Vishu's reality show

On Sunday I saw the TV Program by Vishu called the ‘ Makkal Arangam (meaning where people gather together to discuss various things). He had earlier successfully launched the Aratai arangam (it means the place where people gather to gossip, discuss, etc). What I like about his reality show are as follows:

1. His concept made lot of people to come out and speak with courage conviction and brings to limelight very ordinary people with good oratory skills in unexpected part of the country/world.
2. The best part of the show is ‘ his public show of emotion’. He proved to the world that getting emotional is not a weakness but a strength.
3. Showing the needy and thereby enabling philanthropists to support such needy people is one other best things that happens on the show.
4. Many of the common man sufferings have come to lime light
5. He also showcases the achievement of ordinary people.
6. There is a public awareness campaign about some topic or other – this time it was the follow up needed when you buy a property to get the Patta changed in your name.

When he quit Sun TV and joined the Jaya TV, the concept didn’t die down, but is being handled by T Rajendraran. It shows how much he has popularized the concept.

In this week's show he showed a man’s suffering because of the wrong arrest made by Police and how the whole family underwent the trouble and how broken he is today because of some official not doing their job correctly. It was very touching.

It is a thought everyone of us who in the corporate world should have – are we doing our job correctly and with justice and with our heart in it. Because whatever work you do, somewhere somehow it touches a human being and because of your work somebody should’t suffer. Take this is a as an example and do your job with all sincerity. This is my appeal to the working fraternity.

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Unknown said…
Sarada, I keep following your blogs quite frequently and noticed that you have lot in common with me. Infact even after coming to US, this is one programme that I keep rewinding in the youtube - especially the one where an elderly respected lady talks about running the oldage home and how an dying old woman was reluctant to go with her family but wanted to stay in her last days in the home run by the speaker in the show. This is one episode the moved everyone who watched and only wish atleast if few remember it for long and handle their lives, I think Visu sir had acheived his objective of running this show. Thanks anyway for highlighting about this programme
September 19, 2008 at 1:10:00 PM PDT
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