Arvind Dichpally

Everyone has those sweet memories of childhood spending hours together watching those retrospective Doordarshan Days.I remembering running from school, tuition just to catch up with "Gaint Robot",which was aired late in the afternoon's. Those nostalgic moments bring back some wonderful days back into my mind with a ting of smile. There are those ads that have probably slipped my introspection but I'm sure everyone would have loved those ads too...i remember those fabulous ad which inspired many people..."with a cigarette in my hand, i felt like a man",its one of the best classy social msg ads. Its next to impossible to forget the song if you had watched TV,there were a bunch of 'short programs' that would be aired every now and then it was called "Ek Anek aur Ektha"..woh wat a remarkable punch in lines... And hey that sweet ad..."kuch khaas hai,kuch baat hai"..cadbury ad,man i love that female dance in a funny way :-) "Vicks

A number of interesting things seem to be happening these days - just made these simple observations in the last one week 1) Americans are increasingly preferring to cycle to work because they cannot afford to drive, with the present GAS prices..! 2) Thai farmers are using bullocks for farming and letting their tractors rust. They are now using traditional cow dung instead of modern fertilizers. Well that explains that adaptation of old form cultivation..!! 3) Millions of Indians are now discovering the joy of reading and talk to friends in person since often there is no electricity to watch TV.Atleast with the present trend wat it seems like to me,will go on... 4) The U.S is rapidly becoming a socialist country and in the next ten years will have more government owned banks than India . Russia , Venezuela and many more countries and now making good progress towards state ownership of assets .... of course this is an interim step towards the move to an agriculture based