India, Sept. 18 -- Television has often been christened as the "idiot box" due to its ability to destroy creativity, suspend critical thinking, and alienating human beings from their material conditions and their social, interpersonal relationships. However, from what has been collectively witnessed for the past month or so, television (and mass media in general) has become what we can only call the "fascist box".
However, contrary to what some people believe, this is no sudden change or a change as a result of the BJP being in power for the past six years. No development or change happens suddenly, they do not fall out of the sky. In reality, the basis for the Indian media acting as a distractor serves a very distinct and definitive purpo...