Arsh: Rainbow Days We Left Behind

SWEET MEMORIES: It’s the time when there use to be only one TV at our homes with only one or maximum two channels to watch and thus, every serial and every song had a great value to itself, though I was not a BIG TIME TV surfer .

Doordarshan - The one and only daily entertainment dose of every Indian.

I still remember the days when we all use to wait for every Friday to watch the latest songs (Chitrahar) on our favorite channel Doordarshan. Today, just try to visualize - you are allowed to watch songs just for half an hour a week and that too at a pre-scheduled time (Friday, 8:00PM) .

Listed below are some of the serials and commercials, that will definitely gonna remind you with your kindergarten days and of course, I can already see a smile on your face :

Chitrahaar - Songs at their best; half an hour, once a week (Friday, 8:00PM).
Ramayan and Mahabharat - you can’t argue with your grand-parents on this, everything can stop when it comes to these serials and anything was possible with these serials. Remember those bow & arrows spreading fires and killing 1000 of people with a single shot .
Malgudi Days
Chandrakanta - Karuuuur Singh (Yakoo)
- lyrics: “Chandrakanta kee kahani hai sadeyon purani, …“
Jungle Book - Mowglee, Bagira, Sherkhan
- lyrics: “Jungle jungle baat chali hai pataa chala hai, chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai..“
- video:
Cartoons - Ducktales, Telespin after Chanakya at 10:30AM, Sunday morning. Uncle screwz , always screwed.
Chanakya
Vyomkesh Bakshi - Detective serials of your times
Fauji & Circus - Initial start of Shahrukh Khan’s career which made him quite popular on TV.
Humlog, Buniyaad
Nukkad - khopdi (drunken, always - still alive)
Tipu Sultan
Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne - wow
Fatichar
Surbhi
Vikram Vetaal
and there were many more to this list..

There is a little more to it…

“Mile sur mera tumhara, too sur baane humara” - it was such a long song and boring too
Days when the TV set too use to sleep; it was between late night and early morning… you must be knowing it if you have ever got a chance to switch your TV ON between that time… there use to be rainbow colored 7-10 vertical strips on your TV Screen with some irritating background sounds.
Also, how can one forget “Rookavat ke liye khed hai“