Vaividhyotsav – Programming Celebrating Diversity & Communal Harmony

Vaividhyotsav - Programming Celebrating Diversity & Communal Harmony

 
 
Santkatha (Saint's Speak): Different religious leaders speak of the attitude towards peace and tolerance in their faiths. 
68 episodes have been telecast so far.
 
 
Mansai (Humaneness): This is a weekly fiction-based programme depicting simple stories that highlight human values and humane behavior.
68 episodes have been telecast so far.
 
 
Vasudhev Kutumbakam (The World is My Family): An interview based programme on families that are mixed: culturally, nationally, language-wise and religion-wise to try and understand the real issues and the real advantages of mixed families from the point of view of various generations.
55 episodes have been telecast so far.
 
 
Virasat Quiz: A unique quiz programme based on our rich cultural heritage and of one's real understanding of what we all think we know - our heritage and culture. The quiz has been conducted within the corporate sector and between schools. An inter-college quiz is also under production.
43 episodes have been telecast so far.
 
 
Manavta ni Mehak (The Fragrance of Humanity): A folk music and story telling programme, using the Gujarati folk-form of the dayro, that highlights human values, harmony and the need to live together, through traditional, historical and mythological tales reinterpreted for modern times. 68 episodes have been telecast so far.
 
 
Bharatiyat (Indianness): This is a programme that has a magazine format. The concept is to trace the origins of ideas, things, the arts, clothing, rituals and more to appreciate that India's greatness is not in its purity but in its unique ability to assimilate and make its own whatever has vcome from across the globe. The programme is divided into segments like art and architecture, clothing and jewelry, thought, ritual and literature and language.
 
 
Gurjar Yatra: Gujarat has traditionally been at the crossroad of travel, with the trade between East and West passing through the State and leaving its stamp. It has also nurtured Jain, Hindu and Islamic rulers and they too have left a great heritage, both built and in the form of social behaviour and thought. This programme looks at this heritage by traveling around the State and tracing the history.