"Namastey Behno aur Bhaiyon” (Hello, sisters and brothers) was the greeting style of India's Radio legend Ameen Sayani when he introduced India’s most popular first Hindi film songs countdown show ...

From ten-minute real estate lectures in 1922 to six-second audio stings, the radio ads have been among one of the most memorable jingles, that we still remember.

Before playlists, podcasts, streaming apps, YouTube, television took over, the trusty radio was the centre of everyday life in our desh. A democratic device everyone could afford one It delivered news ...

Imagine the era of the 1960s, when television was a distant dream and the internet did not exist. At that time, a small box called a radio was the lifeblood of the Indian middle-class drawing room.

Nearly fifty per cent of advertising budgets in Asia are now being captured by social media platforms and digital influencers, a shift that is rapidly hollowing out the financial base of traditional ...

And there she stops tuning. Slowly, her attention shifts to the vegetables sizzling on the stove, the radio playing softly beside her in the kitchen. She tosses the vegetables in the wok as she hums ...

The singer in question is none other than Vani Jairam. Born in 1945, in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, Vani Jairam was the fifth of nine siblings. Vani's connection to music dates back to her childhood. As ...

In 1929, when civil servant KPS Menon was posted in Peshawar, he received an offer to become the Agent of the government of India in Ceylon. The 31-year-old bureaucrat, who would later become ...

Amidst all adversity he remained true to his art, his life values and his principles. This unbending characteristic is not viable in current society, so no artist has dared to adhere to such rigid ...

As Sri Lanka marks seventy-seven years of independence, this moment demands more than flags, ceremonies, or familiar slogans. It demands memory, honesty, and moral courage. Once spoken of with ...

Binaca Geetmala turned radio into a national ritual, with Ameen Sayani’s voice uniting India every Wednesday night long before playlists or algorithms existed. Built on listener postcards and public ...