{"id":4059,"date":"2016-03-02T03:13:08","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2016-03-02T03:13:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T21:43:08","slug":"indian-parents-remote-kissing-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4059","title":{"rendered":"Channel Change Karo! Why Indian Parents Reach for the Remote When There\u2019s a Kissing Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u00a0\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">I<\/span>t\u2019s the early 2000s. On yet another typical weekend night for the Dhyani <\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/modern-family\/indian-families-adulting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">family<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the whole bunch is gathered around the television, watching yet another rented DVD. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/oscras-2018-frances-mcdormand-timesup-harassment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollywood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> action flick, a largely safe bet for family viewing. But as the climax draws closer, the leading man and his damsel in distress look like they are getting a little too close for this desi family\u2019s comfort. There is uncomfortable shifting on the sofa; the tension in the room weighs heavy and the kids hardly know where to look. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a familiar routine, as papa Dhyani frantically searches for the remote. The stakes of what is about to appear on screen are seemingly much higher than whatever universe-threatening evil force the hero is fighting against. As the lovebirds passionately move toward each other, papa hits the fast-forward button. Just in time. The movie skips forward to the fighting once more. The day is saved. Another day that the Dhyani kids did not have to watch two grown-ups <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/bollywood-pahlaj-nihalani-emraan-hashmi-kissing-romance\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kiss<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on screen.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to my early teens. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian parental censoring game is pretty strong, but for my parents, it was a methodical, highly skilled ritual. We spent a good part of my teenage years living in Finland where there was absolutely no<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/gender\/gynaecologists-india-sex-education-sex-polycystic-ovarian-syndrome\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sanskari<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d content to be found. So, we found solace in whatever content we could find that was in a language we could understand \u2013 English.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This meant opening our desi family up to western TV shows, Hollywood movies, and yes, even the dreaded MTV. In a country that\u2019s mostly dark winters, this was a compromise my parents had made for the sake of the family\u2019s entertainment and general sanity, but one that came at a cost: They had to be on alert at all time to protect their bhole-bhale<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bacche from the onslaught of foreign indecencies. <\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">The Indian parental censoring game is pretty strong, but for my parents, it was a methodical, highly skilled ritual.<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I found out later, this wasn\u2019t a trait unique to my family. Desi parents are some of the most vigilant gatekeepers of \u201cobjectionable content\u201d in the world. Having survived their entire adolescence without receiving the birds- and-bees talk themselves, most parents see no reason to discontinue that tradition with unnecessary awkwardness. I mean, why have the talk when you can simply pretend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/love-and-sex\/sex-relationships-dating-love-india\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sex<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> does not exist until your kids grow old enough to figure it out themselves? And how dare western TV disrupt this tried-and-tested method of bringing up Indian children?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure that their children turn out to be as sanskari as Tulsi Virani, the desi parents turn to the remote control. It becomes their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/friendship-breaking-up-bffs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best friend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ally, weapon of defence. Skip, fast forward, change the channel. Handled. Done. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My parents\u2019 war against \u201cindecent\u201d TV faded not long after we moved back to our desh. I think it was their sudden refusal to skip the charming kiss at the climax of a family viewing of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jab We Met<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that definitively marked the end of that era. Initially, I was shocked; instead of watching what was unfolding on screen, my eyes were glued to my parents. Since then, not only have I watched their grip over the remote control loosen, but they\u2019ve also shocked me in ways that nothing they protected me from ever could. And then one a random night, my mother <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/whatsapp-message-fake-forwards-news-viral-parents-trend-media-social-media-facebook\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forwarded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> me a sex joke. Followed by three wink emoticons. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was mistake; maybe she wanted to forward it to a friend? I imagined how deeply <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/backstreet-boys-dont-go-breaking-my-heart\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">embarrassed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she must have been at what was clearly a mix up. I obviously did not respond until she came to be the next day and asked me specifically if I\u2019d received her forward. When I said yes, she laughed, possibly at my sheepish, confounded half-smile and walked away with swag.