Hey..
"Idiot".
This is what Debra Raymond tells her husband Ray atleast more than once in every episode of the very wonderful and absolutely funny TV sitcom Everybody loves Raymond. The way she rolls her eyes in an act of exasperation and says Idiot provokes a good laughter every single time. One cannot but wonder, how is it to have a wife who assesses her husband as an Idiot for most of the day.
Such kind of a thing could never happen to with our parents and the rest of the familymen we knew from the previous generation or prior to that. It is tough to even imagine some of our elderly Indian women calling their husbands as "Idiot" aloud even when both of them are all by themselves. And with our understanding of the typical male-oriented Indian society it is impossible to fathom that such a thing could ever happen... until now, atleast.
Coming to think of it, a wife calls her husband by his name only in the present generation. Even today, that too is avoided when the in-laws and the neighbours are around. There is a immediate drama role that is taken up and the wife starts addressing him as Ennanga types, leave alone calling him an Idiot. As of today, only the parents have earned the right to scold their son, atleast in public.
When I was at Chennai, my favorite Mirchi-Suchi had a radio talk show with the wife-community around the question "What do you do when your in-laws scold their son?". From the wide range of answers given in the show, I concluded that it should be a good fun to watch the wife's reaction when her husband is being taken to task by his parents. A wife like Debra of course will side with them most of the times. But it will be interesting to know what a typical desi wife will do in such a situation. (Maybe some of the 'experienced' members of the married community can come out clean here.)
We always joke around about one of our friends here that he would land up with a wife just like Debra. If that really happens, am sure of the only way by which he will be addressed by her.
Chao..
"Idiot".
This is what Debra Raymond tells her husband Ray atleast more than once in every episode of the very wonderful and absolutely funny TV sitcom Everybody loves Raymond. The way she rolls her eyes in an act of exasperation and says Idiot provokes a good laughter every single time. One cannot but wonder, how is it to have a wife who assesses her husband as an Idiot for most of the day.
Such kind of a thing could never happen to with our parents and the rest of the familymen we knew from the previous generation or prior to that. It is tough to even imagine some of our elderly Indian women calling their husbands as "Idiot" aloud even when both of them are all by themselves. And with our understanding of the typical male-oriented Indian society it is impossible to fathom that such a thing could ever happen... until now, atleast.
Coming to think of it, a wife calls her husband by his name only in the present generation. Even today, that too is avoided when the in-laws and the neighbours are around. There is a immediate drama role that is taken up and the wife starts addressing him as Ennanga types, leave alone calling him an Idiot. As of today, only the parents have earned the right to scold their son, atleast in public.
When I was at Chennai, my favorite Mirchi-Suchi had a radio talk show with the wife-community around the question "What do you do when your in-laws scold their son?". From the wide range of answers given in the show, I concluded that it should be a good fun to watch the wife's reaction when her husband is being taken to task by his parents. A wife like Debra of course will side with them most of the times. But it will be interesting to know what a typical desi wife will do in such a situation. (Maybe some of the 'experienced' members of the married community can come out clean here.)
We always joke around about one of our friends here that he would land up with a wife just like Debra. If that really happens, am sure of the only way by which he will be addressed by her.
Chao..
1 comment:
Wow. What a detailed analysis. It was really nice meeting you after a long time. I do miss all those fun times we had in DC.
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