Mother-in-law oriented soaps dominate prime time on Indian television. Surfing channels is like a PowerPoint display of passion in hot pink, glimmering tears and the occasional stinging slap across the face.
“The rules can seem confounding to outsiders: India is a country where female infanticide can be a soap opera plot point in prime time but scenes of casual dating are taboo. In this realm it is the mother-in-law who is the metronome of Indian family values, issuing orders, giving advice and setting the rhythm of acceptable change.â€
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