

When you see someone like him tomorrow morning, it is good to keep him in mind and say ‘Namaskara’. When you see someone like him tomorrow morning, it is good to keep him in mind and say ‘Namaskara’.ĭr LakshmanRao Krisnapuri on ‘Namma’ Uday Kumar has a small story to tell about how #Coronavirus has changed his life. H.R.Bapu Satyanarayana on ‘Namma’ Uday Kumar has a small story to tell about how #Coronavirus has changed his life. And, after six decades of writing, Shantadevi Kanavi’s thoughts live on in six languages. H.R.Bapu Satyanarayana on In the end, words are all that will survive. We will ensure that your opinion reaches the ears of those who can set right the shambles. Tell us of how your hopes and expectations have been belied by the channel. Tell us if you ever feel like watching it. Now is the chance to speak up. Join the churumuri campaign. And it’s with your money that Chandana manages to serve up such bilge, such crap. It’s your money that is underwriting the salaries of the officials, clerks and so-called creative people. It’s your money that is keeping Chandana alive. The tragedy is that all this is happening with your money. And its officials are bending backwards to serve as lackeys and factotums of politicians, bureaucrats and police officers. Doordarshan officials who are supposed to be running the show behind the scenes, are only too happy to have their faces shown, as if it is their private fiefdom.

Worse, it is a hothouse of sycophancy and corruption. And it has long since abandoned its claims to be a public service broadcaster. Its content is disgraceful for what is supposed to be a mouthpiece of Kannada arts, letters and culture. Its programmes are not a patch on the private Kannada channels. Chandana, the Kannada television channel of Doordarshan, is in an absolute mess.
