……..need you even ask – Of course “The Big Bang Theory” (BBT)
When Vinit (my cousin) invited me to this group – the first thing was – a group?? For this? But I decided to play along…its just two “velas” – him, with his family in away and me without a job. And secondly, I abhor the word “Desi”. I haven’t figured out why most Indians staying abroad use it ever so often, maybe it’s a term of endearment that’s supposed to bond us together…but come on, can’t we do better than “Desi”?? But well, that’s a discussion for another day.
Moving on to the question at hand…is there really a doubt which one to watch? A quick show of hands around the me (of course both my own) has solved the dilemma real quick! Who wants to anyway watch a half baked, badly researched rendition of life in an Indian call centre? Having been a part of one myself and having spent some of the most enjoyable years of my working life there – I haven’t really enjoyed any of the movies or books written on call centres – be it “One night at a call centre”, “Hello”, or then the very popular “Outsourced” who I know a lot of people thoroughly enjoyed! So I’m not going to watch this one either..and even if I do I’m sure I won’t like it.
And then WHO wouldn’t want to watch the completely crazy and lovable Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, Penny and Wolowitz??? But then of course you are talking to a person who can watch an entire episode of Sheldon doing his prized “knock Knock – Penny” *3 and laugh out loud each time he does it? And who wouldn’t want to watch Leonard’s goofy smile with his neck tilting upwards and give him a huge bear hug? Quite simply – I LOVE THE SHOW….and after each episode I can’t wait to watch another one. I wish they’d make a movie on it too….a really really long one – which you can watch everyday whenever you’re stressed or bored. And when I watch BBT – I almost feel like I’m right there, living with them. And the series does seem to be well researched -well actually I haven’t ever gone and googled any of the things Sheldon states to check if they were true…reasons of course being that I don’t understand a thing about Physics and also I don’t really remember the facts at the end of the episode!! And its all good clean humour…not some joke where I have to rack my brain to understand the meaning or turn to the hubby for explanation….
So all in all – I’m gonna watch BBT and not “Outsourced” – I have enough people already – spelling my name as Menasi - how “A” and “E” ever sound alike beats me – to watch my accent being mocked yet again!! I wonder though how a person with the accent like they show on the “show” will ever get recruited into a call centre. All in all – I have tremendous respect for the call centre “agents” as they are called. Having worked in the HR department I used to wonder how they can work like they did and would am sure I will never be able to do it myself. The pressure is tremendous, the hours are crazy, not to forget the wackos you have to deal with often on the calls.
So bring it on Sheldon, Leonard and gang…! And of course, us “desis” will decide which one we want to watch!!
