So one of us would do our best to angle the antenna - we would bend it this way and that, angle it at 30 deg, 45 deg, 75 deg, even 32.67, until at some point, we would be able to make out vaguely what was happening on the TV screen. There was no question of using the TV like a radio, because there would be a permanent white noise, until the five-feet long antenna caught the signal alright. So he'd switch on the TV, which of course, would display a random set of black, white and grey spots and some distorted signals that would run across the screen. It would be 8 pm and my dad would want to watch the news on DD National. Which wasn't too difficult, considering the fact that we did not have a cable connection - there were only two channels, DD National and DD Metro.Ī typical TV-watching session would invariably be like this: We would watch the random black, white and grey spots that appeared on the screen and try our best to figure out what was happening. It had an antenna that was about five feet long that we had to extend out of the house, in the hope that it would catch some semblance of a signal. I remember a time when the only television set we had at home was a small, black and white portable thing. I have probably always been the least nerdy of them all. It has been an absolutely wonderful experience and it has changed my life! Here’s how: For nearly a year now, I have been hosting a show called ‘Pudhuppunal’ on India’s national TV Doordarshan’s Podhigai channel.
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