The name might be a bit misleading. I am talking about serials on the idiot box which kill us without even touching. You might yell saying who the hell has asked you to watch them. I don't have the guts to put on the tv and watch the shit myself.

During weekdays I reach home by about 8:30. By that time my grandma and grandpa ( my parents are away in another town) would be watching - Chakravaakam, a Telugu mega serial as it is called in Gemini TV, which has been running for the last two years. The serial started with a current generation family and moved ahead a generation. But still same model cars, cell phones, bikes and other infrastructure are shown. I could still follow and guess the story even if I miss a couple of days and sometimes weeks. Though my grandparents show signs of frustration and anger if the serial is dragged endlessly, they still watch it.

Devudaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Still you may feel how I am made to watch it. Unfortunately, I am hungry by 8:30 and so I have to put something into my stomach. The sad part is my dining room and tv room are one and the same. Hence, I have to endure this pain daily during the weekdays. You may suggest to eat something outside and have my dinner postponed to 9:00 pm. I could do that but the old people would watch the serials till 10:00pm which is a bit too long. Though I tried to take my dish and eat in my room which is far away, I mean far enough to escape the high volume my grandpa puts, my granny would like to sit with me while eating and started coming to my room all the way for putting one item after other and following the show in between.

This moved me. I decided to finish my dinner quickly and evacuate the place asap. I started doing this - pushing smthg quickly and running back to my room to listen to my good friend - Sony DVD (6,000 watts)- I am a proud owner of this piece though bought by my brother in the US.

Though I rued the fact that I was deprived of enjoying my dinner, I continued to eat quickly just for the sake of my grandma who wakes up daily in the morning and cooks for me. Everything went on smoothly but only for a couple of days. The quick intake had some effect on my digestive system. Indigestion problem began and my stomach started paining. I was unable to enjoy even the early morning calmness with so much of violence in my belly which I was unable to dispose.

So, got back to my old way of chewing food slowly, sitting in front of the idiot box and waiting for advertisements to appear so that I can change the channel for two minutes. Channel changing is not allowed when the serial has something interesting (not to me). Shhh! as grand pa and ma are discussing the future of the characters.

I am lucky that these scary things are not broadcast on Sat and Sundays else I might have killed someone by this time in a fit of anger.

I pity people who have only one or two rooms to live with.