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By itself no tool, instrument or invention is good or bad. It is the way we use it that makes it good or bad.

So is the case with television. Television is the most wonderful invention capable of bringing the whole world of entertainment and education to our door. It is the most powerful means of mass communication, capable of revolutionizing man’s life. Since TV programmes appeal to our eyes as well as our ears, they have an irresistible charm.

If, as is the case in India at present, the TV is used mostly as a means of entertainment, information and advertisement, TV programmes are likely to be more harmful than useful. Uneducated people and children remain glued to their seats for hours on end to watch the TV. They become V-addicts. They thus spoil their eyes and their health. They prefer passive entertainment and lose the capacity to enjoy simple, innocent pleasures of life. They cannot enjoy or appreciate natural beauty. Excessive violence shown in the TV films blunts people’s sensitivity to suffering and violence around them. The TV thus becomes a curse for mankind.

But the TV can be used for good purposes like education along with healthy entertainment. Just as a doctor gives sugar-coated pills to his patients, people can be educated through well-prepared and well-presented entertainment programmes. The TV can be used to teach people how to read and write, to teach farmers better methods of cultivation, to teach professional people to improve their professional efficiency, to teach people useful arts and crafts, to provide them useful information about what is happening in other parts of the world and to familiarize them with the latest discoveries, inventions and innovations in different branches of knowledge. TV programmes can also be used to cultivate good tastes and develop healthy interests, to teach people how to appreciate good things of life, to make them aware of their social responsibilities and to arouse people’s interests and enthusiasm in the tasks of national development. TV programmes can reach millions of people in their homes. They can be watched by people at their convenient time if they are prepared in the form of video films. In this respect learning through TV is better than learning in schools and colleges.

In short, if TV programmes are planned to make people better citizens and better human beings, TV then will be a great blessing for mankind.

Army personal have been deployed for search and rescue in the flood-affected areas of Bihar. Water level has receded at many places in Bihar and people have heaved a little sigh of relief. The crops worth rupees 150 crore have been destroyed in the recent floods and the agriculture has been a major sufferer. A senior agricultural officer of the state has told that about 1.25lakh hectares of land have been affected and the crop of maize and paddy have been completely devastated.

According to the reports from Araria, about 70 villages of Narpatganj, Raniganj and Forbisganj have been completely devastated. About 20,000 people are still stuck in the waterlogged areas of these villages. Officials say that about 25,000 people have been evacuated to safety. About 10 relief camps have been put up atNarpatganj, 2 in Forbisganj and 1 in Raniganj have been set up for the relief of flood affected people.

In spite of the thousands of cusecs of water being released in the river Kosi, the water level has receded at many places. Near Sonvarsha, the national highway 117 is still waterlogged. About 80% people from Supaul, Saharsa and Madhepura have been evacuated to safer places and the estimated percentage is around 80%. 456 boats are being made operational in Supaul, 157 in Saharsa.

While the floods have rendered millions homeless, the walls of communal hatred have all been broken down. The RSS activists in Saharsa are providing Iftaar to the Muslim community in the holy month of Ramadan.

Mohammad Salahuddin of Saharsa said that he has been here in the camp for the last one week. On the other hand, about 60 saints have taken shelter in a madrasa where the arrangements for them have been made. The Muslim teachers and students have not only provided them with food and shelter but also a separate place for worship. This is the bond of humanity and this natural calamity has helped communities to come closer to each other while many of them are still searching for their nears and dears.

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