Diya aur baati

Diya Aur Baati Hum transl. We Are the Lamp and the Wick is an Indian television soap opera that aired on StarPlus from 29 August to 10 September and comprised 1, episodes. It stars Anas Rashid and Deepika Singh. Set on the backdrop of Pushkar , Rajasthan , Diya Aur Baati Hum focused on breaking the stereotypical image of women in rural India by showing the inspirational journey of Sandhya Rathi, whose ambition is to become an IPS officer.

She achieves her goal with the help of her husband, Sooraj, by going against all odds.

Diya aur baati hum

Sooraj Rathi, a partially-educated and simple young master- confectioner is the perfect elder heir to his middle-class traditional family in Pushkar , Rajasthan. Later, Sandhya is shattered as her parents die in a terrorist attack. Her brother Ankur fixes her marriage to Sooraj whose strict mother, Santosh, wants a simple and uneducated daughter-in-law, with the excellent skills of a housewife.

So, Ankur lies about Sandhya's education level and hides the truth about Sooraj to her. Giving up her education and dreams, Sandhya marries Sooraj. Learning the truth about Ankur's lies Sandhya is disappointed and her distant behaviour confuses Sooraj.