A lost civilization. A secret war. A battle older than time itself.
When a conspiracy nut obsessed with Atlantis uncovers more than she bargained for, she’s thrown into a war predating history. Buried machines whisper in forgotten tongues, unseen hands pull the strings of fate, and reality itself is unraveling. As the past and future collide, unlikely allies must outrun death, rewrite history, and face a force that refuses to stay buried.
DOORDARSHAN is a high-stakes sci-fi fantasy where myth, conspiracy, and cosmic horror intertwine.
In 2014, an Indian TV news lady accidentally called Chinese leader Xi Jinping "Eleven Jinping" on live TV because she mixed up "Xi" with the number 11. The bosses got mad and fired her from reading news!
I love old doordarshan series, they are short, meaningful and definitely worth watching. Here are my top 3 favourites, in case you wanna binge watch them too🩷
1) Trishna
It's the Hindi adaptation of the classic book 'Pride & Prejudice'. The characters are portrayed accurately and it's a 13 episode series.
Trishna was the Indian version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and suitably adapted to an Indian middle-class family. All the character
2) Kashish
This series highlights the slow burn romance portraying an aspiring actress as female lead and a successful director as male lead. The characters are written very well, I actually watched this before Trishna.
3) Chanakya
This series is directed by a renowned director Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi. This used to come in the evenings before Mahabharat during lockdown and dare I say, it was my favourite and still is. I suppose, it's the most accurate representation of Chanakya and the politics during the Nanda and Mauryan era. It's longer compared to the first two, but it'll certainly leave you with lots of useful insights and knowledge.
Official Channel of Chanakya From the makers of the serial.
Do tell me your opinions if you've watched them or have other recommendations 🩷
I cannot remember where exactly I found this, but I remember reading somewhere from someone who was a kid when DD Ramayana was first being aired. Their house was one of the few in the area with a TV IIRC, so people would come by their house on Sundays to watch the serial. Many of them were manual laborers/farmers and would come straight there after working the whole day, and the person remembered complaining to their mother about the smell they gave off. Their mother told them “Shhh, that is the smell of hard work, of the earth being tilled” and I’ve never forgotten that.
Late afternoon films on Doordarshan. This is the juncture where I had left work on my novel last time, eight years back. Drawing this page again has felt like crossing a threshold. While I am taking this step, I have to see how to share this story with all of you. Would any of you be interested in reading the novel in a serialised manner online?
