History of Indian TV News | 75th

As India celebrates its 75th year of #Independence, we bring you a very special episode of #TVNewsance. In this episode, we look at the brief history of TV News in India. How it evolved from the black-and-white days of #Doordarshan to the colorful and super noisy days of #Sansani, #ArnabGoswami and 24/7 news debates.
Joining us are two very special guests: #ShammiNarang, who is former #DD anchor and ‘the voice of #Delhimetro, and #MadhuTrehan, Newslaundry co-founder and veteran journalist who ushered in the video revolution in English TV news with #Newstrack.
Watch and tell us in the comments what you think of this episode. Have a Happy Independence Day!
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[@manishapande4184]

If you like this episode, don’t forget to 👍, share and comment. Let it reach as many people as possible !!

[@AbhishekPandey-jt7co]

How u got 39 subscriber with uploading a single video 🤣

[@sundalmurugan4208]

but, Manisha, media outlets, including yours, are still controlled by only a set group of ppl who have connections in high places, like Pranoy Roy for example. Democratizing news, decenttralising its control centres, these arent there yet, IMO! not to mention, the absolute lack of understanding of south India, by "national" media & many youtube channels alike!

[@abdullaheisa3121]

You rocked!!

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@@sundalmurugan4208 they don't have democratic workplace?

[@shubhjoshi339]

Manisha! I'm big fan 😁

[@basantprasadsgarden8365]

Money doesn't matter: Rich people Looks doesn't matter : Attractive people Freedom matters: Modiji

[@mastiretrievers8458]

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[@f1aziz]

I thought "Looks doesn't matter" was a cop-out for ugly people, as an ugly person myself that's what I used to think to stay positive about my bleak chances.

[@sanketgaikwad996]

😅

[@f1aziz]

​@@BigBoss1R Logon ki pehli nazar chehre par, kapron par, gari par parti hai, dil k andar tu sirf Khuda hi jhank sakta hai. Not trying to be negative, but I have grown with life experiences to realize, looks matter, not every good looking person is evil, not every good person is ugly. Salam to you.

[@spurohit6976]

do you know defence exports increased 700% percent since 2014.

[@kusumkantasaxena5440]

I have several times gone back and paused to catch every word of this video to get it's essence.A commendable job.Thanks News laundry.

[@VishalMishra-ge2ef]

Same here,this video is an expression of a logical ,peace loving citizen who loves his country

[@maazkalim]

You sure paid special-attention to the archived-footage they extensively cited?

[@maazkalim]

Then tolerate it or not, those are: Negligible minority, Mr @@VishalMishra-ge2ef.

[@keinengel731]

Firstly! Wow!!! What an episode! Just wow! And huge shout out to the founders of Newstrack for their pioneering effort to bring news to people. Also a huge shoutout to OG Ravish Kumar. He has been calling a spade a spade no matter the government. Hats off!!

[@sundrampichai5229]

Wow what a brain wash from pappu and tukde tudke gang

[@ansacha1]

Loved the addition of Madhu Trehan and Shammi Narang..

[@Ahmad_9134]

Gawddamn dude, This has to be the ultimate Newsance episode.

[@nostalgicvibes8752]

"RAVISH KI REPORT" series and Ravish ji is the only hope for indian tv news journalism

[@SanjeevKumar-lu6ew]

True

[@sachinarora160]

Ravish sir should be given bharat ratna..

[@sachinarora160]

Day is not so far..

[@sundrampichai5229]

Award name Propgenda ravish

[@adsvlog72]

🤣🤣😃😃

[@debasisdas1361]

Even after 1 year this episode gives me goosebumps. Hats off to the Newslaundry team.

[@ayanmandal834]

*News laundry is just a GEM of this era. The fearless journalist.* More power to you. Abhinandan . Manisha . ❤️🔭

[@spurohit6976]

Really. Do you know Subversion tactics of communists.

[@ayanmandal834]

@@spurohit6976 do you not fear of right wings ? Not only India but all over the world ? 😅 Extremists are bad, whether it is right of left.

[@spurohit6976]

@@ayanmandal834 Why fear right wing, every soldier in indian army is right wing extremists. Left always supports enemy of nation. Their deeds and statements always helped enemies of India. Left creates fake narratives. Like CAA and Farm laws protest.

[@spurohit6976]

@@ayanmandal834 Japanese right wing helped japan to make it economic giant without compromising with its culture. But Indias left ruined and destroyed Indias true history. For them Ram is a myth. Vedas are lie. Ayurveda a pseudoscience. Hate your true mother is motto of Leftists of India.

