Arnab Goswami's shows resemble the old Roman amphitheatre where slaves were left to fight with hungry lions, with the addition of having their hands tied behind their backs. It is a shouting match where the outcome is decided beforehand, the dice is loaded against you, and facts and the truth are not sacred. Only the panelists whom Arnab favours are allowed to speak, the others are shouted down and browbeaten. This show is only watched by those whose baser instincts are aroused. A substitution for the old arena where slaves were brutally torn apart to the joy and ecstacy of the spectators.
Most sensible, decent and respectable people give his shows a miss. So do many panelists. I do not know why Mrs Sunita Kumar (she is the wife of Naresh Kumar former Davis Cup captain, and long time associate of St Mother Teresa) and Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, a very effective spokesman with great clarity of thought and communication skills accepted to be on the show. Perhaps they did not want Arnab to have a free hand to say and do what he wanted by default without a response, despite the odds ranged against them. Life is not a short term affair. Fighting untruths, injustice and violence is a long term affair. That is why Christianity has survived in most adverse conditions for more than 2000 years despite persecution through the ages. Regards, Marshall *Arnab Goswami who earned his spurs at Times Now, got famous and then notorious, crossed several lines and ultimately had to part ways to form his own TV station, has a brash and aggressive manner and tactics that would make him unfit for credibility. Which is not to say he cannot drive home a point he wants to make.* *You pit a docile, dummy of a spokeswoman against him on TV, specially one like Sunita Kumar who has not taken stock of the facts or is not trained for the rough and tumble of the media arena and you get a slaughter like you see on this clip. * *Roland. *