a fellow fodorite here in boston asked me to let you all know that there will be a documentary starting on India on jan 5 at 9PM on PBS

The documentary, titled "The Story of India" was produced by the BBC to commemorate 60 years of Indian independance. Parts one and two will be shown tonight (Monday January 5) from 9-11 EST. Parts four through six will be shown on the following two Mondays - same times.

Should be a great show...

Thanks for elaborating on the PBS production. Am anxious to see it as I am off Jan. 14th.

Thanks for the info, Bob. I enjoy history.

its actually thanks to cindy as she suggested i make people aware of it...bon voyage to her!!

cindy, bob, thanks for the info. i know you guys are five hours ahead, so don't tell me the ending, ok?

Thanks for this. Having recently been smitten by India, I'd love to know more about its (incredibly complicated - at least that's how it struck me) history.

Thanks for posting this Bob. I knew it was going to air, glad I saw this before it was too late!

Hope they do India justice.

ken--it ended by the indians fighting the chinese for world domination in 2019....

Does the documentary start on India or does it start on Jan. 5? Inquiring minds want to know.

Plus did you see the sneaky way that the POB blamed another Fodorite for his original Post? Passive/aggressive, n'est pas?

Panda rambling as usual. Don't forget to watch. Go Yanks.

i have to say it put a pretty 'normal' look on india....cindy you are in for the surprise of your life...

not sure i will watch the rest...

Good photography & some interesting info - I'll certainly watch the rest. BTW, there seems to be lots of supplemental stuff at www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia.

It had been a long day for me... I feel asleep from around 9:30p. Aiya!

Maybe I was tired, but it was ok, not great. Some things were covered too quickly, others were dragged out. It wasn't REALLY necessary to to go Turkmenistan and interview the Russsian archeologist for example.

I'll watch the next installments in the hope it gets better.

I fell asleep during each of the parts that aired last night. I'm going to try the pbs Web site to see if I can "get it."

I was somewhat disappointed in what I saw before falling asleep toward the end of the first part. I did record it on my DVR so I can watch the rest of it tonight. The review of the series in last Friday's Wall Street Journal was positively glowing, especially with regard to the first episode.

thursday - Thanks for the URL.

I've just been watching it, but, somewhere around the Russian archaeologist and Turmenistan or wherever it was, like Craig, I had a little zizz.

I think it was great, but I lost the thread. Russian archaeologists can do that to a Dog.