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| The soap
that gripped the nation |
| Hum Log was a dish of a soap. On July 7, 1984, Doordarshan aired the first episode to a soon-addicted audience. Rahul Jayaram tracks the effect it had on soaps and what happened to its cast |
| The start of the 25th year of the mother of all Indian soaps is an occasion to remember a series that changed television viewing forever. On July 7, 1984, Doordarshan — then known mostly for its sleep-inducing programmes on agriculture — aired the fi... |
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| Fields of gold |
| Jitender Pal Singh Gill and his wife Daljit Kaur can’t recall when, in the last decade, they were so busy. First they we
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| The day of the divas |
| They were once Bengal’s favourite daughters. Discovered and launched by the great Satyajit Ray when they were barely int
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| Like uncle, like nephew |
| celebrity
circus |
| Already, the comparisons have started. Says Soham Shah, the director of Imran Khan's new film Luck (one of the
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