Let us only watch TV today!
Let us only watch TV today! Now why in my right mind am I suggesting that? You have to trust me. Today is World Television Day . That means, you can officially sink into your lazy chair, prop up your feet, put the snack bowl in your lap and play with the remote, your eyes glued to the screen in front. No, I did not make it up. The UN General Assembly on the 17 th of December 1996, ‘proclaimed’ that November 21 would be observed as World Television Day ‘ to commemorate the date on which the first World Television Forum was held earlier that year.’ Recognising the role television has played in putting forth various issues before people, the world organization also suggested what to do today: encourage exchanges about television programmes focussing on global issues such as peace and security, economic development and facilitation of cultural changes. The idea is to celebrate the philosophy and not the anatomy or physiology of the appliance. It is all thanks to Philo Taylor...