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When you see Russia get into existential war over Ukraine, or Israel bomb Syria or India battle with Pakistan or Bangladesh, it is not because of some whim. It has a historical and geographical context. That is critical to understand for analyzing geopolitics.
Dive into the shadowy world of the Deep State—its hidden structures, powerful networks, and the far-reaching impact on global events and control.
Doordarshan is starting a new channel called DD Retro to telecast programs that bring back nostalgia from the 1980s.
To relive the nostalgia of your favourite memorable serials of Doordarshan, watch DD Retro. pic.twitter.com/h8mo3Otd14
— DD RETRO (@RetroDD) April 12, 2020
Some of these serials were what we all grew up on. Like Chanakya, Mahabharat, Ramayana, Shaktimaan, Shriman Shrimati, Circus, Byomkesh Bakshi, Dekh Bhai Dekh and Hum Hain Na.
“To relive the nostalgia of your favourite memorable serials of Doordarshan, watch DD Retro,” the channel tweeted on Sunday.For now, DD Retro is airing the same shows that DD National had brought back in the wake of the covid-19 outbreak to keep viewers engaged. Apart from mythological epics Ramayana and Mahabharat, the classics revived on the network are historical dramas Chanakya directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi and Upanishad Ganga produced by Chinmaya Mission Trust, again directed by Dwivedi, superhero series Shaktimaan featuring Mukesh Khanna, comedy drama Shriman Shrimati, produced by Markand Adhikari, Shah Rukh Khan’s Circus, detective show Byomkesh Bakshi, drama show Hum Hain Na and sitcoms Tu Tota Main Maina and Dekh Bhai Dekh. (Source: Covid-19 lockdown: Prasar Bharti launches DD Retro to invoke nostalgia)
The viewership grew 60 times for 9 am and 9 pm slots since Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana has been telecast. Meanwhile, the viewership for 12 pm and 7 pm slots grew 208 times after BR Chopra’s Mahabharat was started.
The channel tweeted the shows that will be telecast in different slots.
Watch your favourite show #Mahabharat – Monday to Friday at 8 pm on @RetroDD pic.twitter.com/8YP516sxmi
— DD RETRO (@RetroDD) April 13, 2020
Watch period series Chanakya on DD retro from Monday to Friday at 9 PM pic.twitter.com/vg8PnwF9RH
— DD RETRO (@RetroDD) April 12, 2020
MUST WATCH –#UpanishadGanga – Monday to Friday at 9 AM on @RetroDD pic.twitter.com/t0UmjyZNxr
— DD RETRO (@RetroDD) April 13, 2020
The scale, the ferocity and the disinformation to help the genocidal administration and its jihadi allies is mind-boggling. We go through the history and its links to the present on the greatest Genocide in modern human history. The Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh!
Diwali or Deepawali is not just a "festival of lights". It cannot and should not be reduced to facetious symbolism. It has Dharmic and spiritual context and underpinning, which must be remembered and emphasized.
The attack on the Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh and the West has been on the rise as is the Hindumisia. The Hindus are also losing their ground in India at a rapid pace. What is our future?
Sandeshkhali was the continuation of the strategy of Genocidal rape unleashed on the Bengali women from years. The powerful have used women, Hindu women, as a weapon of a diabolical war. It is time for Kaali to rise up.
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