Have your parents ever accused you of not giving them enough time? Have they made you feel guilty about sitting glued to Netflix every waking hour of the day, and not watching TV with them anymore? And have you, after being sufficiently berated for these very reasons, walked into the living room only to find yourself in a well-laid trap?
We have, so very often.
Moms – as a rule – make you sit through horrid award shows where actors dance to stupid songs, and get prizes in categories you have never heard of before. Mediocre comedians crack jokes you cannot imagine yourself laughing at in a million years, and all you can do is:
Let out an ‘eww’, and your mom gives you the harshest of stares: ‘Very good. Be an angrez… why would you like anything made by your own country?’ When everyone is reaping the fruits of the ongoing anti-national controversy, why should our parents be left behind? To prove your patriotism, you will have to sit your rebellious ass back down and watch some TV soaps. It’s the last nail in the coffin.
Let out an ‘eww’, and your mom gives you the harshest of stares: ‘Very good. Be an angrez… why would you like anything made by your own country?’ When everyone is reaping the fruits of the ongoing anti-national controversy, why should our parents be left behind? To prove your patriotism, you will have to sit your rebellious ass back down and watch some TV soaps. It’s the last nail in the coffin.
You debate in your head whether moving to Pakistan would really be that bad if you could avoid this crap, but that’s when it hits you… they are airing these shows over there too. There is no escaping what our desi channels throw at us.
You think we are exaggerating? Then check out…
1. The biggest Bad Luck Brian ever
Aerodynamics? LOL what’s that?
TV soaps make their own physics and logic. Lord knows what they are up to at Chakravatin Ashoka Samrat, because either my history lessons were nothing but good money down the drain or the producers at Colors don’t give two hoots about being historically accurate.
2. This Olympic gold-worthy archer
What? What the hell’s the matter with the guys at Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani?! They just swung the arrow in the girls’ direction and pretended like it was actually shot. That’s it, I’m outta here.
Hey wait, what happened to Drashti Dhami? Cooked herself a little too long in the tan machine, maybe. Maybe racism is okay if Third World countries do it to each other.