Yesteryears

The other day somebody sent me an email forward about a glimpse of our Doordarshan and life of 70s, 80s & 90s in our desi land. The days of Humlog, Buniyaad, Bharat ek khoj, He-man, Space city Sigma with the villainous Zhakhakhu(?!) and ofcourse Dekh Bhai Dekh, Ramayan, Mahabharat, Surabhi..... Remember those days??? Aahhh, nostalgia....

Then there was the all-time hit Mahabharat. I remember translating each episode to my grandma who didn't understand Hindi but was a huge fan of the serial as wall all of India at the time - who really believed Nitesh Bharadwaj had descended from heaven to give darshan and cleanse our poor souls! And her grumbling during the commercials about the immoral, sinful ads being shown in the middle of our great mythological epic. Hmmm... wonderful days :-)

Remember when our parents and grand-parents talked about their old-golden days, we sighed and rolled our eyes?! It is hard to believe that we are ready to reminisce about our childhood and I already can imagine the look (sigh & roll-eyes) on our kids faces when we start about our wonder years! Just to jog the memory of people from the doordarshan era - here are some pictures from our beloved DD. Thinking of those days always make me smile and hopefully will do for you too! Enjoy..