Interview with Kyle James

Mr. Kyle James from US ,working with DW,Germany was in Delhi for a month long training programe arranged by IGNOU. The trainees at IGNOU interviewed him on the campus.

Daily Bread Earners of Naib Sarai,Delhi

Naib Sarai is situated on the outskirts of Delhi, and is very near to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)Naib means Deputy and Sarai means a place for rest during journeys. In older days people used to rest here on way to Delhi, thus the name Naib Sarai is driven.This two km street from Mahroli road to IGNOU is full of hustle bustle of life.A group of trainees on the campus of IGNOU, while on stroll noticed a vast difference between the life inside and out side IGNOU .To their surprise, most of the vendors and small shopkeepers are migrants and raising their families with meager earning ,thanks to IGNO along with a couple of other up coming institutions and residential colonies.There are hundreds of Laeek, Muni, and Vijay whose forefathers migrated from different parts of the country with dreams to make their generations happy and prosperous. Yes, they are happier than what they were before. But ''they have miles to go...".

All India Radio:The Public Broadcaster

The broadcasting House in Parliament Street, New Delhi
stands in the service of people of India




If we go back to the history of All India Radio, we will find that it was started to entertain the affluent groups of elite Indians to listen to the Operas and News. The first broadcast, as it is popularly known, went on air from the terrace of Times of India in Mumbai under the banner of Bombay Radio Club.

It was Mr. Fielden from BBC who took reins of this privately owned set-up in 1936 and gave this name, All India Radio (AIR). At the time of partition of the country, six radio stations remained with India and other three went to Pakistan.The responsibility of INFORMING and EDUCATING the people of independent India was the prime responsibility of the newly form government.Hence radio was the only effective tool in the hands of Government of India to reach to maximum number of people. Thus started the role of AIR as the Public Broadcaster of India with a motto to Educate, to Inform and to Entertain. On completion of 50 years, AIR came under Prasar Bharati with an intention to to make it free from government's patronage.

AIR is fulfilling the role of a public broadcaster by way of including the voices of commonest of the common people and informing them effectively in their own differnt languages and dialect.