When Sunday evenings meant Surabhi
Before there were hundreds of TV channels, Sunday evenings felt special. Families gathered around the TV and waited for the show to begin.
Two faces everyone remembered
Every week, Renuka Shahane and Siddharth Kak welcomed viewers into stories, traditions, and places from across India, turning a simple TV show into a shared ritual for millions of homes.
India came into our living rooms
14 LAKH
postcards in a single week
Surabhi’s quiz became so popular that the show received 14 lakh postcards in a single week. There were so many postcards that Siddharth Kak said he had to hire a tempo to collect bags of mail from the post office.
Imagine that — before WhatsApp
Long before instant messages, families sat together to write out their answers on postcards, then walked to the post office to send them off — and waited all week for the results.
The country became its research team
Viewers themselves became storytellers, mailing in local legends, family traditions and hidden corners of their towns — turning all of India into one big research team.
Remember this tune?
It wasn't just a show — it was the one hour each week that made the whole country feel like one big family.
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