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Revisiting Zindagi Gulzar Hai in 2020

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Sometime ago, when I was scrolling down my YouTube feed probably wasting my time, I cam across a clip of the popular Pakistani TV show 'Zindagi Gulzar Hai'. I begin to realize how the time has passed since 2014 when I first watched that show on Zindagi. The first ever TV serial I watched.  Television was never a norm in our family, and the cable was ought to get cut during school examinations, especially the Board ones. According to our father, it was a major distraction. If we speak of Indian schools, then there are numerous exams throughout the year. The best time was summer vacations as we used to have uninterrupted cable connection for two months. So watching serials would've been a bad idea as you'll be missing months worth of storyline. Honestly, I was never even interested in watching any serial as such because I knew most of them were dumb already.  I remember, while quickly switching between channels, deciding what to watch, I suddenly stopped at Zindagi channe...