thanks so much dear avinash for posting this article and for your encouraging words. keep it up.
On 6/19/15, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm glad to see Jyoti and company doing wel by each passing day. you > girls and guys have done something which Delhi/Mumbai youths had never > thought off,smiles. Keep up the good work. TOI has done one more story > on Jyoti and her radio > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Disabilitys-just-a-word-for-her/articleshow/47727709.cms > > > But this 23-year-old, gritty Ludhiana girl had something else up her > sleeve an online, community radio station. > > Meet Jyoti Malik, a visually-impaired resident of Ludhiana who manages > the online station called 'Radio Udaan'. Asked about how she went > about starting the radio station, Jyoti comes up with a simple > explanation: "I started using social-networking sites to meet people > who too were suffering from visual impairment. I managed to create a > huge group of visually-impaired youngsters and we all got close, so > close that we are now like a second family to each other." > > Jyoti is a programme manager at the station and she also doubles up as > a radio jockey. "Initially, we used to share knowledge and used to > discuss our problems," she says. "I had once participated in a > community radio show of a Pakistani radio jockey who was also visually > impaired. So, I discussed the same idea with my friends and everyone > liked it. Then we worked on the idea and launched our online community > radio on February 2, 2014." > > On Radio-Udaan, whose online link is www.radioudaan.com, the RJs > conduct debates, entertainment programmes, musical shows and > interviews. At present, youngsters from Delhi, Hydrabad, Chennai, > Mumbai, Gujrat, and even Pakistan and West Indies are associated with > them. "Our shows are aired from 7pm to 11pm. The repeat telecast is on > the next day, from 2pm to 6pm. We play songs during the remaining > time," she says. > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- we want peace not pieces. regards, Danish Mahajan Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
