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News that cheers

Vartika Nanda

Tired of gory news on television with aggressive reporters shouting at the peak of their voices? Here is some relief on offer. Sahara Samay is coming with a half-an-hour weekly series Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye starting this Saturday.  220;Most channels have forgotten about happy news. Through this series we want to show that even development news could be entertaining,” says the show host Vartika Nanda. Vartika, who also happens to be the programming head of the channel, says the reporters were first surprised when they were told that they have to have a smile on their face while reporting for this series. “Similarly, they were told that the subject should be interviewed in a happy mood and the reporter should wear colourful clothes.”

Vartika says there is a story on a female farmer in Muzaffarpur who has become an example for women. “Then there is a story about seven sisters in Jodhpur making a name in the business of spices.” Instead of borrowed footage from entertainment channels, she is collecting footage from the everyday life to entertain people. Not sure as to how it will fare in the TRP war, she has put a pigeon among the cats, and adds, “Let’s see how the cats react.”

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