But can’t you say that your strive and efforts are also ordained and destined?
There is no end to that questioning and mystery. If you look at the evolution of the cosmos, from the moment of the Big Bang, was it predetermined? What took place just before the Big Bang to make it happen? Similarly, the odds in nature for something to take place are so little, that we have to think of the idea of destiny. But we cannot know it in advance.

Many scientists refuse the idea of God, so you are more on the side of those like Einstein who talked much about It?
Today, theories like the string theory talk about 22-plus dimensions whereas we are only conscious of four in our day-to-day lives. The idea of a unifying force of all creation is there in science. And somehow, you could also call it the Third Force, and here science and spirituality meet.

Going back to your work, the obsession with TRPs is being blamed for many negative trends in this country, how do you actually see the impact of your work?
Television rating is just a mirror. Everyday you look at the mirror and wonder what is happening to you. If you see you are growing old or heavier for instance, you take some measures to cope with it. Similarly, television ratings are only a mirror with a scale of what you do in terms of TV content, advertising, distribution efforts and so on. For many people involved in the broadcasting, marketing, advertising arena, it is only a measuring scale. It creates benchmarks and hope to take over competitors.

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