India- Television- Use Of Honorifics

We are evolving or going back in ages? Or trying to follow Americans in every sphere? This is about the way the commentators and moderators address people on television. No honorific is used. Everyone is addressed by his/her first name. I think of a dialog which Ms. Barkha Dutt may have with Gandhiji, Nehruji , Sardar Patel and Mrs. Indira Gandhi.

She would speak thus-

All right Gandhi,
what do you say about Nehru's thoughts?

Come on Nehru,
you know what Gandhi meant.

Sardar, what is your opinion.

Indira, what do you say about this
and so on.

Address a man or woman of any age without using any honorific. We speak of our culture when it suits us and forget our culture equally fast.