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May I Come In Madam?- A Study on Stereotypes, Male Gaze and Female Objectification

Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma' started a genre of brainless comedy and ' May I come In Madam?' falls under this category. Given the deluge of TV shows on OTT platforms, one doesn't come across such shows if not listed in Top 10. With the peer pressure gravitating towards Squid Game, why would you fall for it? Your time is precious, isn't? I came across this montage through a dear one. Finding it amusing to hear the laugh and giggle travelling to the adjacent room where I was lying down reading a book, I decided to have a look.  I sat in the sofa and started watching in medias re.  Ten minutes into the show, my high brow inner-self started judging me for even adding another minute to it.   “ You! The pupil of high masters like Aristotle and Horace, who has gone through the the works of Marlowe and Eliot is stooping to the absurd!” Throughout the watch, I was befuddled. The laugh and snort came out of sheer bemusement and derision. In reality, I was too spoilt for the