Allhumdolillah! I am at a much better place since my last post with series of lab tests, utlrasounds, a mammogram and some other really scary tests, and a gut wrenching anxiety of results. I am doing well thankfully everything was clear except low iron levels with vitamin d3 deficiency. These deficiencies are now on their way to recovery. It is worth noting that I have been struggling with intense brain and physical fatigue since 2019 but not a single doctor was able to identify my problem. Once somebody is diagnosed with depression or anxiety then every health issue they complain about is looked from the psychological lenses. Nobody asked me to check iron, vitamin b12 or vitamin d3 deficiencies even my mum who is a dermatologist always assured me that I am fine and this weakness is just a phase. It was a phase alright, it engulfed almost 8 years of my life pushed back my career and research ambitions. This is not the case alone with me but there are many people who silentl...
I never wanted to admit this
publicly but I am confessing that I am a fan of Ishq e Mamnu (Aşk-ı Memnu, Forbidden Love).
The craze this Turkish TV play is creating especially amongst the ladies these
days it is quite impossible for me to ignore it.
Bihter and Behloul, famous
characters from the play are immensely popular with our audiences. At first beautiful
faces, dresses, the makeup, the jewellery, exquisite room decoration and delightful
scenery attracts you and once you start to watch it then there is no going back.
Initially I resisted but then it captivated me as well.
However, we have to admit that it
has quite remarkable acting by all the actors. In particular the protagonist of
the serial Beren Saat famously known as Bihter
is exceptional both in beauty and acting and of course it has excellent
direction.
What I am against is the boldness
in dressing and very different social practices. There are also apprehensions
in our media that if this trend of importing foreign TV plays continues at the
same pace then our television will vanish just like our films and theaters has
become history.
I have to agree that this short
cut is going to have devastating consequences but on the hand our own TV is not
producing any good product. Our TV producers use private
houses for shooting and there also we have two extremes, either it’s a huge
mansion or it’s a house in slum. Every house is a reflection of its residents
and when you use someone else’s home they don’t exactly reflect the characters.
So on this level as well our TV plays failed to make any impact.
Where ever you go there are abusive males,
manipulative ladies, unnecessary exposure of alcohol. Either our TV heroine is
a saint who prays five times a day in the serial or she wears western clothes and has
no moral values.
It is a fact that if when there
is space anything can take over.
We should never undermine the impact of TV or Films or theater both domestically and internationally. If we play our cards well then these creative mediums are multi-million dollar industry as they not only give jobs to our actors and technicians but they are vital in creating our country’s positive image globally.
Good Night, my friends.
We should never undermine the impact of TV or Films or theater both domestically and internationally. If we play our cards well then these creative mediums are multi-million dollar industry as they not only give jobs to our actors and technicians but they are vital in creating our country’s positive image globally.
Good Night, my friends.
Sonya Syed. (Day 378)
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