About a Daily Soap called Kashi

Yes i too represent the "modern" youth of india and i too find it cool to say that daily soaps suck, those are just for people who have nothing better to do.  But most of us modern people jump at the idea of landing a role in one of them.  The reason being instant stardom.  The impact of today's television is immense and it has become the most powerful medium of entertainment in 21st century.

But I am not writing this blog to go ga-ga over television.  I write this to share an amazing experience i was fortunate to experience called Kashi.  I was just surfing through the channels when i saw a setup which looked like one of the short stories that i had written.  A girl and her mother are traveling across a barren land.  Their throats parched with thirst.  After miles of walking into endless lands, they found a well filled with water.  How their souls would have filled with joy, only Santiago could have told after he found his treasure.

Mother started drinking the water and when her belly wasnt even fully satisfied, somebody shouts and tells them that the water from this well is poisonous, cant you read the sign.  They couldnt coz both mother and daughter couldnt read or write.

Back home, mother becomes severely ill and her husband is told by doctor that she wont last long.  She makes her husband pledge that their daughter wont be illiterate like her and that he will send their daughter to school.  Daughter also promises mom that she will study hard.  Mother dies.

Girl being from lower caste is admitted in school, only after school administration received a letter from education minister.  Girl super excited that she will get to study, goes to school only to find that school is empty.  All students are now hesitant to come to school because they cant study under the same roof with a girl from lower caste.  Girl is given 2 choices, whether to study alone or let others study.  Obviously, she chose the latter option.  But she is scared to tell this to her father, who is supportive of her studying.

The girl who plays Kashi has carved her character so well that you fall in love with her and feel for her the moment you see her on screen.  Story isnt slow paced at all and it conveys such a strong message that it made me write this blog just to forward the message further on.

Yes, I saw a daily soap.  But for the first time i am feeling good to admit it.