April 28: A talk on "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder"

This Saturday on the Indian Radio Show, we will be talking about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. Many of us came to know about this term in the wake of recent incidents at Virginia Tech. However, it is important to realize how PTSD can affect people, in what conditions it can affect, and what are the ways to deal with PTSD. The guest on the show will be Dr. Margaret Keeling, Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech. Dr. Keeling will be accompanied by her Ph.D Student Jotika Jagasia. More information about Dr. Keeling is available here. Do call in to ask questions and request songs at 540 231 9888. The show can be heard in Blacksburg on 90.7 FM and on internet by visiting http://www.wuvt.vt.edu/main.html and clicking on "Listen Online." The show timings are April 28 1-2:30 pm (Eastern Standard Time) and 10:30-12:00 pm (Indian Standard Time). Anurag

April 14: "SEDUCTIVE SATURDAY!!!"

On Saturday , 14th of april, 1:00 pm .....WUVT 90.7 Radio is gonna be sexier than ever. Get seduced by the Indian tunes as Anurag and Mathi play some of the seducing numbers from India. Do tune in and make requests....let this saturday be the one to remember!!! Only on WUVT 90.7 FM. The show can be heard online by clicking on "Listen Online" on http://wuvtindian.blogspot.com --Nikhil

April 7: Radio Show this saturday

Edit: The recording of the show is available here. This Saturday the fun duo of Raag (Anurag) and Munnabhai (Nikhil) come again with some fun filled songs and some latest gossip from Bollywood.We will also be covering the protest that some of our friends are holding at Tech against the cruelty to animals. We will play some regional songs as well. Do tune in to catch the action live!!!! only on 90.7 WUVT Do call in at 540 231 9888 to ask questions from our guest and request song. --Nikhil

Mar 31: Intro to Deptt. of Corrections and Circuit Court

This week the guests on the show are Brad Finch, Commonwealth Attorney, of Montgomery County. Commonwealth attorney is the chief law enforcement officer for a county. To read more about a Commonwealth Attorney and Brad Finch, click here. Another guest on the show will be Mr. Anil Goswami from the Circuit Court. Do tune in to the show to listen about the common crimes and felonies the Department of Corrections deal with. What are the different types of cases they get, and what should you expect if you or your friends get stuck with it. What are your rights? What are the common crimes people get into? What are the common crimes, people don't care about until they are caught? Do call in at 540 231 9888 to ask questions from our guest and request song. The Radio Jockey this week is Nikhil Nair. Raag

Mar 24: AIDS Epidemic in India...

EDIT : The recording of the entire show is available here On Mar 24, I will have a guest Dr। Vineeta Gupta, who is the founder and director of the Stop HIV/AIDS in India Initiative. We will be talking about several issues which still act as hindrance towards disseminating knowledge about HIV/AIDS epidemic, sex education and several cultural issues in India. Dr. Vineeta Gupta will be talking about the progress made so far, and what needs to be done in future to prevent this epidemic. Nikhil will be ready with the list of all his dhinchak songs. Do tune in on Saturday 1:00 pm, 90.7 FM. To listen on internet, visit WUVT home page and click on "Listen Online." Do call at 540 - 231 - 9888 to ask questions from our estemeed guest and to request songs. Anurag

Mar 17: Environment, what are we doing at personal level?

The theme of Indian radio show this Saturday will be "Environment, what are we doing at personal level?" I attended Dean's Forum on Environment on Feb 26 at Virginia Tech and recorded a couple of small interviews there. I will also have a special guest from the organization "Make The Switch" Ms. Susan Drinkard. Make the switch organization is on a very special mission to change all incandescent lamps in Blacksburg to power saving CFLs. Nikhil Nair will be back with his list of all "Dhinchak" songs for you. Do call in at 1-540-231-9888 to talk to our guest and request songs. Anurag

Mar 3: Munna Bhai hijacks Indian Radio Show at Virginia Tech

This weekend the Indian Hour will be hijacked by "Munna Bhai." Don't be scared, actually we have a new RJ for the Indian Radio show at Virginia Tech. His name is Nikhil Nair. He played the character of "Munna Bhai" in 2006 Diwali Show. Do listen to the show and call 1-540-231-9888 for requests. Keep listening Anurag

