Thank you dear idiot box

What do you get if you put a mother and daughter every single day in front of a TV set? You don’t know? Well, I do… you get loads and loads of great times and that too at the meager cost of an electricity bill.

I had been busy with my studies, passing all the scheduled examinations (hurdles put forth by society to test your ability to mug) preparing myself for the next leap. In the midst of that I had forgotten what it was like to share a light moment, one in which there was no tension at the back of your mind. Facing a similar life was my mom… being a director wasn’t easy, there was oodles of work to be taken care of. The only time my mom and I would meet would be to eat dinner or sometimes on a very rare office holiday.

Now, with a lot of time at our disposal, we both were lost for the first few days. What do we do? ‘Rest’ didn’t seem a good option after a couple of days. We never were ones to sit back and relax and this habit doesn’t enter so late. I tried to do anything I could and soon got bored of it and so did she.

Never once did we realize that something would come to our rescue soon enough. People have a lot of names for it… Television, idiot box and the likes of it… Society tags it as an evil, turning people into couch potatoes. But I would like to ask… what if the potatoes were willing? At least it’s something to do once in a while and trust me its entertaining too. The serials have the basic same story but different actors and settings… and before you think I’ve gone mad I’d like to add the real reason we enjoy these serials. It’s not because of the emotional dramas or the tear-jerking moments… it’s because my mom and I turn the most sensitive scenes (the scenes likely to make the people take out their kerchiefs) into pure comedy. We laugh our hearts out and laughing is the best medicine, right!

When we sit for our evening siesta or our dinner, we enjoy a good chuckle out of the shows which are aired (my job is to survey the channels for the best deal… my job designation: Channel Jockey!!!). These days have been wonderful only because of this invention and this blog has been created solely in mind to give hearty thanks to it for making our days so special.