Fed up with fake melodrama and hysterical news debates? Be thankful there's still Doordarshan

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So, while the soul-stirring patriotism of Mile Sur Mera Tumhara may have been replaced by Har Ghar Tiranga or Bharat Maa, it is still Desh ka pehla channel, which is doing all it can to be Desh ka apna channel...

Well, it hasnt become a completely pan-India channel, but it does try to: where else will you find a show devoted to the 7 Sisters otherwise known as the Northeastern states?Not on any of our national news television channels, not on private DTH-cable channels, nor onthe streaming OTT channels...

Were done with the daily rona-dhona of saas-bahu men and mansions soap operas on Star Plus, Sony, Zee, Colors, etc. that havent really moved on from when Union Minister Smriti Irani played Tulsithe ideal wife, mother, daughter-in-law turned avenging goddess in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi between 2000-2008...

The new serials on Doordarshan National lack the finesse, well-oiled look of shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar, SonyLiv, Zee 5, their slick, tight, well-written screenplays and dialoguesat that level, DD National has nothing to recommend...

There is a conscious effort to have women, young women and young girls, at the centre of attentionwatch Chhotaki Chhatanki, Jahan Chand Rehta Hai, Janaki the main prime time shows on DD National...