The colours of Indian Television

Indian Television, today, has myriads of colours to offer to its viewers, unlike the two decade old black and white glimpses. It is no longer an idiot box in itself, but a treasured box which is religiously married to every Indian household. Treasured because it has become indispensable to poor, bourgeoisie and rich equally.

I will, perhaps, fail to count the innumerable dishes of channels that are served under DTH banners ‘Wish karo to Dish karo’, ‘Ghar Aayee Zindagi’ and the like. And more the dishes, varied are the taste. Of late, I got the opportunity to taste, on television, a few luscious but quality dishes, in the searing summer vacations.

The menu - entertainment, sports, movies, regional and what not! But certainly the English news channels always used to be my soups or starters, or whatever you name! Whether it is UPA-II first year diary or the Maoists menace or the ubiquitous fashionable blasts – things gave me more choices for my appetite.

The main course was always a combination of variety of dishes, from movies to entertainment and often the dance and comedy soap-operas. Out of all these, the dance shows housing the little prodigious children enthralled me the most. I was totally amused to see the energy, flamboyance, enthusiasm, tenacity of these li’l masters thundering on wooden floors. Every nuance was articulated with master’s touch, every expression- be it romance or anguish- was extra-ordinarily reflected, every performance left me speechless.

After a satisfying main-course, I would normally indulge in a minute or two Sport desserts, anticipating June 11 footie Cup, for Team Cricket with all its young blood seems to have rather stuck in blood-donation camp up in Zimbabwe; and in India we only see cheer-girls and belly-dancers kidnapping the minds of our very own IPL rich cricket stars.