Back in the day, when we moved from radio entertainment to TV entertainment, the only show that remained on our radar was the BQC. Does anyone remember the BQC? The Bournvita Quiz Contest seems to be one of those formats that survives not only time, but mediums too. That’s why I was pretty surprised read more...

Being up-to-date on current affairs and having vast reserves of general knowledge was a thing to be proud of in my day. We took pride in our knowledge and showed off to our friends when we learnt something new. For example, on the Monday after my regular Sunday-watching of the Bournvita Quiz Contest read more...

Of late, I have been noticing that quiz shows are on the decline. After the ESPN school quiz Olympiad and the Bournvita Quiz Contest, there have been no edutainment shows that have created an impact. I wonder why that is... Is it because no one wants to learn anything anymore? Or is it that there is read more...

Derek O’Brien where are you?!! Come back I miss the days when me and my friends would have sleep overs just to watch the Bournvita Quiz Contest.We would shout out all the answers even before you’d finish the questions. OMG how long ago was that. Why do they stop all the good shows only? Listen if th read more...

I am a mother of two and I would just like to say that television programming today is not what it used to be when I was growing up. I’m sorry to say that the importance that was given to things like educating children in fun ways just doesn’t seem to exist today. All TV channels care about is gimmi read more...

Recently, I was telling my kids about how things were back in those days – how we spent our Sundays relaxing with the family and eating together, watching TV together. It was family time, as opposed to everyone running off to do his or her own thing these days. Surprisingly, the memory that stands o read more...

Nowadays, flicking through channels has become routine. I have reached the conclusion that there is just nothing interesting to watch anymore. The number of shows on TV seems to increase everyday but their substance is decreasing at a similarly rapid pace. I really miss the days when it the choice w read more...

Wanting my kids to grow up to be good people is one thing. Having them grow up to be intelligent, as well, is quite another. I believe that kids need direction when they’re young and impressionable; they are extremely susceptible to outside influence and one should make sure that these influenc read more...

Childhood friends and a nostalgic conversation over tea brought all kinds of latent memories to the surface and interesting conversations to the table. Right from old flames and tree-houses that we built, to TV shows watched together amidst shrieks of excitement. In fact, the one that usually got us read more...

At a time when television programming has hit an all-time low, the world seems to think they’ve hit jackpot – the profusion of shows that clutter today’s TV are taken to mean variety and superior programming. What people fail to realise is that the actual content of these shows is mediocre at best a read more...

I have always wondered what happens to television programs that get shelved; I expect that they die in some TV show graveyard, eclipsed by snazzier copy-cat versions that take their space and TRPs. Except that some shows break the clutter to remain in our minds and hearts for a long time to come. An read more...

Bournvita Quiz Contest holds a ’nostalgia’ for many of us since our childhood as we grew up listening to Ameen Sayani on radio and then watching Derek O’Brien on television. Since 2006, exactly 200 Sundays of my life have passed that have deprived me of the pleasure of “half an hour o read more...

Today, I was going through some old photos and I came across one of me as a child, crouched on the floor, glued to the TV. The picture on the screen took me straight down memory lane to the Bournvita Quiz Contest times. The age-old favorite that had me and every other kid glued to the TV for that on read more...

This week’s television guide should be framed for posterity. The absolute drivel that constitutes children’s programming these days is embarrassing. Any future generation that delves into what our kids are subjected to these days, would be horrified at the entertainment, we think is intere read more...

It seems that the children’s TV programming these days is focused solely on cartoons. When I leave my home, I would like to leave my son in front of the television thinking he is going to gain something from it. Not become a product of mindless entertainment. The GenX requires knowledge enhancement read more...

Most kids plug into the world of television long before they enter school. Of course, television, in moderation, can be a good thing. No doubt about it — TV can be an excellent educator and entertainer. But restricting TV to be used as the only form of entertainment can have detrimental effects than read more...