Reading News In The 80s: Hear It From Rini Simon Khanna

Reading news in the 80s and 90s was all about keeping calm while sometimes the traffic of everything that could go bad rushed around you.

So you think you have a tough job? Rini Simon Khanna, Doordarshan’s famous newsreader spoke to us recently and shared about the roller coaster ride working in the newsroom was in the good ol’ eighties. Think no teleprompters, sheets with typos, rats scurrying around and the ability to keep your calm through it all. Here’s a quick look:

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Anonoymous

16 Sep, 2020

[…] Reading news in the 80s and 90s was all about keeping calm while sometimes the traffic of everything that could go bad rushed around you.Â Rini Simon Khanna, Doordarshanâ€™s famous newsreader spoke to us recently and shared about the roller coaster ride working in the newsroom was in the good olâ€™ eighties. Click here and hear her out.Â […]