Reduction of serious issues to a spectator sport has been, by and large, one of the more malign accomplishments of television. Its virtues are well known, but now it’s in danger of overkill. Fortunately, corrections are visible. One of the editors-in-chief of a well-known weekly ended his editorial by quoting (not naming) British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin’s observation on the excesses of the print media in 1936: “Power without responsibility is the privilege of the harlot.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'><B>K Natwar Singh:</B> Hi-five - My Books of the Year</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>In 1954, I asked Forster what he thought of Nehru. 

K Natwar Singh: Hi-five - My Books of the Year

In 1954, I asked Forster what he thought of Nehru. I would vote for him with hands, was the answer

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