Know to Enlighten

Author(s): Rajyashsuri
Publisher: Rajyashsuriji

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child recently shot his father for some insignificant cause."
(iv) Dr. S. P. Soro experimented on a dog. He kept it in a T.V. room for 60 days. She then gave birth to four puppies which were having paralysis.
(v) A German scientist has said that 'a Pregnant woman viewing T.V. is likely to give birth to a blind or a deformed child.
(vi) Prof. Jolen Macdonald has experimented on a Parrot which had been kept by him in a T.V. room. He found a blue spot on the beak of the bird. The bird's sex was changed and it laid eggs.
(vii) Radio-active expert, Dr. Amil Grubb asserts that a T.V. room equipped with a T. V. Set emits enough Xrays, harmful to living beings.
(vii) Due to T.V. viewing, some 600 children were suffering from cancer in the city of Boston and some 2,500 children were found suffering from blood cancer in Hudson and areas surrounding Arizona.
(ix) There has been a rise to the extent of 500 percent in criminal and violent cases in the western as well as many eastern countries after the advent of T.V.
(x) Apart from other harms, it hinders physical growth of a child. An American Scientist Dr. M. Ottu found that when a pea plant was kept for many days before a T.V. set, the plant got spoiled from the toxic radiation emitted by the T.V. Its roots got bent and came out of the ground. Mr. Ottu concluded that children also look tired as a result of watching T.V.
(xi) T.V. has its adverse effect on electronic cards and
audio taped cassettes. Then how can children remain safe?
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(Xii) T.V. affects the eye sight of the children adversely. Their brain and intelligence get distorted. Consequently the rhythm of their sleep is changed and their nerves are affected.
(xiii) Children viewing T.V. were found more dependent. They have bad dreams at night. The rhythm of hunger and toilet routine is disturbed.
(xiv) A survey of some schools in Canada indicated that Exam results of Non-T.V. schools were better than schools where T.V. was a part of school life.
(xv) The left side brain gets dull and inactive in case of children addicted to T.V.
It may be added that T.V. is a bulldozer eradicating the salient virtues of the soul. Now it is advisable to keep Children away from T.V. It is the bounden duty of parents to provide alternate sources which will detract children from T.V. and save children from T.V. menace.
Effects of TV on personal life:
At the age of 3 years a child starts watching T.V. till the age of 20, he watches appx.30,000 murders, 80,000 rapes, in addition to that advt. of Beer, Wine started, now what reaction will come in his mind? Gandhiji watched the drama of Staywadi Harishchandra and decided to fight for Ahimsa and truth for the whole life. Good scenes have good effect and bad have worst.
No matter how useful TV might be, but the fact is that it has destroyed contact between people.
Garden without water, life without food and car without petrol are nothing. Similarly, our lives without sentiments also means nothing. People sometimes become so busy watching TV, that they do not even bother if a Muni or
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