SEMI...goes into saasbahu mode as she urges Ekta to take a break on the beach....

K-AYOED

The K-bug’s bitten me darlings and bitten me so bad. The last time it was Kevin Spacey in K-Pax. But these days its been all Ektaa. As I zapped from the world Cup (Dhoni’s not playing anymore) to the K-channels, to my horror I discovered they were playing three serials together.

Well, to begin with I don’t really understand this K-phenomenon on TV. The letter K is the 11^th th in the Latin alphabet, but to use it on Indian shows it just utterly preposterous. In fact all over the world, English is the only Germanic Language and productively uses hard Cs in addition to Ks. But on Indian television “K” has begun to hold such a dear and important place in our hearts that we cannot ignore it and accept it as it is , a simple ‘K’ .Its even a little hip one might say K?

Its true that I do end up catching these K serials once in a while and perhaps I did follow the stories if saaz and bahus going at each others throats for a while can be trifle bothering. But now , I treat these shows like my men…..Wouldn’t consider myself addicted , just mindly intrigued!

A fan of mine asked how the K women don’t age even after jumping a few generations . obviously aloe vera has a lot to do with it. Its succulent little plant, thick, fleshy and perhaps a little too juicy. As a natural product Its perfectly safe and environmental friendly and can be used for a variety of skin conditions including wrinkles and scaly epidermal cells.

Just bathing like me in rich lather of traditional aloe vera, Italian vinegar, Egyptian Camel Milk and Eastern pearls can enrich your skin like never before, even if you are 100 years old!

However I hate to see these lovely women not wearing white Baa humbug really! To tell you the truth, the women in most of these shows have to pretend to be completely traditional Indian ladies. Which means that if you’re married you must be happy and therefore colourful in style. If you’re single you must be colourful enough to remain in style, And if your husband is dead or missing in action, its time to bring on those pearly white! Its all too vintage and so reminiscent of the 50’s .Wet White Saree Revolutuon which I was a part of in early 60’s.Clearly these women need an education in what real women are wearing these days….

Well as people we tend to thrive on emotion and drama, its not very surprising when the same appeard on our television sets day in the intensity of the moment and emotions being toyed with.But they have gone quite far enough.There are some days when I didn’t even have to crack open the bottle of wine, but just ogling at rugged Rajeev Khandelwal and all others(pretty boys) made me go woo hoo!

Ektaa Darling I really love you, I have oodles of respect for your parents, especially for the way they have brought you up and your little bro. But honestly I do believe its time to settle down. No no no need to get married or some such hogwash, but do just go out a bit into the sun and see the fish in the Ocean. Just dun wear a thong on the beach!

I was thinking of making my own K-saga. I’d probably call it Kotton Kandy with Semi!

No no though that does bring to mind rather a disturbing thoughts of me, Karan Johar and some pink candy floss. Oh! I dun know I wouldn’t even try a TV thing for too long.TV is for girls, darlings, films for divas and theres a whole world out there for us goddesses!So why stick to only TV!