With the rapid growth of television networks, viewership has increased manifold. This has given rise to a number of daily soaps, 'serials' as we call them. They revolve around various themes, like love, family and marriage. They often touch upon various women's issues. From teenagers to grandmothers, the entertaining story-lines of these serials have got the audience hooked on to them. Watching them have become a part of our daily lives.

Defining Gender Roles

Patriarchy is very evident in almost every daily soap. They define certain gender roles, and anything that doesn't pertain to these roles is seen as negative. A man must take care of business and earn for the family, but the role of a woman is restricted to the boundaries of her home and the family. Anything beyond these settings make the bahu a bad woman.

This isn't the reality. But sadly, many of us have been led to believe it is, because daily soaps say so.

Women's Issues: A 'Fair' Point

Women are always shown worrying about trivial issues like their mannerisms, looks and skin colour, unlike a man who is accepted by everyone the way he is. Suhani Si Ek Ladki is a story of a girl with dark complexion, struggling to gain the acceptance of her in-laws and society, and her husband's affections.