Source: The Indian Express | Sankhayan Ghosh :
Wed Aug 07 2013, 03:36 hrs
The banner of Bharat Ek Khoj outside Doordarshan Kendra at Worli is proof that Shyam Benegal's epic television series, even after more than 20 years, remains one of the best advertisements of Indian television of the yore, when DD defined television for India. A screen adaptation of Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India, it is one of the last achievements of the state-run channel that lost out to privatisation over the years. It was also Benegal's last television project.
Now, however, Benegal will return to Indian television with Samvidhan, on yet another state-run channel, Rajya Sabha TV. A mini-series, it is, as its name suggests, based on the Indian Constitution.
"Many of us take the Constitution for granted, complain about it. There have been amendments but no major change. Instead, .................................
Read more at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/how-india-became-a-republic/1151956/
Wed Aug 07 2013, 03:36 hrs
The banner of Bharat Ek Khoj outside Doordarshan Kendra at Worli is proof that Shyam Benegal's epic television series, even after more than 20 years, remains one of the best advertisements of Indian television of the yore, when DD defined television for India. A screen adaptation of Jawaharlal Nehru's Discovery of India, it is one of the last achievements of the state-run channel that lost out to privatisation over the years. It was also Benegal's last television project.
Now, however, Benegal will return to Indian television with Samvidhan, on yet another state-run channel, Rajya Sabha TV. A mini-series, it is, as its name suggests, based on the Indian Constitution.
"Many of us take the Constitution for granted, complain about it. There have been amendments but no major change. Instead, .................................
Read more at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/how-india-became-a-republic/1151956/
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