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Looking at some of the posts and the advice given by well intentioned ladies what struck me was how much the hindi movies and tv serials seem to be influencing the ladies here!
To many of us especially those of us who are NRIs Hindi movies have only been a song and dance routine which are our kids enjoy humming and dancing to and TV serials which our inlaws enjoy watching have never been anything more than a bunch of gaudily dressed women scowling into the camera!
Many of us have been taught the essence of Indian values which come from the ancient Indian scriptures and make so much sense to follow and give true solace to the soul and above all teach you to look at Truth in the face before making a decision.
What happened to those values? Why are Indians themselves turning a deaf ear to those values and ignoring them? Is Indian culture defined by Hindi movies and TV serials?
I, an Indian feel like an alien in this domain. Honestly I cannot relate to some of the thoughts expressed here and it makes me feel I need to quit this group. Vrinda replied. You are right in saying that but it applies to the typical hindi serials and commercial movies. If u r pointing at Gandhigiri then I shall say u dont know what that movie means to people in India and that is because you are not in India. So I want to tell you that after that movie was released people were positively affected by its mere reviews, even before watching the movie. There were articles in all the papers, discussions in news, interviews , public movements and waah-waahs. Its been so long that the movie is released, but the newspapers still are printing articles, recently there was a photograph of current Gandhi family (decendants of Bapu) in a newspaper like Times of India.The movie reminded grandparents of their beloved Bapu, reemphasised the values on generation of our fathers, and gave a glimpse of what Bapu was and his values to today's generation. How many in the young educated generation really read about Bapu? And the slum people, they really know him as the man on the notes and nothing else.The reviews said that it was a great way to teach good things like Bapu's values to the youth.

Same with movies like Rang-de-basanti and Yuva.

People are saying now, that these are the types of movies we want and not the commercial ones.If such movies are doing even 0.1% good to the society then they are worth it. And if we are having even 1 such movie per year, we can bear the ugly soaps and dancing around trees hoping it wd also change, and this should be a reason good enough for you to look at positives and stay on the group. You know that as such nobody wd be bothered if you say you want to leave, but if this group has done any positive for you, or you have helped anybody, its worth it. Let the bad things go. Padmaja replied. which Indian values? Wht did you not feel related to? Whos saying you dont leave this group? Whose dancing to hindi serials? Please dont throw dialouges like a hindi movie heroine in distress. Come straight.