No respect for women

There seems to be no respect for women or womanhood in our television shows. Are we moving forward or backward? If one closely watches shows, every channel has daily drama that are so regressive that they make you cringe. What has happened to great story telling culture? We see the same conspiracies, kitchen politics and illogical violence that result in weird twists and turn. And the reason being the incomprehensible Trps. Some of the good writers are helpless. They seem to have given up on logical writing. New twists are written every week to create high voltage drama so that high trps are assured and in the process they lose out on the original plot.

Take for instance this show which showcases the love of two half sisters who belong to two different communities. Even after being dumped twice by the same guy, she falls for him and goes to unimaginable lengths to attain the same guy. She even resorts to killing her sister to marry him. Seriously where is our self respect?  In another show, a journalist gets gang raped and she is thrown out of the house by her parents and brother. I am not denying the fact that these things may not happen but is it necessary to show all these and corrupt tender minds? Where is the woman who is shown just as a normal human being but still gets the respect due to her? Why women should be shown either as evil incarnation or goddess personified who sacrifices everything to get her due in the society. On top of all these shows, we have crime based thrillers which give you the creeps if you sit and watch them. All channels are airing them on almost every day and from heinous crimes they move on to horror and gory supernatural nonsense. Visual impact is huge and constant watching of such shows is not good for the society at large. Do we need these on our channels for everyday viewing by children, impressionable adults and bored housewives? Is it not the responsibility of a powerful medium like television to air shows that motivates and inspires the society? They are supposed to be entertainment channels but instead of entertaining, they incite violence, corrupt impressionable minds and give birth to unholy ideas to the gullible viewer.

Powerful production houses that have a stake in almost all channels care only about trps and do not care about the trash they are airing. Is it not their responsibility to be answerable to the society? We have shows where women have scant respect for another woman, where sister throws stones at brother for denying her the love of her life (who is in love with another girl), where a witch falls for a married man and would go to any lengths to get him and a sister who loves a boy and who in turn loves her sister  tries to kill the sister just to attain the guy. Nobody cares about the tender feeling called love as it is all about possessing somebody you want. The producers may argue that they are ultimately showing that good wins over evil but after say, some one or two years of daily episodes. By this time, the viewers would have perceived and understood all the nuances of being evil or bad.

Can somebody put a stop to all these mindless shows and come up with sensible and logical stories that create a good impact and push the society forward instead of backward.