YOU AND I sit in front of our TV to watch the news or a serial or just some trash being doled out. Half of the time we say that the serial is just rubbish; the news is biased and the soap opera too repetitive. And yet we keep watching. A viewer brooks no interference from the household, including the kitchen.
TV takes priority once you settle before it with a glass of your favourite drink in hand. It really goes to show that the TV is a powerful medium and has full control over the mind of a viewer.
No wonder, TV has not only survived the recession but has prospered. Many business houses discontinued Ads to the print media but not to the electronic media, specially the TV channels. That explains why the number of the TV channels is growing by leaps and bounds.
LAZY ENTERTAINMENT The Idiot Box, as the TV is called endearingly, makes an idiot of one who sits and watches its bill of fare. There is no discrimination on grounds of race or religion, sex or age. Men, women and children are all votaries of the television. It makes us so lazy that we do not want to discontinue the PAY channels and receive only the free ones. Most of the viewers are no-changers. Let it go on as it is going on. I could pen these words in praise of the TV because presently I am not watching the screen. The young generation is interested in viewing something that does not interest me at all. So, I have taken recourse to my personal computer. Nevertheless, I have an ardent desire to go back to my sweet Telly and watchthe main news bulletin. Let me say three cheers to TV and walk towaeds it with a glass in my hand that has my favourite drink - just aqua pura. I am a teetotaller, thanks to TV. One is too lazy to move to the next room to recharge the glass with alcohol. So water is my favourite drink, thanks to TV.