ne of the sublime joys of being a child in the 1980s was not playing hide-and-seek on cool summer evenings. It was actually waiting in anticipation for the escapades of a short, caustic, carrot chewing detective - who went by the name of Karamchand - and his bumbling sidekick Kitty, on national network Doordarshan.

Many summers, television networks and detective serials hence, watching Karamchand can still be a joy for an adult in this decade. Now that second seasons of television series have become the flavour of the season, Sony Entertainment Television has decided to revive Karamchand. This time, however, the time gap between the first and the second season is over 20 years! ... more