NEW DELHI, April 22 -- Early this week, the logos of Doordarshan Hindi and English news channels underwent a change. The Ruby Red colour was replaced with saffron. Those familiar with computer applications know that this is an easy job that can be done in a few minutes. Yet, it was presented as if a cataclysmic event had occurred.

On Ramanavami Day, a "celestial" event occurred. A ray of sunlight was directed to fall on the forehead of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. A government agency based in Bengaluru used mirrors and lenses to achieve this. As a child, I had done something similar but mischievous by directing sunlight onto the elders using just a mirror, for which I received a thrashing.

It was fascinating to direc...