WHEN I WAS A KID I USED TO WATCH RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARATA ON TV AND I WAS NEVER LATE TO SEE THESE HINDI EPISODES ,LATER I USED TO LISTEN TO PHOOL KHILE HAIN GULSHAN GULSHAN WHOSE MAIN ANCHOR WAS BABY TABBASSUM SHE USED TO TALK AND TAKE INTERVIEWS OF TOO MANY HINDI FILM ,ACTORS , MUSIC DIRECTORS , GAZAL KIINGS OF THAT TIME TALAT MAHMOOD ,JAGJIT SIINGH AND CHITRA SIINGH , GULAM ALI BY USING URDU WORDINGS, IN THIS PROGRAMME TO A GREAT EXTENT MANY TOP PRODUCERS LIRISTS OF HINDI SONGS AND FAMOUS WRITERS WHO HAD GIVEN SEVERAL HINDI ALL TIMES HITS FILMS OF THOSE 60 AND 70 ERA WHICH BROKE ALL TIMES RECORDS IN EARNINGS DURING THAT GOLDEN ERA USED TO FIGHT FOR GETTING DATES FOR TABBASUMS INTERVIEWS IIN HER FAMOUS PROGRAMME PHOOL KHILEN HAIN GULSHAN GULSHAN SO ALSO DURING THAT TIMES OF 70 DOORDARSHAN USED TO BROADCAST ONLY ONE CHANNEL FROM WORLI TRANSMISSION CENTRE I ONLY STARTING AT 18 00 HOURS I USED TO LISTEN TO CHITRAHAAR IN WHICH OLD HINDI FILM SONGS WERE BROADCAST BY BOMBAY DOORDARSHAN KENDRA WORLI AT 19 00 HRS THERE WAS A MARATHI PROGRAMME ON ANOTHER MARATHI CHANNEL AMCHI MAATI AMCHI MANSE AND IT WAS VERY FAMOUS AMONGST MOST OF THE MARATHI POPULATION THERE AFTER THERE WERE HINDI NEWS IN DETAILS BY NEWS READERS SALMA AGA OR MANJRI JOSHI AND THEREAFTER ENGLISH NEWS WERE BROADCAST BY SHAMMI NARANG AT 20 30 HOURS AFTER THESE NEWS THERE WERE DISSCUSSIONS BY EXPERT DOCTORS ON VARIOUS DISEASES BY PROMINENT ANCHORS OF THOSE TIMES AND LATER ON AT 22 30 HRS THE DORDARSHAN CHANNEL USED TO CLOSE FOR NEXT DAY WITH READING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM GANA GANA MANA WITH OUR NATIONAL FLAG FLYING IN AIR AND SUBSEQUENTLY USED TOO CLOSE DOWN

FROM AMARJIT SINGH KAHAI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RETD MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA INDIA