Source: Hindustan Times | Sona Sethi, Hindustan Times Chandigarh
April 11, 2014
As I watch the Indian election fervour escalate from half a world away, I'm reminded of my growing years in India and how we looked forward to the elections every five years. No, it wasn't for any sense of patriotism or for the love of any one candidate.
It was primarily because of Doordarshan. We grew up before cable television made its spectacular entrance into the Indian living room. We belong to the Doordarshan era. The lone channel would telecast the best of movies while the ballots were being counted.
Many of us remember watching "Chupke Chupke", "Baaton Baaton Mein" and, of course, the quintessential Indian election movie, "Aandhi", that was rumoured to be based loosely on the life of the late prime minister Indira Gandhi.
The cable-TV generation probably cannot relate to us, the Doordarshan generation. They are...............
Read more at http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/when-doordarshan-was-the-only-candidate/article1-1206826.aspx
As I watch the Indian election fervour escalate from half a world away, I'm reminded of my growing years in India and how we looked forward to the elections every five years. No, it wasn't for any sense of patriotism or for the love of any one candidate.
It was primarily because of Doordarshan. We grew up before cable television made its spectacular entrance into the Indian living room. We belong to the Doordarshan era. The lone channel would telecast the best of movies while the ballots were being counted.
Many of us remember watching "Chupke Chupke", "Baaton Baaton Mein" and, of course, the quintessential Indian election movie, "Aandhi", that was rumoured to be based loosely on the life of the late prime minister Indira Gandhi.
The cable-TV generation probably cannot relate to us, the Doordarshan generation. They are...............
Read more at http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/when-doordarshan-was-the-only-candidate/article1-1206826.aspx
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