Television in India has come a long way from its humble beginnings in 1959 with only some form of experimental broadcasts to becoming a flourishing sector with more than 800 channels today. Doordarshan the public service broadcaster started off with socio-educational experiments have become a multi-channel network with an international channel multiple regional channels catering to diverse linguistic and ethnic groups and seven all-India channels. Rommani Sen Shitak examines the changes that hav