COURAGE IS NOT ABSENCE OF FEAR
L ast night, when our paperwala came to collect the monthly subscription, a thought passed through my mind. “Shall I ask him not to drop the newspaper henceforth?” Trust me. For a second, this thought did pass through me! What is this news-reading doing to my life? Am I being refined as a human being or am I being ‘poisoned’ and filled with prejudice? Anyway, the newspaper will continue to come… At least, for the time being. But, our TV - the 52”-Sony Bravia – has gone into a deep Coma ever since it was bought! I, at times, fail to understand our own compulsion to buy that idiot box. It’s over two decades now since we stopped watching TV. But, my wife and I are updated about what’s going on around us… Thanks to YouTube and news-feeds. The more I think about it, the more I get convinced, that the worst damage we can self-induce to our own well-being is the Prime-time news and debates! We do not understand how damaging and toxic...