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| TV drama showing nine-year-old boy's marriage to adult woman is pulled from airwaves | TV drama showing nine-year-old boy's marriage to adult woman is pulled from airwaves |
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| An Indian soap opera that portrayed the marriage of a nine-year-old boy to a grown woman has been taken off the air. | An Indian soap opera that portrayed the marriage of a nine-year-old boy to a grown woman has been taken off the air. |
| Immediately attracting criticism after its launch in July, Pehredar Piya Kim, or "Husband's Guard", was accused of "encouraging, glorifying and promoting" child marriage. | Immediately attracting criticism after its launch in July, Pehredar Piya Kim, or "Husband's Guard", was accused of "encouraging, glorifying and promoting" child marriage. |
| Now. Sony Entertainment Television (SET) which broadcast the programme, has now announced it will pull it from the airwaves. | Now. Sony Entertainment Television (SET) which broadcast the programme, has now announced it will pull it from the airwaves. |
| Pehredar Piya Kim portrayed the relationship between the young Prince Ratan Kunwar and 18-year-old Diya, with whom the boy becomes infatuated. | Pehredar Piya Kim portrayed the relationship between the young Prince Ratan Kunwar and 18-year-old Diya, with whom the boy becomes infatuated. |
| At one point Diya saved the prince's life and his dying father asked her to marry the youngster to protect him from palace plotters. | At one point Diya saved the prince's life and his dying father asked her to marry the youngster to protect him from palace plotters. |
| Asha Bajpai, of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, accused the soap of "encouraging, glorifying and promoting child marriages." | Asha Bajpai, of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, accused the soap of "encouraging, glorifying and promoting child marriages." |
| She added that it would "negatively affect the entire society," | She added that it would "negatively affect the entire society," |
| Child marriage is prohibited in India, but the United Nations Childrens Fund (Unicef) said third of all underage brides worldwide live there. | Child marriage is prohibited in India, but the United Nations Childrens Fund (Unicef) said third of all underage brides worldwide live there. |
| "Both girls and boys are affected by child marriage, but girls are affected in much larger numbers and with greater intensity," the organisation said. | "Both girls and boys are affected by child marriage, but girls are affected in much larger numbers and with greater intensity," the organisation said. |
| Announcing the show's cancellation, SET said: "While we understand that the decision to end this serial will be disappointing to those whose creative energies are vested in it, namely, its crew and cast, we (as a channel) are convinced that we will be better served by focusing instead on developing viewer interest in our upcoming, new shows." | Announcing the show's cancellation, SET said: "While we understand that the decision to end this serial will be disappointing to those whose creative energies are vested in it, namely, its crew and cast, we (as a channel) are convinced that we will be better served by focusing instead on developing viewer interest in our upcoming, new shows." |
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