Details of Interview with Vice President of BPD

I am posting the audio clips of the interview I had with Vice President of Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD), Mr. Ravi Kishore. For the complete radio show Hear Download Starting with introducing Ravi... "Ravi Kishore, a 26yr old, is a B.Tech (Aerospace Engg) graduate from IIT-Bombay. He's currently the National Vice-President & acting Spokesperson of Bharat Punarnirman Dal. Born and brought up in Hyderabad into a lower-middle class family, Ravi Kishore presently focuses primarily on the education sector at all levels. He works in coordination with NGOs across Andhra Pradesh conducting various rural education programs in remote villages. He counseled nearly 15000 students & parents across places like Manthani, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar, Warangal, Hanamkonda, Nalgonda, Miryalaguda, Tirupati & Hyderabad creating awareness about the importance of education, various career aspects, scholarships & schemes from the govt. for rural education etc. On the professional front, he is the Director of Yukti Educational Services Pvt. Ltd, an IIT-JEE coaching institute. Chess, cricket, aviation, music, movies, cartoons & comics - especially Calvin & Hobbes constitute the lighter side of his personality." The first question I asked Ravi was about the name of the political party "Bharat Punarnirman Dal." And how do they see it. Response Hear Download I though that was a long and good explanation and it was a bold statement which said that the country has not evolved strategically from the beginning. Following this I wanted to know how BPD is actually different from other political parties out there. Response Hear Download I really appreciate the points mentioned by Ravi regarding the fresh mind, new ideas, and accessibility to political system. I further asked Ravi about their vision for India as a whole, which includes every individual from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Nagaland to Gujarat. He tried to present his vision according to what's happening around in India. Response Hear Download While talking about his Vision, Ravi brought up this energy issue. Energy is definitely going to be the driving force of political turmoil in near future. As an example, now even the suburbs of Mumbai are witnessing severe power cuts. During our talks, the issue of nuclear energy also came up, and we talked about the recent pact between India and US regarding that. Response Hear Download Harsha Rajasimha from Blacksburg, VA wanted to know how the party structure of BPD is organized? While asking about the party structure, I also asked Ravi about their website? I did talk to him about the strength of party. Response Hear Download Harsha asked how are the current recruiting process focused? Response Hear Download A question came up with a tag of IIT related thing in the party. Response Hear Download Then we talked about how they plan to succeed in a country where half of the people are illiterate? Response Hear Download The Ravi mentioned about the recent elections they contested and their plans for immediate future. Response Hear Download Three from Kanpur and two from Lucknow in an assembly of more than 400? I wanted more clarification on that. Response Hear Download So I wanted to know more about their screening process. Response Hear Download Plan for big political field UP? How you plan in just two remaining months? Response Hear Download I wanted some clarification on their poor coverage in media. Response Hear Download I absolutely loved Ravi's response on this question about his inspiration. Response Hear Download I asked how to vote from different place. He instead asked for more awareness Response Hear Download (The links will be updated in next few hours)) So, any message for listeners Response Hear Download These are all open source audio files posted on http://archive.org. You can link them from wherever you want. You can also transcribe it in English or any other language. Do post for your comments... Anurag

Feb 24: A meeting with the National Vice President of Bharat Punarniman Dal

Hi, As you know that the planned interview with the leaders of Bharat Punarnirman Dal could not take place on the radio on Feb 17 due to severe internet problems. I conducted an interview again with the National Vice President of Bharat Punarnirman Dal, Mr. Ravi Kishore on skype, but it was offline. I asked him several questions on various issues and I recorded the interview. I will play its parts on the radio show on Feb 24. I will also post the parts of interview on this blog soon after the radio show. Do call on the radio show at 1-540-231-9888 to request songs and discuss what I am talking about. Anurag PS: I am recruiting a pool of RJs for the Indian Radio show at Virginia Tech. Please contact me if you are interested.

Feb 17: A meeting with the President of Bharat Punarnirman Dal

Edit on Feb 18, 2007: The show did not go so well as I planned. We had lot of internet connection issues that day. Even people could not listen to the webstream. I will try to conduct an offline interview and update about developments soon. As I promised in my blog post on Raag's Corner, I have arranged a meeting with the President of Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD), Mr. Ajit Shukla and spokesperson of BPD, Mr. Ravi Kishore. As I did mention, BPD is a political organization started by students, primarily from IITs in India. They are planning to contest some elections in following years. I really welcome this novel thought and the passion of these young students to do something for their country. In the radio show on Feb 17, I will be talking to Mr. Ajit Shukla and Mr. Ravi Kishore through skype teleconferencing and will ask him several questions, regarding the mission and vision of their party. The show that day will have less of songs and more of interview. You are also welcome to ask Mr. Ajit Shukla some questions. The number to call that day will be 1-540-231-9888. The show will be broadcast live 1:00 - 2:30pm (EST) and 11:30-1:00am (IST). The show can he heard on air in Blacksburg area on 90.7 FM, and on internet all over the world on http://www.wuvt.vt.edu/main.html (Click on "Listen Online"). The recording of the show will also be available on this site after the show. If you want me to ask him some specific questions, please post them in the comments. Keep Listening. Anurag PS: I am recruiting a pool of RJ for the Indian show. If you are interested, please post your name and contact information to mishranurag (at) gmail (dot) com. Qualification - "Passion."

