Radio Report
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Her voice from the sky: My mother’s years in All India Radio’s Russian language unit
Relaying the news from India in her mother tongue gave Elizaveta Ghosh a voice as well as gave voice to her experience of making India her home.
Sonali Ghosh
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North East India’s first community radio station has become another casualty of Covid-19
After running for 333 hours in 37 days of lockdown, it has stopped transmission for now.
Ankuran Dutta
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Four Indian radio legends recall the time when newsreaders moved people to tears, not war
For Ramanuj Prasad Singh, Vinod Kashyap and others, newsreading was a solemn profession, one that didn’t lend itself to dramatisation.
Purnima Sharma
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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This artificial sweetener can destroy gut bacteria and intestine cells
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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This Bengali radio show’s storytelling skills could put even Netflix in the shade
Sunday Suspense’s dramatised renditions of horror and crime stories are so popular that they’ve even spawned unofficial apps.
Preetha Banerjee
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India’s first radio festival to be held in Delhi on Thursday
The event to celebrate audio programming is being organised by International Association of Women in Radio and Television in partnership with UNESCO.
Scroll Staff
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Gurgaon Ki Awaaz shows the powerful potential of community radio stations in India
Community radio stations are bridging the gap between migrant and local populations, one song request at a time.
Raksha Kumar
Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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A world in your ears: Radio’s dramatic rebirth in the digital age
Digital technology has given an old format a new lease of life.
Richard Brooks, The Conversation
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Unsighted but not unseeing: a blind photographer captures the beauty around him
"Photography reconnects me to the visual world to which I always belong," says 27-year-old Mahesh Umrania.
Chhavi Sachdev