Debate: Are we in denial about reality shown on TV?

Did you ever have an affair with a married man? host Rajiv Khandelwal shoot the question to a teary contestant in the new reality show 'Sach Ka Saamna' while television's docile 'bahu'Shweta Tiwari shocks audiences by stripping to her bikini in 'Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao'. Welcome to the new age reality shows which compete with each other for the "meanest" tag and where nothing is 'personal' anymore. The latest trend in reality TV is shows based on international formats and as the channels struggle to edge past in the war of TRPs, the new manta of success is "the more provocative, the better". TIMES NOWs Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami debates the issue of new age reality shows with Rajeev Khandelwal, anchor; Smriti Irani, actor and leader, BJP; Kamal Faruqui, Chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission; Bhavna Somaya, author and senior film journalist and Siddhartha Basu, CMD, Big Synergy.