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...the last couple of weeks have been good. - Completed and submitted 2 new stories. - Complied with revision request for 1 story. - Recirculated 4 of my stories. And with that, I have all my unpublished stories (12, to be exact) in circulation.
I don't know how many readers of my blog are interested in Indian TV but I have to go into a cathartic rant about it anyway. Ekta Kapoor is the #1 producer of soaps telecast on Indian television networks like Zee, Sony, Sahara, Star Plus, etc. Some of her long-running and highly popular serials are: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thhee, Kajjal, Kkusum, Kutumb, etc. What's with all those K's? Ah! You noticed? K is her lucky letter. She is so much enamored with K that some of her serials begin with a totally unnecessary, un-phonetic (is there such a word?) double K. Ekta Kapoor should be congratulated for doing a fantastic job of turning the minds of her viewers (mostly women) to mush. If an alien ever tried to deduce about humanity from Ekta's soaps, this is what he, she or it would conclude: 1. Every one person in four will get total amnesia some time in life. 2. Every one man in five will go mad some time in life and his wife will bring him back to sanity. 3. Every one wo...
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