Thirteen Years and Counting........(Part -8)

I was again out of internship.The only consoling point I had with me was that I was still in my studies. But I would not stop I thought. I gathered all my courgage,tried to wipe out my tears and hurt from BBC and rang up my only symathesiser in BBC --Madhukar Upadhyaya and Shalini Joshi. Since Madhukar was away from my reach, I relied on Shalini Joshi, a rather new face in BBC. She immediatly replied to my call and asked me to meet Mr Shiv Prasad Joshi, one of the most reliable faces in Zee India TV(now Zee News).

With no option left I trusted on her words and rushed soon after I got a time with Mr Joshi. I was keen to see the budding face of Indian news industry. To remind my readers --there were only three channels in Indian TV news circuit at that time--Zee India TV,Aaj Tak and NDTV-Star News.

I do not remember how I got inside the Zee News,but Shiv Joshi played a major role to made me learnt about scripting part. A bearded man,a rather young and energetic man with sharp skill of packaging and narration, he was a prominent and most reliable face of Zee India TV.

It was October 1998 when I bagan with Zee India TV's two room office at South Ext. I was still staying in Mahipalpur, and slowly picking up with local Jat lingo. My duty was mostly in night shift as most of interns were put to learn when there was no load of news. My routine was to come to South Campus first and then to take a 323 no Bus direct to Nodia Gole Chakkar and the a rickshaw to film city, by that time Zee India TV shifted in Film City and got its present logo of Zee News.

Not to say that Zee News is mecca for beginers and learners and you get pleanty of chance to learn new skill on professional and personal front.

I was put on news desk mostly with Shiv Josi's leadership. The Hindi and English news team was sitting in the same news room and there was no demarkation of work and people......................

To be continued.....
People,Girls and work and Zee News.