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The Pittsburgh Patrika, Vol, 21, No. 1, October 2015Twenty-five years after my own wedding, my niece Chayanika washaving hers. Though it’s a Hindi movie cliché, that’s how I replayit in my mind: a shy two-year-old trash-talks as I try to push her on aswing, saying marengay (I’ll hit you). She responds: nani ke pas jayenge(I’ll go to my grandma and tell on you), and meri maa ka-han hai (whereis my mother when I need her?).Cut to: the beautiful bride’s arm, gracefully extended toward themehandi wala (mehandi artist). She looks up slowly, smiles. I snap aphotograph. Or rather, 30 shots each second.One of the changes I witnessed over the past 25 years in India isthe increasing encroachment of television into the daily lives ofyoungsters, housewives, and especially retirees. When I arrived in Patna,the family had a small black-and-white TV that received a single station— Door Darshan One. Now, large flat-screen TVs are ubiquitous amongthe middle and upper-middle class. They stock a quantity of channelsputting the US to shame. More Hindi “soaps” are produced in India thanin the US, exceeding even the Bollywood-to-Hollywood ratio of filmsproduced annually.In retirees’ homes, the TV is always, always, on. The main couch usuallyfaces a flat LCD TV screen that relentlessly telecasts a soap, a newsPranam India... ... Continued on Page 2822
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