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Debate on TV serials

13 May 2005, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Sayyeda tun noor Sameera Lecturer, Language Centre Independent University, Dhaka
13 May 2005, 18:00 PM
Responding to Mr. M Haq's letter from Jeddah, I would like to extend my full support to what he has said. A generation is, indeed, made, not in a day, it is like a tireless effort by a current generation to build up a new one and for that, lots of restraint in every socio-economic sector is needed. If we consider how our generation was brought up in late 70's and early '80s, we would find that our parents sacrificed a lot of their personal freedom of entertainment only to create an example that should later be followed by their offsprings. I recollect my parents used to switch off television after 10 at night so that we could go to bed without any hesitation. But we all know that during those days dramas on BTV were very popular and so were the English serials like Dallas, Dynasty etc and these shows were telecast only after 10.

I never saw my parents viewing anything on TV that they preached us against. The scenario is quite the opposite now. I am the mother of a 6-year-old child now when TV screen is flooded with choices. The more choices our children have today, the more obscenities they are exposed to!

What is more worrying is the fact that we, the parents, are often encouraging our children to be a part of "what's happening around them " and allowing them to watch adult shows which are actually everywhere on TV screen now. The serials, both Bangla and Hindi, are flooded with unusual and often immoral concepts like extra marital affairs, vulgar expressions, physical violence, abuses etc and parents, grand parents and the youngest members of the family join together to watch them! I believe we all have to taste the cookies we are preparing for our children!

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