Tuning In To The Good Old Days of The Radio - Hindustan Times
Image Source: Flickr | The Good Old Days of Radio W henever I switch on my FM radio of the car, I dive straight into the early '70s when we had just one radio for the entire family. To avoid any conflict, time slots were allocated according to the preferences of family members. The afternoon belonged to my mother who would not miss ' Behno ka karyakaram' and her all-time favourite 'Hindi Natya Rupantar'. 'Aapki Farmaish' and 'Aapki Pasand' programmes that played music on the request of listeners were liked not because of the songs but simply listening to our names in the list. The Urdu service of All India Radio was the favourite of all. Except for the time when ghetto box was placed in the living room, updating us on the news and routine music, the electronic piece, smartly attired in a brown leather case, kept on changing hands as per the time slots agreed to. Of all the music programmes, Binaca Geet Mala that was later christened Cibaca Gee...