Are Pakistani Dramas Promoting Sucide?

How many of you love Pakistani Dramas? Before that you start thinking you will be judged, please stop. I actually think that following Pakistani Dramas is cool and if you don't watch them thinking that it won't sound cool, then you need to shun off this stereotype. It's 21st Century already!

I am truly overwhelmed every time someone praise Pakistani serials. It is not very long ago that I became an avid watcher of Pakistani Prime Time serials (yes, the prime time ones 🙈). Thanks to couple of my university friends and youtube. Because, I am not a person who'd stick to television for straight 1 hour.

No doubt most of the content that our dramas are displaying is appreciated. They keep you hooked to the intriguing story. However, I have noticed a disturbing fact about some of the Pakistani Dramas and I cannot contain it any longer in my mind.
So, buckle up as I take you to the mind boggling ride of my brain.

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We all agree on suicide being the sensitive issue and it shall always be addressed or dealt carefully. But what I have noticed after watching the last episodes of few of the dramas of GEO TV, I realized that these shows are also sending out the message of *suicide* indirectly.
For instance, Ab Dekh Khuda kya karta hai.

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Did you watch this show? No? No problem, I will let you know the crux. Jaan-e-Alam of Ab Dekh Khuda Kia Karta Hai was an evil with a bad character, all his life. He literally ruined every other girl. When he realized his mistake, he was even pardoned by one of the girls who became his bhabhi (Sister-in-Law), later on. But, then what happened! He chose not to face his brother and decided to end his life.

Likewise, Naeema of Khamoshi. Naeema was a greedy women who literally snatched every other happiness of her family to satisfy her desires. She even snatched the husband-to-be of her sister and what not. The evil has to face the consequences and when the time came to do so, she decided to end her life.

The sole reason of choosing the suicide for such characters seems nothing to me but that the writers were incapable of thinking out of the box.

Or maybe I am wrong!

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But, I didn't get what message did these drama serials and others with the same plot try to send out.
Are they showing that one can do whatever they want and at the end, end their life to escape the consequences? Does this mean there is no life after realization of your mistakes?

Instead, why don't these serials show a life after realization- Show how culprit is more careful after being guilty, show them treating others nicely, show them getting closer to Allah or show them being punished!
Do you remember Khaani? How beautifully they handled the character of Mir Hadi at the end. They could have landed him in a suicide but no the makers decided to send out a better message by keeping the culprit imprisoned. A round of applause for the whole team!

But ending their life is not at all impacting the society positively. There are masses who watch these Dramas and this is the known fact. You never know when a suicide on TV screen can promote someone to do the same to escape guilt, blame and depression. Someone out there is always struggling in their life and watching a suicide in any of the drama serials/series can let them choose a wrong path.

If you have different views, leave your comments below! I would never mind if someone disagrees because I just wanted to pen down my thoughts on my blog, nothing else! 🌟

Confess- Risking life but not love

                           

          Hi, beautiful people! :)

Sorry for being MIA, for such a long time. I just got busy and lazy as hell. I hope I won't do this again, but who knows? *winks* 

Anyways, I have a lot of stuff in pipeline, so tighten your seat belts and keep reading! Let's start with this book review of one of my favorite authors.

Confess is written by Colleen Hoover. What a heartwarming story it is.There was a lot going on in the story. The beginning of the story intrigued me. I loved the concept of Owen's artwork being inspired by anonymous confessions. After Owen and Auburn's first encountered I immediately wondered how Owen knew her because it was obvious that Auburn had no idea who he was. What bothered me about this book was Lydia and Trey. The control they had over Auburn was manipulating. At the same time Auburn's low-opinion about herself was a bit low point and she allowed Trey and Lydia's control to contribute to her very low self esteem. Ultimately, this book dealt with issues of death, cancer, teen pregnancy, violence, addiction, assault and manipulation. There was a lot of drama in Owen and Auburn's life.

 At the same time Auburn's low opinion about herself was a bit pathetic and she allowed Trey and Lydia's control her life and to contribute to her very low self esteem. I understand that she was trying to do whatever she had to in order to be a part of AJ's life but her lack of confidence often made me doubt her character. While she would let Trey and Lydia manipulate her, Auburn took chance with Owen risking being caught and ultimately leading to conflict with Lydia. She would take those chances yet she wouldn't stand up to them.

I hated Trey's character. He was so annoying, jealous and controlling person. The way he manipulated Owen and his father just pissed me off. I actually liked Owen's dad although he wasn't a lovable character. I felt bad for him. Depression and addiction can destroy many relationships. Ultimately, this book dealt with issues of death, cancer, teen pregnancy, violence, addiction, assault, manipulation. There was a lot of drama and I feel like Trey got away too easily for all that he did to Owen and Auburn. He got away with being the angry, controlling jerk that he was. For the way he assaulted Auburn, he should have suffered more severe consequences.

Subscribe to my blog and let me know in the comments below, what do you think about this review. 

Book review- The Forty Rules of Love

Hi guys! Today I will be reviewing my all-time favorite book “The Forty rules of love”. I read this book a year ago and I totally loved it.

This book is written by Elif Shafak, a French born Turkish writer. Elif Shafak is one of the most acknowledged authors and feminist in Turkey. The Forty Rules of Love is one of her best sellers of all-time. This novel consists of two parallel narratives. The contemporary narrative is about an unhappily married Jewish housewife named Ella living in Northampton, Massachusetts. Ella works for a literary agency and currently she is given a book named "Sweet Blasphemy" by Aziz Zahara. The sweet blasphemy is the second narrative of this novel. Sweet blasphemy is actually about a wandering dervish Shams of Tabriz, who is a mystic Sufi. He sees the vision of his death and he know that he should find a companion to whom he can deliver his knowledge to. For that Shams travels from Samarkand to Baghdad where he gets to know about Jalaluddin Rumi, a famous scholar of that time by a Sufi. Shams travels to Konya where Rumi lives and the story unwraps itself as to how they become friends, how drastically Rumi starts to change and how people start to hate Shams including Rumi's family. On the other hand Ella becomes acquainted with the writer of sweet blasphemy Aziz Zahara over the email after she becomes highly affected by the sweet blasphemy. Over the course of emails with Aziz Zahara she finds out she is ready to give up her life, her children, her husband for the guy on the other end of the email.

I really liked the novel and most of it is because of Shams of Tabriz, from his rules of love to his strong personality to his love and belief on god everything was mesmerizing. The forty rules of love narrated by shams will definitely change your perspective on life and on your relations and obviously on God.

I will highly recommend this book to everyone. 

By The River Piedra, I sat down and wept- Review

Hi readers!

I am fond of reading books particularly novels. Whenever I have free time, I grab a book recommended by my friends. My latest read was ‘By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept’ by Paulo Coelho. I read this book almost a month back and I liked it. I became Paulo Coelho’s fan after reading The Alchemist a few years ago.

This story is about a girl named Pillar who is a frustrated scholar and wants change in her life. After eleven years she meets her childhood friend and lover who has grown into a spiritual leader who knows miracles. Together they go through a journey and their love passes through many trials. Both of them help each other to change their philosophies on life.  You will learn about their journey and how folding and unfolding of events brought them closer.

Here are few of my favorite qoutes from the book:

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.” 

“Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.”

“That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.”

This book is all about philosophy and love. This book is highly recommended!