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Q1: Let's start with the elephant in the room. Do you agree (or not) that there are certain desi tropes and stereotypes in south asian literature? If so, which tropes are you most familiar with?
Zeynep: Actually, the whole genre thrives on the most ridiculous stereotypes and while I love a good cliche, at times it gets repetitive and boring: so redundant that it inevitably loses its charm. The one that irks me the most is the "poor girl meeting a rich boy to solve her problems" circumstance. How about we show independent girls who're in the power to help the opposite sex? Revolution.
xxflawfully_amazynxx: Yes, there obviously are. I mean we see a recurring pattern of desi tropes and stereotypes in the majority of South Asian stories. To mention a few here, let's start with our protagonists, who are concised of highly educated narcissistic men/women in their 20s-30s that have no life of their own other than being extremely snobbish. Then there is always an arranged marriage which is done forcefully because they're dying grandmother/father had wished for it. Now for escaping the arranged marriage our protagonist decides to sleep with their American 'wannabe' girlfriend (i.e. some blonde woman) but will eventually fall in love with the chaste brown woman in said arranged marriage who was meant for him all along. Now randomly add a toxic South Asian father who hits his wife and daughters for burning the rotis or maybe because he is simply bored. Then suddenly someone gets killed in a tragic accident, some heavily pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage. Finally, after every storm comes the rainbow. Everyone is happy, even the deceased.
Zernain: Yes, I do agree there are certain stereotypes in South Asian Literature. Like a Muslim novel should or must have perfect characters, observing all the rules of Islam. Readers don't want to see flawed Muslims in the book. I read too many Urdu Novels and the tropes I came across a lot are about the landlord and the damsel-in-distress love story or the bad boy falling for a simple girl.
Desisleepingbeauty: Yes, I a hundred percent agree that most of the stories on this platform are based on somewhat similar tropes. Often revolving around a masoom girl who knows how to cook and clean. Is loved by all. Next level hoor pari with milky white skin, eyes the color of the ocean, and men falling at her feet right, left, and center. Then comes the wealthy, secular guy with stormy grey eyes that has everyone cowering back in fear. His eyes have superpowers because when he stares at the female lead she can feel holes burning in her back. They get forcefully married and then but later fall in love like crazy. Throw in a misunderstanding, a messy love triangle which every darn time is the female leads guy best friend or cousin, a promiscuous phoppo ki beti who wants to get it on with the male lead, and there you have it. A typical desi story :)
