Jethaa Lal becomes his father’s ‘Third Eye’ in

‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'

Mumbai: In a quirky twist to Neela Film Productions Private Limited’s
show ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' (TMKOC), Jethaa Lal
comes to the rescue of his father Champakk Lal. Having inadvertently
broken his father’s spectacles the previous night, Jethaa Lal now has
to help his father carry out his routine tasks. The following morning,
Jethaa Lal escorts his father for the morning walk in the park and
introduces him to his friends as his ‘third eye’. Champakk Lal’s friends
are impressed with Jethaa Lal for his dedication to his father and
appreciate himTaarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is not just a
comedy show anymore but with its focus on delivering social
messages, has made it one of the most popular family shows in the
country. The upcoming episode impresses on viewers the importance
of caring for elders and to be ideal sons or daughters to their ageing
parents. After all, whatever we achieve in life is because of them and
their upbringing. A father’s broken spectacles and consequently, his
loss of sight is merely a representation to emphasise on the son’s
responsibility to aid his elderly father through this phase. The episode
sends a subtle message to viewers to take good care of their parents.
Catch all the drama and the hilarious situations Jethaa Lal finds
himself in, while trying to be the eyes of his father. Watch Neela Film
Productions Private Limited’s show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah
Chashmah from Monday to Friday at 8:30pm only on SAB TV.
Appreciating India's humanitarian and developmental efforts in
Afghanistan such as building the Salma Dam, roads, and other
infrastructure projects in the country, the Taliban has asked India to
refrain from playing a military role in Afghanistan.
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Speaking to ANI, Qatar-based spokesperson of Taliban Suhail

Shaheen said, "What do you mean by military role? If they come to
Afghanistan militarily and have their presence. I think that will not be
good for them, they have seen the fate of military presence in
Afghanistan of other countries. So it is an open book for them. And
about their help to the Afghan people or national projects, I think that
is something which is appreciated." India has been assisting
Afghanistan in capacity building, whether it is parliament, schools,
roads or dams. India has infused more than USD 2 billion in
assistance to Afghanistan.
"We appreciate everything that has been done for the people of
Afghanistan like dams, national projects, infrastructure and anything
that is for the development of Afghanistan, for its reconstruction, for
economic prosperity and for the people of Afghanistan," Shaheen
added.
Fearing an escalation of violence between Afghan forces and Taliban,
many countries including India and the United States had evacuated
staff from consulates located in provinces that had fallen under the
Taliban. Many countries have cut the number of staff even as the
Taliban said that the diplomatic community will not be targeted.
"About assurance to diplomats and embassies, there is no danger
from our side to them. We will not target any embassy, any diplomat
that we have said in our statements, not once but many times. So it is
our commitment that is being published is in media. On India's
concerns, I think it is up to them. About us, our position is clear we are
not targeting any diplomat or embassy," Suhail Shahen told ANI.
Asked about the safety of Sikhs and Hindus living in Afghanistan
specifically about the incident when a gurdwara in Paktia province had
brought down the Sikh religious flag, the Taliban spokesperson
claimed that the flag was brought down by Sikh community
themselves and minorities will be allowed to practice their rituals.
"That flag was removed by the Sikh community there. They removed
that themselves. When there were reports in the media, we reached to
our officials in Paktika province and informed them about that and
then our security forces went to the gurdwara and asked about the
problem," said Shaheen adding the group has assured that the
community can perform their religious rituals and ceremonies.
Taliban and Pakistan-based terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba are said
to share deep ties. For more than a decade Shuras have been
operating from the Pakistani cities of Quetta and Peshawar. It is
believed that Taliban leadership also enjoys good ties with the
Pakistan spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Meanwhile, India
fears that if the Taliban takes guard in Afghanistan, its land will be
used against anti-India activities.
Taliban spokesperson discards the link between Pakistani terror
outfits and the Taliban and termed it as politically motivated and
baseless allegations. He also added that Afghan soil will not be used
against any foreign country including India.
"These are baseless allegations. They are created not based on
ground realities but on the basis of their certain policies towards us
and on the basis of politically motivated goals. We have a general
policy about that we are committed not to allow anyone to use the soil
of Afghanistan against any country including the neighbouring
countries," Taliban spokesperson told ANI in an interview.
In 1999 an Indian plane IC 814 was hijacked and brought to
Afghanistan right under the nose of the Taliban regime. Taliban has
taken control of almost all major provinces including Kandhar, Herat,
Mazhar-e-Sharif and Lashkar Gah and is making swift advances with
no intra-Afghan peace deal in sight. Taliban spokesperson said that
there has been no use of violence from its side and provinces are
falling on their own.
"We are taking the provincial centres and areas falling to us. They are
falling voluntarily to us. You can see the videos of hundreds and
thousands of security forces and administration. They are coming to
our side and joining that is true but they are not joining because of
violence. Violence or killing of innocent people is carried by the Kabul
administration and we condemn that. Why we should tell our people to
increase violence when it is contrary to our policy." He also spoke on
possible power-sharing and alleged that Kabul was reluctant and not
showing flexibility.