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The K-Factor in My Life

"Why isn't my life like a situation comedy? Why don't I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren't my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why don't my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well being when I have problems? ...I gotta get my life some writers." Well, Calvin has a point there, doesn't he? I mean, we do spend around 9 years of our average lifetime glued to the Idiot box. Doesn't life start imitating this wacky, unreal form of art somewhere? I think it does! And so, I decided to take a quick run down my memory lane and do double check on how my life sniffed its way into the K-world of melodramatic soaps and eye-rolling villains, overdone make-up and glycerin tears, immaculately timed drum rolls and shock camera angles..And I was surprised how simple situations could be dressed up as these awesomely farcical Hindi serial scenes. Have a look at this one: SCEN