{"id":1154,"date":"2009-01-05T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/npt08.wordpress.com\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2009-01-05T15:00:20","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T21:00:20","slug":"the-story-of-india-brought-to-lush-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2009\/01\/05\/the-story-of-india-brought-to-lush-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of India Brought to Lush Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Wood — the “gold standard” for cultural travelog television creators according to Mike Hale in The New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/em>— brings us THE STORY OF INDIA<\/a><\/strong>, a new six-hour journey through the history of the Indian subcontinent that begins tonight, Monday, January 5 at 8:00 p.m. central on NPT and continues for the next two Mondays.<\/p>\n

“If you like the idea of watching a really good National Geographic article brought to life, with the lush photography, fascinating facts, sense of discovery and slight superficiality that implies,” writes<\/strong><\/a> Hale, “you\u2019ll love \u201cThe Story of India.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first hour retraces lost ancient cities in Pakistan, the scene of India’s first civilization, before the second hour moves into the revolutionary years after 500 BC — the age of the Buddha.<\/p>\n