[@ayanmandal834]

@@spurohit6976 nice brother. I asked about right wing in India, you are giving example of Japan. 😇

[@entertainmentandnewssarcas4006]

RAVISH Kumar is evergreen n truly Great journalist.. MAY Almighty God bless you Sir❤️

[@melbstorm5346]

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[@meghnab3767]

Congress supporter😇

[@navneetkaur7709]

Proud to be part of Newslaundry through little contribution. Brilliant episode, so well explained! RESPECT, KEEP RISING!

[@almasfaisal500]

Oho welcome Mr Shammi Narang…so nice to see you.it’s overwhelming to see our polite decent newsreader👍👍👍

[@Ghazalmetal]

‘Saare darwaaze ab right mein he khulenge’ - in Shammi narang’s voice - whose line was that? Too good. This is TV Gold. This is news Gold. I wish I could shout from the rooftops how good this episode is. Much love Much Love Much gratitude.

[@mohammedimran1810]

Fantastic work 👍👍👍 I am 45 years old and I literally have been witness of each word you guys said... Now I am proud subscriber of Newslaundy and like news outlets 😊😊 I am subscribing it as my democratic duty as citizen... Let's hope and pray our democracy will be saved by following "Pay to keep news free" concept 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@kxnyshk]

18:20 "Rajdeep Sardesai is the only few anchors of that time who still step out to report" Rajdeep : *This is my sticky rice.. steamed rice, steamed-sticky rice* xD

[@deepika9186]

This is the only thing I felt like watching this Independence Day.

[@synkrolabs5990]

After 75 years of independence this is the first time I am more interested to watch this video from news laundry than the PM at Red Fort.. They have degraded the value of PM Post :(

[@aprendoespanol6833]

just realised, manisha and team, you are part of this history, a history still in the making.

[@ParswaNathTheo]

"There's something very poetic that a Zee News anchor going down a well in search of TRPs"

[@garfielddsouza7781]

Oh Manisha and team! This is heartbreakingly nostalgic! And I'm only five minutes into this episode. And thank you for getting Shammi on air! I was suddenly a child who was fascinated by the black and white, and then colour, TV back then! ❤️

[@abhaymaurya4423]

and today you dropped masterpiece mam!!! hatsoff to the entire team of newslaundary.

[@manishapande4184]

Thanks for watching Abhay! Do share the episode so more and more people watch!!

[@anshnagpal4447]

@@manishapande4184 good

[@varunmaturkar4474]

Excited... Madhu Trehan and Narang ji

[@mastiretrievers8458]

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[@moubhattacharyya1141]

Shammi Narang ji still remained the same till this date and time. Even Mr n Mrs senior Goswami get nervous and get shiver, when they look at their boy.

[@teresavarghese1177]

Will always remember the Doordarshan days.

[@deepakosharma]

19:48 “Aur inke papa log, India ki GDP badhane ja rahe hain”

[@Subh8081]

That was epic. Deadpan sarcasm at its best.

[@Ari-ne2yb]

I laughed so hard at that. Ravish was and is way ahead of his time.

[@rahulbhandare9246]

Really fascinating history. Best wishes to the Newslaundry team!

[@nandan144]

Please start a podcast with Shri. Shammi Narang giving him a chance to read the real news. That would be a really good reply to the other group.

[@venusandchandhiherrabbitfr896]

when she introduced ravish,i got goosebumps....He was doing amazing work as always

[@raggyraggy9049]

You guys took us 40 years back and it was good to see the iconic news readers after a long long time and some news programs. Thank you...very well made..

[@tarsemgoyal2773]

So much hard work to bring such a marvelous documentary on history of news. Thanks.

[@vaishnavisyngh2811]

I 've been waiting for madhu trehan for long. I love her बेवाकी in journalism . Love you newslaundry.

[@kloveinn]

This episode is collectors item ! Only if we could just burn a “VHS” copy of it and order it for private collection :))

[@shashankk4032]

Yes newslaundary should think about it. Physical media can be sold as collector edition or limited edition like we have for video games

[@emmanuelwilliams3557]

that was a well researched and artfully presented piece, thoroughly enjoyed it and couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

[@vipinkumarsharma8277]

Best episode till date ... Lots of love and wishes.

[@Shriharshism]

More of Shammi Narang sir on Newslaundry, specifically in Newsance or टिप्पणी ❤️

[@akashkadam9788]

70% of people are in rural area, without Internet, try starting a newspaper for them, they are good readers.

[@vaibhavaher4244]

How do u think u get newspaper with more than dozen coloured pages at the cheap price of 4-5 Rupees? Newspapers get all their revenue through advertisements they put. To start a newspaper u need heavy investment in infrastructure, people, network & all that and more to it a revenue model to sustain it, which is not guaranteed by subscription based model. Advertisers help to sustain it but at the price of compromised journalistic ethics & principles which defeat the very purpose of journalism. So, let them remain on the digital platform & help them to grow bcoz it is a future & also it's not that hard to reduce digital divide in India..

