
Rigveda 10,121: “ What God shall we adore with our oblation? ”ġ. Many western and Indian historians have written books just on this one Sukta. Its philosophy is way ahead of its times. To imagine such magnificent poetry was written so long ago is in itself mind boggling. to 1100 B.C., these are the first and probably the oldest surviving religious texts. 'Rig veda' were probably written anywhere between 1700 B.C. Hymn at the start of the serial is 121st sukta of 10th mandala of 'Rig Veda' and the ending hymn was based on 'Naasadiyya Sukta' which is the 129th sukta in 10th mandala of 'Rig Veda'. You can even find the new sensation 'Irfan Khan' in a few episodes.īut this blog is actually about its title and the ending songs. But his immense voice and outstanding dialouge delivery made him a hit. Salim Ghouse was not at all like the modern portrayal of 'Ram' and 'Krishna'.

Ashok Kumar, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Tom Alter, Nina Gupta, Anjan Shrivastav etc.

Probably all the great artist of that time played part in it. Roshan Seth played the compare or the host in the form of Nehru. The serial was directed by 'Shyam Benegal'. Its beauty is not only in the vastness of its subject, its ethos and its love for Indian culture but also in its fluid poetic prose. The book covers India's history from the early migration of Aryans to around 1939. As someone had once said that if Jawahar Lal wasn't a politician he would have won a noble prize for literature. 'Bharat ek khoj' was based on Jawahar Lal Nehru's masterpiece 'The Discovery of India'. However, one serial that stood apart was 'Bharat ek khoj'. We all grew up watching Hum Log, Yeh jo hai zindagi, Buniyaad, Star Trek, Chankya, Different Strokes and other serials.


As I started to grow up I have realized how much of my childhood was shaped up by Doordarshan and Amar Chitra Kathas.
