It is in defence of millions of Indians (NOT just women) who love watching soaps, in Hindi, English, Marathi, Bangla or any other language. The ones who bring in those 10-12 rating points. The ones who bang their fist in frustration when the camera freezes over something a character has seen at the end of an episode. They are the bulwark of the popular entertainment business. And there is a real danger that they will remain unspoken for and neglected in the babble on popular entertainment.
We, the audience are in danger of being overwhelmed by intellectual snobbery over what is
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