Radio for the Millions - Sample audio material
Much of the audio material analyzed in Radio for the Millions is either copyright protected or available only in archives. However, the following websites and recordings can be accessed. It is my hope that these sources will give readers a taste of the audio material analyzed in this book.
Part I: Radio News during WWII
Introduction:
Ameen Sayani’s Geetmala ke Chaaon Main (A CD series produced by Ameen Sayani that recounts the radio program Binaca Geetmala’s journey across the decades)
Songs described in the introduction:
Part I: Radio News during WWII
Chapter 2:
The voice of Subhas Chandra Bose from the Prasar Bharati Archives website
Part II: Music in Post-Independence India and Pakistan
Chapter 3:
The Prasar Bharati YouTube channel includes recordings of music broadcast during 1952-1957.
Chapter 4:
Original excerpt of Cibaca Geetmala (previously Binaca Geetmala) program from the 1993 aired by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation ( previously Radio Ceylon).
Some songs described in Chapter 4:
“Yeh dunīyā yeh mehfil mere kām kī nahīṅ”
Part III: Radio Drama and the 1965 War
Chapter 5:
Excerpt of Nur Jehan singing “Ae watan ke sajeelay jawano” from the radio program Safar Hai Šart.
Short excepts of a recording of the news reader Shakeel Ahmed.
Other songs in Chapter 5:
“Mereyā ḍhol sipāhiyā tenuṅ rabb diyāṅ rakkhāṅ”
“Merā māhī chail chabīlā hāye nī karnail nī, jarnail nī”
Chapter 6:
Khalida Begam’s letter to AIR Urdu Service’s Āvāz De Kahāṅ Hai with English subtitles (Please note that this is reenactment of the original letter sent to Abdul Jabbar by a voice artist and not an original recording).
Excerpt of an original Āvāz De Kahāṅ Hai program.
Recording by fans Āvāz De Kahāṅ Hai sent to Abdul Jabbar.
