I was watching The Moment of Truth the other day and the contestant, was a women married for 9 years. And as I watched.. the questions turned extremely personal. Questions that were powerful enough to shake the foundations of her marriage! It involved confessions that could deeply hurt her husband and her best friend. What I fail to understand, is how or rather, why would people undergo such a process. Is money / fame that important? Do relationships matter so little?
Every relationship needs work. And to be really honest, there are some things you know that you would not want the other person in your relationship to know. You care for the person and would not want to hurt them by telling them the truth. The people around you, they are your life. Isn’t it the family and our friends that make life beautiful and worth living for us? And yet, after years working at maintaining these relations, one fine day, you decide to participate in a show. A situation where it is really guaranteed to put all your closest relations thorough a stress test.
Can money or fame even begin to compare to the amount of damage that can be caused by participating in such a show?
I for one, would definitely not want to be there, would you?
1st π
of course not ! I mean not for the sake of people around me but for myself too…there is no reason why I would want to know what happened to me/with me in my last janam !!!
There are so many things to care for in this life only..who has time to go back to the past life π
Waise bhi past life mein there would be no blogging and all the stuff…boring hoga π
Yes, first π
Nu, I think you got a bit confused with Razz pichle janam ke and Sach ka Samna π
yes..realized just a moment later π
oh sorry !! sorry ! heheh I mistook it to the serial called “raaj pichle janam ka”
any way my thoughts for this show also remain the same..NO..Why would I want to go through a show to tell my spouse or family what I did…If I have to tell them I’ll tell them right in my home..not in public !
Exactly!
2nd. π Someone is really beating me to the top position today… π
I agree…its not a show worth participating, to reveal all the ugly truths which they’ve hidden so long. So why now ??? Do they want to tell the truth to their spouse through the show or what ???
I’ve seen the couples cry and hug each other later…but will the relationship remain the same after this show ???
If they’ve done something, which they wanted to hide, they dont have to come on this show and let it out. It can be told in a better way to the spouse and still maintain the good rapport. After all, there is no honesty in the relationship – when the spouse comes to know the ugly facts, through a show on national network.
Where’s ME in ur blogroll ? π
Saari.. not updated the links in a while! Done now π
All smiles…. π π
I completely agree with what you are saying here.. If you want to be honest with your spouse, it national network really the way to go about it? There are so many better ways to go about it!
I don’t think a relationship can remain unchanged after such a stress test.. It has to take a toll.
someone is back π for a moment though π
he he he …. π
3rd!
I think most of these shows are made-up! Which sane person would want to go and do something like that π
That would definitely solve all my doubts π
I saw the show once..and came up with the exact same questions.. Never did see the show again.. Don’t get shows like these at all.. Sigh..
I’ve watched it a couple of times, I don’t get it either.
and what are you doing up so late Comfy ?? sleep sleep …I wish this hour was my sleeping hour π
me too…i also wish it was my sleeping hour…yawn
I haven’t seen the show yet, but all your questions are very valid…
and our comments too ! hmmpf π
NOPES…!!!
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Need is an unexplainable thing. And we don’t know until we are there in their shoes. Many people sail through many situations that we can not even imagine. One single ray of hope that things will bring the desired outcome can lead to any measure. It is heart breaking. But life realities are never pleasing.
Btw is this you are talking about second season of sach ka saamana ?
I agree, there different people come from very different backgrounds and have quite different principles in life. And it is very hard to understands why they make the decisions they do.
I guess I just assumed relationships rank very high for everyone π¦
Not the second season.. I watched its original english version – The Moment of Truth recently. I’d seen Sach ka Samna earlier.
You know there are times when people have been completely, totally honest (I think honest is not the right word here.. One can be honest without spilling a lot of beans) with your significant other, but having to spill the beans in front of judgemental relatives, every goddamned acquaintance, and the rest of the world – now that’s a completely different ballgame. I am not sure if it has anything to do with my Indian middle class mentality or just how smart I am (joke tha, don’t kill it!) but I really think that people who participate in that one particular show are extremely daft. Or very, very jhakki. You know what jhakki means, right?
Exactly! You can share every tiny bit about yourself with your spouse, but you don’t have to make a spectacle of it on TV.
I had to google jhakki! From the google results lunatic seems to be approximate its meaning.. I think it fits π
Agree with Tamanna – at times a person might need to be completely honest – in order to feel better/lighter about something they have done.
But on national TV?? But like BM said – we can never understand how much their need for money is until we are in their shoes.
So – me i am pretty non judgemental and enjoy the show for what it is – mindless entertainment π
Ditto. Non Judgmental that is.
Don’t get me wrong.. I am not judgmental about it either (yeah right! .. just wrote a whole post about it :P).. Its just I find it hard to understand why people would want to do that to themselves.
I am back after LOONNNGGG!
So heyyy! π
And I CERTAINLY would not want to be there.
One more thing. It’s reallllly important to be honest in a relationship and your husband may know everything about you. But there are certain times when you may feel negative. After a huge fight with your partner you may just feel why you’re there in the relationship. In the spur of the moment. But those things are made big by the show producers and are out to kill you.
It’s like suicide really!
Hey, its good to see you back Niv π
It would most definitely be a suicidal (stupid) move, to vent out your anger/frustration by going on a show like this!
Never ever! All these shows should be banned π¦ You are right. Its as if these peope dont think relationships are any value at all..
I don’t know about banned, they sure have an entertainment value.. π
no no no ban…these guys *made up or for real* make u feel ur life is so simple and u r such a saint…i need them for affirmation purposes!
Hee Hee.. they do make us look like a simple, pativrata gruhani π !!
I concur with you. I wonder how the host manages to find hit-on-the-nail questions and dig up the shady, murky past of the contestants or put them through emotional turmoil? Are those who participate courageous, foolhardy or so hard up for money that they are ready to trample all relationships, values, trust and emotions? And even if they do win, would it be worth it? For us viewers, there could be better forms of entertainment. This sort of thing is nothing but schadenfreude and it was rightly banned in India. What do you think Piyu?
Oh.. the contestants are made to answer some 40 odd questions beforehand.. That’s how they find the murky and shady stuff in their lives.. Plus I’m sure they have a filtering criteria such that only people who have such “interesting past” are called on the show.. I don’t think its worth the money at all.
I am not sure about banning it.. Not for kids surely.. but as adults, I don’t think we need a moral police to protect us from such shows.
It’s a damn stupid show! I have seen it a couple of times, don’ get why people even bother participating!
I don’t understand the psyche of participants either!
Heheh! I used to watch it a lot, just to check out people ruining theirs lives for some fame and money! π
But true, I too think it is all made up! How else is it so sure that everyone who participates has this super interesting dark past!
I have started feeling that its fake too! But not because of the interesting part, just coz it seems so stupid to throw your life away for fame and money π
@ the contestants.. I think they make them answer a lot of questions before and then screen the answers to get such juicy stuff π
Definitely not! and the worst is you can’t ever put a thing like that behind you, not when all and sundry will come to know about the intimate details of your relationship.
I’ll use the choicest swear words and some colorful vocab to let them know what I really think of them and then get out. That’s probably the only thing worth entering these shows for!
True.. The things you say there would stick with you forever, no matter how hard you try.
Hehe, I’d like to see that π
till date I got a chance to watch only one episode of Moment Of Truth..I think almost everyone on the blogosphere would agree on the fact that this kinda show are not really meant for us..I don;t think money is evrything in life
I agree.. hardly anyone I know (blogosphere or otherwise) would want to be a part of the show..