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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

CREATING AWARENESS VIA PRIME TIME DAILY SOAPS














This serial has been st up in the land or rural rajasthaan , quite easily and naturally depicting the sad plight of women who are forced to burry thier new born girl child as the villagers believe that a grl childhas no right to take birth, they want their wives to give them male child only as thery believe it brings pride to the family ac. to their so calles notions and age old beliefs. the main character of this story is a girl who decides to fight against this so called discrimination on the basis of gender. The serial has been made by shakuntalam telefilms and has ben broadcasted by colours channel at prime time slot.


Another serial by colours channel is "BAALIKA VADHU" that interetingly tells the story of anandi a monor girl who is maried and is forced to leave her studies. the serial shows how a child is deprived of her childhood by marryign in a tender age. the serial shows the problems faced by women in india specialy rural india. and it shows the mind set of people who think that a girl child has no right to education and she should learn only how to cook and look after her family.

In a country like india where serials are the best way to teach people about the ills and evils of society, these tv serials are noteworthy as these are entertaining and educating people about