Recently, Yazad Jal mocked the patronizing attitude of India's mutiple K-Serials on cable.
Christian Science Monitor takes a more constructive view. Per Scott Baldauf:
While "Kyunki" is usually a standard soap opera of family squabbles and female aspirations, the show is among a growing number that use their influence as an occasional platform to educate viewers, most of them middle-class women and housewives, about a variety of social causes, from treating diarrhea to the rights of women and the importance of donating to tsunami victims.
Friday, June 10, 2005
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