TV Watching.. hmm!

Watching TV, I happened to ‘carefully’ see the IDBI bank advertisement. They show a young boy, with an elephant. Friends. The ad beautifully captures their mutual love and presses upon the fact that ‘MONEY’, is not what relations are all about. Hence, they conclude, they have removed the tariffs from savings and current account deposits, for ‘you’, the customer is more important to them, than money.

IDBI is a bank, in the banking business.  How much more oxymoronic can an advertisement get!

Then was tuned in the channel, “Times Now”, which in my opinion should be renamed – “Scams Now!” The 9 o clock news by Mr. Arnab Goswami on that channel, am sure, invades many a households and their peace, just as it does mine.

I strongly feel that the quality of debates on the channel can be improved, with Mr. Goswami adding less content, and imposing less of ‘his’ opinions  upon other people’s views. He should really just allow the participants to speak. He definitely can do better by being less repetitive, less intrusive and surely, by asking less irrelevant questions sometimes..most of the times. And even by trying not to stir up news.  Doing their homework better about the issues in vogue, would help them a lot more. I usually find a lot of things messed up when it comes to some legal aspects. They should be more careful, for they reach out to the masses. And fooling or confusing them, for TRPs, is not ‘ethical’.

I also donot support the defamation drive by Times Now. For instance, their (in)famous, ‘Tainted Thomas’ (while referring to the CVC, or maybe ex CVC). The guy has only been charge sheeted.  He has NOT been convicted by ANY court of law, and so the charges have not been proved against him to ‘taint’ him. The morality and legality of his holding that office is a separate issue. Times Now insists upon his guilt, and rather aggressively at that. They are not a court of law, and so should not be getting into their business.  Moreover, every person is presumed to be innocent, until proven guilty. It is a basic fundamental of civilized society, and I hope, they believe we live in one.

Even though I hate it when Mr. Arnab Goswami nods his head from left to right, while a speaker puts up a point he disagrees with. But I love the man for his guts, for the fact, that he follows his heart and takes it upon himself to ‘do something’ for the things and the causes he believes in. Means maybe right or wrong, but the passion just shows. A lot of people may disagree with the means to the end, (like I do with his), but I definitely cannot disagree with the fact that he has changed the face, of the 9 o clock news!

He loves what he does, and does what he loves. And the fact that he takes the weekends off- respect him even more!