[@patelsahab5564]

Well made episode. Kudos to NL team for such an amazing history lesson. Salute to Ravish Kumar. He was a great journalist back then and still rocking. 🙏

[@akshitkumar120]

27:24 - Navika's expression says it all. She hated Arnab's guts

[@tingneihatkuki8337]

Beautiful presentation ❤️ Respect to Shammi Narang ji and Madhu Trehan ji. 🙏 Happy Independence day to all 🙂

[@amitsood786]

It was an exemplary episode. Shammi Sir, we miss you

[@saideepakb]

Can't believe you got him to feature in your episode. Proud of having subscribed to NL.

[@abhishakedas]

This will be a very good revision for the new generation.

[@masoomsanadi]

The king is not king every time every where. It's matter of time. example: *cornered* lalkrishna advani.

[@logan7816]

indeed

[@salilmenon4537]

Heartening to see Ravish sticking to his guns till date. Superb episode... what a journey for TV news!

[@vikrantsdogra]

Loved the way you began the show, thanks. Seeing Shammi made me nostalgic.

[@priyadarshinibasu5578]

My kind of independence day celebration! This is one of the best episodes of Newsance so far.

[@advocaterishitamall]

I can see a lot of work has gone into putting this together... A lot more was probably there to be shown, given we've seen so much... Good effort !

[@ashwatimenon5481]

This perfectly summarizes why we should protect our freedom of media and freedom of speech

[@yodaqube1746]

I shared this video with my dad. Of course i had to break things down in vernacular but it settled a lot of differences. He has his healthy doubts now. Otherwise his idea was simple India has become the world leader since 2014 and all the sacrifices normal indians face are penance for electing past govts. Thanks Manisha and Newslaundary team.

[@aono335]

man i feel sorry for him. India superpower? lol

[@amaanjaved3832]

Manisha Suno... Happy Independence Day! 😍 Best episode ever.

[@Hussain-vi4fd]

Rage + Hate = Arnab Successful Formula 🤫

[@pushkarpandey9917]

This is really one of the remarkable things for 75th Independence Day. Kudos.

[@shkh3800]

Excellent. It was great to go down memory lane and revisit these milestones, some of which I actually have memories of my own about! Like renting the newstrack video from the local video library and calling friends over to watch it together. You skipped BITV, but that's ok. Keep up the good work. From a Happy Subscriber.

[@yayacomputers]

Really happy to see Narang Saheb after a long time. "Baspan yaad aa gaya" Thanks Manisha

[@jeevanhegde4883]

Happy 75th Independence Day to the Newslaundry family, this is best newsence episode since i have been following you for a year. The evolution of news, newspapers and journalists have come, a long way. And yes ravish kumar had the guts, to take the name of former Prime Minister in a, live television. Hats off. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 👏

[@anjuchauhan9527]

I have been subscribing to Newslaundry since 2019. Never regretted and shall never.

[@kanasaleem806]

Wow what a Newsance Manisha keep it up.... Never such episode in any other channels God Bless you

[@sheenaa8181]

Never imagined that I would feel nostalgic about DD News 😄

[@amitojha9545]

I remember the rescue of Prince. I was in class 5th that time and that rescue was just like biggest thing happening in the country.

[@rupambharti848]

I wonder where that Prince guy is now...🤔

[@vishalmangla4735]

I never thought of news subscriptions seriously until today. Thank You

[@mridulgogoi9014]

Thank you for the same! With warm regards! Army Wala Gogoi Golaghat Assam, Jai Hind!

[@mohammedarif1855]

Manisha ji, you brought those days alive when we viewed news and programmes in air force mess while dining. Nostalgia! Kash koi lauta de mere bite hue din.

[@masoomsanadi]

When you worship a politician, you have already surrendered your brain🧠.

[@re-alm9731]

👌

[@Achintyanath]

What about drawing cartoons of a prophet?

[@bhardwajparth]

@@Achintyanath kis baat ki khulji hai tujhe yaar cartoon banane ki

[@Achintyanath]

@@bhardwajparth What do you mean?

[@Achintyanath]

@@bhardwajparth Bolna kya chahta hai tu ?

[@sunflower-21]

Very well thought out, researched, and presented! Realized midway through the episode that the concept of stations comes from Shammi Narang's Delhi metro voice! His voice in the Delhi metro is super memorable.

[@royalboy007]

one of the best ever episode in your history

[@stutidas3541]

I can't forget this word "towering news personalities " when ever it comes to my mind I start laughing 😆

[@manishhamza]

One for the algorithm... But, really guys you have made news worth watching again... God bless.

[@shravani.a]

Wowww such a trip down nostalgia lane! I remember when Aaj Tak had alien news on every other day, we used to discuss it in school 😂😂 I suddenly feel old now :/

[@zakiansari305]

I have fallen in love with news laundry. For rationalizing the issues.

