GUJJU'S AND ME
GUJJU'S AND ME: kuchkas The much harried anchor just managed to get the squabbling bunch of politicians off the air, a split second before the commercial break, at the end of a debate she was trying to conduct. I have been using the idiot box, mostly as a break from reading or indulging in my hobby which, by the way, is astronomy and astrophysics. The later bit, often, is heavy stuff and demands occasional breaks so as to get back to the real and cruel world. The television news channels, these days, are as entertaining as the latest Bollywood masala. Quick, short, half an hour of drama, intrigue, verbal duels and tragic humour. The commercial breaks provide for the item number. Soap operas are passé! I also use it as a source for material I can use to bash politicians and instigate my friends whose leanings are not, necessarily, matching mine. This time the anchor warned that she will be back soon with another bunch of spokespersons. No sooner she said that, the ...