He begins his 2013 programme thus: “The economy of the country is not in a good state…Compared to the past when it was growing between 8 and 9 per cent, now all indicators point to a slowdown…manufacturing, agriculture all show a slowdown. Even our flagship service sector has fallen to 6.6 per cent meaning tourism, hotels, etc, all are not growing.” Ravish then quotes figures from the Economic Survey to ask if the Indian economy, which was once regarded as a ‘tiger’, should now be described as a ‘lamb’? Towards the end of his introduction, Ravish says: “…are we being too critical or sad about the economy? There are many countries in the world which are growing at a rate less than 5%. These are the aspects we will discuss on prime time today.” It is this bit at the very end that was clipped out and circulated to on social media platforms to question Ravish.