Thanks DD

Recently while me and my friend were "Youtubing" for videos to pass the time, we came across a video with description "Ramayan Part 1 of 57". The video contains an episode of Ramanand Sagars serialised epic "Ramayan".The video is not the first episode of Ramayan, though. Its an episode where Angad has come as "Dooth" of Rama to warn Ravana asking him to leave Sita and submit to Rama.
After the episode we got curious and were searching for more such episodes and we could find not only the episodes of the Ramayan, but also full series of episodes of many more such serials which were televised on Doordarshan.We were discussing the serials we used to watch with greater interest and joy in those days, and the list had:
1) Ramayan (Sunday 9 to 10 A.M)
2) Mahabharat (Sunday 9 to 10 A.M. This was televised after the completion of "Ramayan").
3) GiantRobot (Saturday evening)'
4) Spiderman
5) Charlie Chaplin
6) Laurel and Hardie
7) Tom and Jerry
8) Streethawk
9) Six-sigma
10) Potli baba ki kahaniyan
11) Bharat Ek Khoj
12) Malgudi Days
13) Byomkesh Bakshi
14) Non stop nonsense
15) Chitrahaar
16) Rangoli
17) Junglebook
18) Ducktales and telespin
19) Tehqiqaat
20) Surabhi
21) Flopshow
22) TipuSultan
23) Vikram aur Betaal
24) Dekh bhai Dekh
25) A sports epdition on sunday, guess "Sports week"and many more...

Even the regional programs were entertaining. I used to watch "Teleschool" whenever i had a holiday, and in each episode i watched, i used to know something new. Serials like Kittu, Sitapati were entertaining. Chitralahari was the most awaited program after the Sunday evening's regional movie.

Apart from these programs, the weekly movies on Saturday and Sunday evenings' along with one more regional movie on Sunday afternoon were the most watched programs. I even used to watch the weekly news program for Hearing impaired people.

Also, the national integrity songs like "Ek chidiya" and "Mile sur" were exceptional.

The whole list makes me nostalgic. Watching DD was total fun. If i look back at these things, i guess, i owe a lot to Doordarshan network which entertained me with such variety for years.

Thanks DD.

And here is a link for you to become a bit nostalgic.
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtam32PMCrw"

Feel the time

Thinking about what time is, is always fun to me. We calculate or measure time based on the basic unit of time i.e. Second. We plan and execute things according to this and think that we are with the time.
But is time definite? Are we really with the time. Some other person who could not execute the action planned at the same moment as you, might feel that time has stopped, becaues nothing is changed for him. When compared with him, can we say that we are with time..in this case it might be that we are ahead of time...
Do we really feel time...or for that matter can we...i guess yes...to feel time, i think we should not use conventional unit i.e. second...its some thing like this...
consider a weekend..i.e. friday night to Monday morning...3 nights and two days...
Every friday night, i feel that i have 2 days and 3 nights which is quite a long time to pass...every monday morning i feel that weekend is very short considering the fact that my weekend the same 2 days and 3 nights...
Now, if when i say, on friday night i did nothing (while actually most of us definitely do some thing), saturday i went for some shopping, came back and slept and on sunday was just passing on time...weekend seems to pretty short..
Let us put this way:
Friday night: Cooked dinner, watched a movie with room mates, called up home, and slept.
Saturday: Played squash, went for shopping, met some buddies there, lunch at pizza hut, visit to a friends place, had an endless discussion with friends on some really burning topics, going out for dinner, boozing and a DJ...
Sunday: Woke up late, prepared brunch, watching some sada hua movie and making fun of that, calling up home, sweetheart and friends, getting prepared for the next week, etc...it seems weekend has a lot of space to do many things, thought, small.
While the first part is just waiting for the weekend to be completed, the second part is to actually live it. I tend to think both ways and it happens that whenever i thought like in second case, i felt good.
To say i am happy, there should a time in past when i have learnt about being sad. To say i have won, there should be a time when i have learnt what losing is. So, enjoy the moment, live it to the fullest, learn things, and then cherish all those moments for your entire life.Feel the times.


Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, from the film "Star Trek: Generations"