The wonder years: Flashback to the glory days of satellite TV in India
Jan 10, 2016 12:35 PM IST
The early years of satellite TV in India were like the start of an exciting new affair. But then the affair turned sour. What happened?
It was like being seduced by a shiny new toy. When satellite TV arrived in India in 1991, one of the first American soaps we saw was The Bold & The Beautiful (which is still playing; prompting a colleague to say that it should now be called The Old & The Beautiful). It was a convoluted story starring handsome men with names like Ridge and Thorne and glamorous blonde women called Caroline and Brooke who wore earrings that could double as hubcaps. It was all very novel and everyone was hooked.
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