through out the day <br />spanning 24x7 <br />screams the idiot box <br />without any respite <br />mushrooming everyday <br />beaming up new channels <br />targeting women viewers <br />making them vulnerable <br />vying with each other <br />in telecasting melodramas <br />showing them in episodes <br /> spanning for years many <br />prime times they allocate <br /> for increasing viewership <br />men and women wait for it <br />postponing all their works <br />sponsorship they get through <br />advertisements that look absurd <br />very little they contribute <br />for nation building activities<br /><br />Somanathan Iyer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-idiot-box-2/