[@bite027_ketansharma6]

This was great, now I realise my parents' generation never really consumed proper news in their youth.

[@sujithkumar2041]

And now you 'think' your generation consumes 'proper' news in your youth. Earlier at least they didn't consume hate in the garb of news.

[@MegaKhaitan1]

@@sujithkumar2041 First tell me from which generation do you belong, if you are before millennial generation, you should realize that news now a days is not served to you, but today you have to use your mind and find a logical opinion on the news. Today we are lucky that we have lots of sources of news, we can see every aspect of the same news ,can hear lots of opinion from all side, and can form our own opinion, ourselves. One need to have little patience and logical thinking capability to have a valid opinion on a news. Our older generations didn't get those opportunity. News were served to them by govt. Today we can search for truth, and can avoid the lies, only you need a sane mind for that.

[@alisha3428]

They did. With newspapers.

[@princidhillon3073]

NDTV were champions of news since beginning.....

[@waquarusmani]

After a long time, Respected Shami narang sir voice listened. Thank you sir to be a part of TV newsance.

[@jks091]

Very well compiled Thanks for Inviting Shammi Narang Sahib Ji

[@HarendraSingh-cr1cm]

One of the best episode in the history of newsance because it contains old days

[@qaa7694]

"From the mumbai studio to bla bla bla" was the best

[@mehulyogi925]

Watching this for first time, Shammi Narang, Sarla Maheshwari, Salma Sultana... amazing days. Salma Sultana and Pankaj Pachauri were with BBC Radio hindi services...A comprehensive documentary.

[@stonedpujari8775]

Undeterred, unafraid and unapologetic journalism- excellent work, thank you!

[@mayankacharya3211]

This is what you call a "real journalism" Hatt off to you manisha for showing us how the journalism has evolved through out the year. I think you could have added the vernacular press act by British.

[@rajarshimukherjee4844]

The most important thing that you missed is the grueling interviews of boe-tied Thapar :)

[@newsjunkieish]

Thapar was doing those interviews in his bow ties, hissing and snarling at panelists long before these guys were born.

[@gks2682]

I still remember his famous Jethmalani interview ☺️

[@anushpachauri9667]

The best episode of newsense history so far👍👍👍👍

[@syedkhawarzafar5108]

240+ dislikes are of viewers who decided to continue their "suffer" in the same "TV news trains ".🤣😅

[@unidentifiedperson1674]

This is so good.. just like any dicumentry.

[@teamofmultitalents]

Ravish Kumar is Really Human Being Superb Integrity & Consistency Then & Now

[@aljoliashant2026]

19:27 ravish was savage at that time also. Taking digs at essentialsof a nation....sadak, khamba, manmohan Singh, literacy, school, gdp. 😂😂😂😂

[@rakheedey4427]

I love to watch NDTV any time and any where.

[@teresavarghese1177]

True. Will never forget the Doordarshan days too.

[@tanmaychatterjee4228]

NDTV is the only international standard TV channel that obviously cater to sensible viewers. And by no means their viewership is small.

[@keithcoutinho95]

Best newsance episode Well done newslaundry team

[@manishapande4184]

Thank you!! Do share the episode

[@ayushmitra9903]

Really liked the BA AA part especially Arnub's face on Jesus. He truly is the new Jesus of TV newsance.

[@akshatsrivastava4280]

Arguably the best episode of Newsance. Definitely the most hard hitting. Hats off to the team at Newslaundry.

[@sasentaiko]

I can't believe how much I learned in 30 mins. It's really evergreen.

[@zedkay5145]

Ohhhhhhh I remember the good old days, I miss them my country was so good

[@GauravSingh-rg2ke]

This video is a masterpiece. It encapsulated the entire history of TV news beautifully in a single vide

[@myarchitecturalview6632]

Woww, the best episode so far. We need mass amplification of this video !!! We need free and unbiased Media. #Jaihind

[@ayanyunus4157]

You guys are love

[@AhmadRaza-yi4lz]

This is absolutely one of the finest show.

[@BharatiyaDeshbhakt]

NEWSLAUNDRY ❤️ such a wonderful episode of NEWSANCE 💜🥺 I am so happy to be a subscriber 💐

[@piyushtripathi4960]

One of the best and most collectable and never before presentation from NEWSENCE

[@vedantgupta01]

This Video is An eyeopener. Changed My View On Indian News Media. Good Job Newslaundry

[@kunalphadte2674]

25:37 "Arnab's debates became a catharsis for this man" - not sure if talking about Meghnad or typical Indian Middle class male

[@bhaskarindrakanti1404]

A wonderful montage on the history of NEWS in India. Thank you for this show. 🌼

[@adityas1705]

This is masterpiece 🔥❤️❤️❤️

[@absolute7433]

Great teaching. Thank you.