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what had happened to my remote-control-obsessed folks? <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, for one, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/technology\/india-eu-usa-internet-freedom\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and more specifically, streaming changed the way we consume entertainment. A life in the age of on-the-go content means that desi parents have realised that even their adept censorship skills, honed over the years, might have finally met their match. Before the internet, entertainment time meant television time, which necessarily meant family time. But that\u2019s not the case anymore. There are five people in my family, and at any given time, we can all be found in different parts of the house, watching what we want. <\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">And how dare western TV disrupt this tried-and-tested method of bringing up Indian children?<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is little any parent can do to exercise control over the children\u2019s viewing habits. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Mirror<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s \u201cArkangel\u201d, where a mother shields her daughter from everything disturbing, including a dying grandfather in need of medical assistance, might be a bit of a hyperbole but is quite an eye-opener. The truth it is that is impossible to shelter your children for what is out there in the age of the internet. \u201cChildren should be protected, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arkangel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> seems to suggest, but not made to live in an alternate reality that leaves them unprepared to have a healthy, adult life in the actual one,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/black-mirrors-arkangel-is-extremely-creepy-take-on-the-very-real-effects-technology-censorship-have-on-kids-7709092\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an essay<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bustle <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">points out. I\u2019m glad my parents figured this out sooner than later. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the question of protecting children from \u201cindecent\u201d foreign influences, well that has changed along with Indian content. Our parameters of \u201cindecent\u201d, \u201cimmoral\u201d and the general sense of \u201chawwness\u201d have evolved significantly in the past decade. Bollywood has stopped shying away from on-screen kisses, and sex scenes have made their way into commercial, mainstream cinema, becoming more than just a cheap prop to promote B-grade movies. Indian cinema has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2014\/apr\/14\/bollywood-sex-censorship-indian-cinema\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">started questioning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its own censorship parameters and slowly but significantly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraphindia.com\/7-days\/lights-camera-sex\/cid\/615045\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pushing them<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This change was reflected on our TV screens and thankfully, my parents did not resist it. Somewhere along the way, their criteria for the changing of channels kept shrinking until one day, I think they thought it juvenile to do it at all. Aided by all the changes in the world around us, a lot of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/why-we-dont-want-to-be-our-parents\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">growing up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> happened in my family in the past decade. I grew up, old enough to cast \u2013 for the first-time ever \u2013 a \u201creally?\u201d glance at my father when he reached for the remote while we were watching <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulp Fiction<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And somewhere, they grew up too. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having satisfactorily carried out their censorship responsibilities, my parents have taken on cooler, more relaxed roles. My father has become a kick-back, lounge-around-the-house, Stephen Colbert-binging figure, while my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/modern-family\/mother-daughter-friendship-father-death\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mother<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has discovered a new-found passion for the desi part of YouTube. They are now both over 50 and display not the slightest inclination to tell my 17-year-old brother to stop watching Ted Mosby and his gang discuss their sex lives. They\u2019ve clearly crossed over. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I still haven\u2019t. I can\u2019t sit through a sex scene with them in the room without itching for the remote control. \u00a0Some of us take time to become \u201ccool\u201d.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desi parents are some of the most vigilant gatekeepers of \u201cobjectionable\u201d content in the world. To ensure that their children turn out to be as sanskari as Tulsi Virani, they turn to the remote control \u2013 skip, fast forward, change the channel. But in the age of the internet, is it possible to restrict what their children watch?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":329,"featured_media":4060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[439],"tags":[2227,2633,7410,7411,136,3173,7412,5107,3446,7413],"class_list":["post-4059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern-family","tag-how-i-met-your-mother","tag-indian-parents","tag-jab-we-met","tag-kissing-scene","tag-movies","tag-mtv","tag-sex-scenes","tag-teenage","tag-television","tag-tv-remote"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Channel Change Karo! 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