly encouraged.

So watching Hindi soaps and their quirky similarities ain't all that bad and weird
after all it's pure entertainment and good versus evil,
Though these soaps could go on and on and on, and suddenly the heroine is made to look a hundred years!