Source: The Hindu | Preetha Kadhir
April 8, 2014
Television has invaded our lives so much that hardly a day goes by without it. Preetha Kadhir traces its journey in India..
The elections are starting today and most of us are following the happenings across the length and breath of the country, thanks to minute-to-minute updates on the grand idiot box. It would only be apt to trace the humble beginning of the television at this point.
Television’s introduction in India happened in September 15, 1959 in Delhi. It was an initiative by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which gave the Indian government 20,000 U.S. dollars and 180 Philips TV sets. It is hard to believe that initially programmes were broadcast twice a week for an hour a day. The topics were mostly educational such as community health, citizens’ duties and rights, traffic, road senses etc.
Two years later, a school educational project was included. So far, the operations were...................
Read more at http://www.thehindu.com/in-school/signpost/story-of-the-good-ol-television/article5886450.ece
April 8, 2014
Television has invaded our lives so much that hardly a day goes by without it. Preetha Kadhir traces its journey in India..
The elections are starting today and most of us are following the happenings across the length and breath of the country, thanks to minute-to-minute updates on the grand idiot box. It would only be apt to trace the humble beginning of the television at this point.
Television’s introduction in India happened in September 15, 1959 in Delhi. It was an initiative by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), which gave the Indian government 20,000 U.S. dollars and 180 Philips TV sets. It is hard to believe that initially programmes were broadcast twice a week for an hour a day. The topics were mostly educational such as community health, citizens’ duties and rights, traffic, road senses etc.
Two years later, a school educational project was included. So far, the operations were...................
Read more at http://www.thehindu.com/in-school/signpost/story-of-the-good-ol-television/article5886450.ece
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