‘Regressive’ Bengali serials irk Mamata

Kolkata | Monday | 23rd April, 2018

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But it would be wrong to think that all serials show negative content,” she said. more-inThere are television serials galore where minor girls are married to elderly men or even gods; others depict men marrying twice or thrice, bypassing laws. Even though I don’t watch serials, I have heard what kind of negative content they show. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an avid serial watcher, has described such content as “regressive.” “Very often we see in television serials that even today one person has three wives and family members conspiring against each other. Concurring with Ms.

Banerjee, Sahitya Akademi award winner Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay said, “I agree with the Chief Minister on this..