For this assignment I watched the first episode of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai soap opera. Not being able to understand everything they said, I was still able to conclude the relationships between the main characters. The plot is about a Hindu family and there are mother, father, daughter and son. Also, there is a grandmother who is mother’s mother, and she seems like a funny character. One gets an impression that the mother is more willing to tolerate her son, than her daughter. I realized that because when son says he does not feel well, mother is immediately concerned and letting him skip the school, even though he is just pretending. During the same scene, I came up to a conclusion that the grandmother is ridiculing mother’s oversensitivity towards the son.
At the same time when her daughter asks to go to the movies, the mother is not willing to let her go, and the girl only gets to go see the movie because she got her father’s permission. The only interaction with her husband was when the daughter was asking his permission to go out. It seems that the husband does not take in consideration mother’s will against her daughter going out, and he gives the permission to her. The relationship between mother and father does not seem like a happy one.
Furthermore, there are many motives of Hinduism in the house, so that is how I concluded that this is a Hindu family. It is incredible how much one can actually understand just by noticing body language, hand gestures, and behavior amongst the characters. Of course, the episode ends with the daughter singing a song while the actions (life) of her mother is being presented to the audience. The combination of a slow song, and sad look on mother’s face makes me conclude that the girl sang about her mother, and maybe their misunderstandings.
Watch Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFLyE9-tJH8
After watching the soap opera, I listened to one of my favorite songs in Hindi, Pee Loom. Just like the majority of popular Hindi songs, this one is also from a movie called Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. While I was in India I watched the movie, and really liked the song. Just as one can conclude from watching the video – it is a song that a man sings to a woman he loves and her beauty. Typical Bollywood :)
Video for Pee Loon song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOK2OYI7Fo
Since I lived in Indian state Rajasthan, I decided to read Rajasthan Patrika. I was able to read, but I honestly did not understand what I was reading. Hopefully by the end of semester this improves :)
Link for Rajasthan Patrika:
http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Rajasthan_Patrika/400x60/0
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