#the independent woman is a sham in these serials

[buttercuparry]

I didn't realize that what Indian TV does in saas-bahu serials is play up the ideals of being the perfect victim. How many times have the daughter-in-law turned the other cheek after being slapped? How many times have they wished well for their abusers? I wonder if this constant hammering in of the image of the demure perfect heroine, doesn't play in the politics of never subscribing to radical means even in the face of violent oppression. How many times in Indian politics, did people get vilified, simply because they exercised violence to get back at those who have been violent against them and that too with impunity?