First of all this is not a musing of mine on physics. But it rather is the output of another deep endeavor into human psychology and sociology, or whatever people call this stuff.
I have seen a lot of American/Western television and movies than Indian. I don’t know why I’m so inclined to western movies and TV shows; maybe it’s the lack of creativity in Indian cinema/TV art community. What matters in this discussion is that I see much more negative portrayal of life in Indian TV than in its western counterpart.
I’ve been thinking for long, why is this so? Is it because we Indians have a negative attitude towards life? In most of the fictional series and movies in India, I see pain, suffering and generally a lack of harmony and happiness. Those who come up with this lackluster real-life dramatization have a point to make; that is they are accurately depicting the so called real-world or real-life. But what’s the point? Even after 60 or more years of combined depiction of real-India, where have we reached so far? The causes for the dismal portrayal of life still linger and looms shadow over the lives of a large section of the populace. If the so called depiction have not commanded a change after 6 decades, isn't it high time we change it for good?
Or is it this negative portrayal (or the portrayal of life which itself is largely negative) that continues to push us to the brink of a humanitarian crisis of social ill-being? The large number of suicides in the country reflects in many soap-operas in Indian TV. Whenever the hero or heroine or his/her wife/husband/mother/father comes to a standstill in life; their reaction is so obvious, suicide. Media takes up the stories of suicides with great zeal and the encouragement from fictional TV serials is no lesser. What is the cause what?
Although life must be hard, people should be shown and taught to fight it and not to succumb to it. But at the same time, we must not ignore the people who face the hardships. If we have more pleasantries in life from the TV, then I believe our general outlook itself will become positive.
TV and cinema are becoming more and more crucial to shaping of the nation. It is the duty of the perpetrators of fiction to bring in more happiness and reasons for cheer into the lives of avid audience in order to have a future generation with a pleasant outlook.
In a situation where people are increasingly tuning in to the media advice, the onus is on the media industry...
I have seen a lot of American/Western television and movies than Indian. I don’t know why I’m so inclined to western movies and TV shows; maybe it’s the lack of creativity in Indian cinema/TV art community. What matters in this discussion is that I see much more negative portrayal of life in Indian TV than in its western counterpart.
I’ve been thinking for long, why is this so? Is it because we Indians have a negative attitude towards life? In most of the fictional series and movies in India, I see pain, suffering and generally a lack of harmony and happiness. Those who come up with this lackluster real-life dramatization have a point to make; that is they are accurately depicting the so called real-world or real-life. But what’s the point? Even after 60 or more years of combined depiction of real-India, where have we reached so far? The causes for the dismal portrayal of life still linger and looms shadow over the lives of a large section of the populace. If the so called depiction have not commanded a change after 6 decades, isn't it high time we change it for good?
Or is it this negative portrayal (or the portrayal of life which itself is largely negative) that continues to push us to the brink of a humanitarian crisis of social ill-being? The large number of suicides in the country reflects in many soap-operas in Indian TV. Whenever the hero or heroine or his/her wife/husband/mother/father comes to a standstill in life; their reaction is so obvious, suicide. Media takes up the stories of suicides with great zeal and the encouragement from fictional TV serials is no lesser. What is the cause what?
Although life must be hard, people should be shown and taught to fight it and not to succumb to it. But at the same time, we must not ignore the people who face the hardships. If we have more pleasantries in life from the TV, then I believe our general outlook itself will become positive.
TV and cinema are becoming more and more crucial to shaping of the nation. It is the duty of the perpetrators of fiction to bring in more happiness and reasons for cheer into the lives of avid audience in order to have a future generation with a pleasant outlook.
In a situation where people are increasingly tuning in to the media advice, the onus is on the media industry...
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