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Television - a new angle

Until this morning, I never gave any serious consideration for Television as a medium of knowledge. My grandmother was seen to be very busy with her cooking in the kitchen. We all knew it was only 10.00 A.M and there was a lot of time to even think of lunch. Besides we were a lot of people who could help in cooking as well. That way, we need not enter the kitchen until Noon. While the entire family was chatting about everything and nothing, we noticed that my grandmother was quietly rushing off to the living room. After giving it a safe timer of five minutes, my curiosity got the better of me and I went to check what makes the always present grandma so busy to even sit with the gathering. There she was trying to figure out the channel number that played her favorite programme. After a very very very long time, I decided to watch the programme with her, more t0 find out what makes her rush to the Television. There was this programme called Makkal Arangam wherein people discuss common is