Nostalgia of Learning -- 1980 s Watching the 9 PM News on DD
The news of Gitanjali Aiyar Newsreader Doordarshan passing away took me back ages – Those were the days , when entertainment through Televisions were sparce – In fact Telecasts itself would commence in the evening by 6 and probably run for a couple of hours. And I do not want to talk about the topics that were telecast.. They would interest no one but the TV set would be on. What was of great interest to many of us was the English News at 9 PM everyday that would run for 30 minutes and the personalities that hosted it. They were supremos in their own right and had lot of influence doing what they did Watching the news was a Big education -- it is like watching the Learning videos of today Our teachers encouraged us to watch the News for two things : Get our Pronunciation right and watch the flow Improve our Current Affairs Knowledge And we were warned not to watch any other program since they could be diversions to our academic pursuit.. There was