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When ’90s kids were getting drawn to cola, this Doodh ad made drinking milk cool again

Himani Chandna -
When children wanted soft drinks & adults thought they didn't need milk, 'Doodh Doodh Doodh Doodh' jingle reminded them milk was still important, & fun.
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Udaan — DD series on life of DGP Kanchan Chaudhary inspired an entire generation of women

Fiza Jha -
India's first woman DGP India's first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, the inspiration for Doordarshan’s popular show Udaan, has left behind a large legacy.
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Bajaj Tempo Matador: The camper van with a cult following

Fiza Jha -
From featuring in Bollywood films to being acquired by vintage car collectors, the classic Matador lives on in popular culture and imagination.
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Forhan’s, the toothpaste that took care of a generation’s pearly whites

Himani Chandna -
A bitter toothpaste that left a generation of Indians with sweet memories.
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Konark, the TV that came with its own stand, and put Odisha on the map

Fiza Jha -
Like the Konark Temple in Odisha, Konark TV too faced its ruin at the hand of foreign 'invaders' post-liberalisation.
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Before Karan Johar & Simi Garewal, Tabassum’s show brought celebrities into our living rooms

Himani Chandna -
Tabassum’s Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan ran for a staggering 21 years on Doordarshan.
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The sarkari cola: How Janata govt launched its own fizzy drink after Coca-Cola left in 1977

Himani Chandna -
Unofficially known as ‘sarkari cola’ or ‘satattar’, Double Seven was manufactured and marketed by the govt-owned makers of Modern breads.
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Post-Babri, this DD programme showed a vibrant, secular India to home & the world

Mahua Venkatesh -
Over the years, the show covered both news and entertainment in a style similar to a weekly magazine.
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Roz khao ande: When a pro-egg campaign was a hit with Indian vegetarians

Himani Chandna -
The 1980s campaign pitched egg as a fun food, and told Indians how they could make several dishes out of it.
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Citra took humble nimbu paani & made it a soft drink Indians loved. Then Coca-Cola stepped in

Mahua Venkatesh -
Citra was put to sleep when Coca-Cola re-entered Indian market and bought the company from Parle.
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Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

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The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

Parineeta to Queen—What Hindi cinema’s marriages reveal about us

With MGNREGA dismantled, Modi govt now has to prepare for upheaval in rural economy

Economy

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

Shekhar Gupta -
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.

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