Feb 3: Asha for Education, NRV Chapter

EDIT: The recording of whole show can be heard here, and downloaded here. I hope you liked the show last week. We did have some technical difficulties during the show. Some recordings of the show are available here. Couple of the websites which were recommended in the show by the guests are Akshargram Hindini Some news regarding our one guest (Debashish) we had on show click here. This week the guest on the show is Harsha Karur, a PhD student in VBI at Virginia Tech. Harsha and a group of faculty and students have started a NRV (New River Valley) Chapter for the organization "Asha for Education." The website for "Asha for Education" is http://ashanet.org. He will talking more about the organization and its functioning during the show. You can email Harsha at harshakarur@gmail.com, if you are interested in joining the organization. You can call at 540 231 WUVT, to request songs and ask questions from my guest. The instructions for listening the show on computer is available at http://www.wuvt.vt.edu. Also, I am recruiting a pool of Radio Jockeys for Indian show at WUVT. Comment on this post if you are interested. Keep Listening, Anurag

Jan 27: Blogging in Indian Languages

On January 27, I will be talking about growth of blogging in Indian languages, specifically Hindi, its progress, and future. Stay tuned for an interesting discussion plus some latest and greatest songs from Bollywood. I might have some international guests on the show and I will try to connect to them through skype. Stay tuned for details. You can post your requests as comment to this post or call me during the show at 540 239 4436. The show timings will be 1:00 pm EST and 11:30 pm IST. The confirmed guest for this show are Debashish from Pune, Srijan from Delhi, Anup from Kanpur, Pankaj from Ahmedabad, and Pratik from Agra, India. Anurag

Jan 20: Resuming Indian Show and Interview with AID representative

Indian radio show will be back this Saturday at 1:00 pm. This Saturday I will play some latest released music, will talk about Hits and Flops of 1996 and most importantly I will interview an AID (Association for India's Development) - VT Chapter representative Chaitanya Chopra. I will be asking him about the philosophy behind AID, its working style, its motivation and their current projects. You can call me at 540 231 WUVT to request songs or ask questions. I am also recruiting at least three DJs for the Indian Radio Show for Spring, Fall and Summer 2007 semesters. Drop a comment here if you are interested. Keep listening Anurag

Dec 09: Engineering and Medical Education in US and India

This week I am inviting two guest to the radio show Dr. Vinod Lohani, Associate Professor, Deptt. of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, and Dr. Raj Chaubey, a Cardiologist. We will be dicussing about comparison of engineering and medical educations in US and India. Plus I will be playing latest and greatest songs from bollywood. Please don't forget to call in at 540-231-WUVT to request your favorite songs.

Dec 2: India, a new center of AIDS patients

Dec 1 is world AIDS day and this day reminds us of the dreadful disease human race is facing today. India is becoming a new center for AIDS patient and right now it is the most affected country with this problem. This week I will be talking about this dreadful disease and the initiatives being taken over the world to reduce its growth. I will talk about different initiatives which should be taken, and the sex education which is supposed to play an important in tackling with this dreadful disease. Anurag Blacksburg, VA residents can get the radio channel on 90.7 FM at 1:00 pm, and others can listen to it on internet. The instructions for listening to the show on Internet is available at http://wuvtindian.blogspot.com/2006/08/indian-radio-show-at-virginia-tech.html The show will start according to Indian Standard time (IST) at 11:30 pm.

Nov 18: Ganga Tera Paani Amrit

Shweta Nanda Bachhan acted as citizen journalist and prepared a report on the endangered dolphins in river Ganges. This recent report sparked discussion on the Ganga action plan again which resulted in a lot of spending and very little work for the River Ganges. This week I will be talking about the report by Shweta Bachhan, state of Ganga Action Plan, and condition of supposedly most pious river "Ganga." Also, recently my friend had a very bad experience with Indian Embassy. I would be talking about why we Indians do not like to respect each other and why do we see such indifferent behavior from Indian Embassies. With relation to this I will also talk about Indian PM Manmohan Singh's mention of "Lage Raho Munnabhai" in his speech. Stay Tuned! You are welcome to call during the show at 540-231-WUVT, or comment on this blog for your comments, suggestions and song requests. Keep Listening, Anurag

Nov11: Binaca Geetmala

I got hold of a silver Jubilee episode of Binaca Geetmala. I will present that recording this week. This would be pretty much a continuation of my last week's theme of being Nostalgic. I will play some latest songs as well. The other issues I will discuss are; recent climate change report by economist Sir Nicholas Stern and recent US elections. Don't forget to post your request if you have one. Do suggest a theme for the radio show as well. Anurag

Nov 4: Lets be Nostalgic

This week is WUVT Radiothon week. The special theme for Indian show during radiothon week will be "Lets be Nostalgic." I will be talking about the advent of radio and television in India and play the music from olden days. Most of us have seen radio and TV as an omnipresent entity and cannot imagine days without it. Be sure to get surprised and relive the good old days this Saturday at 1:00 pm Anurag

Oct 28: India: Unequal progress

We feel proud when we talk about Indian companies acquiring big businesses abroad, however we forget that in this race to progress we are leaving the important base of our society behind, the farmers. Recently there has been an issue of several farmers committing suicide in different parts of India, laden with debts. I hope to touch this issue this time and discuss its repercussions. I will be joined this week by Parthiban Rajshekharan, a PhD candidate in the Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease to discuss further on this issue! Anurag

The World This Week

I was not around last week. There is a lot to talk about this week and Saturday is Diwali as well. I will be talking about things like blogging, negative blogging (like me who talks about negative of this world only), some major developments around the world. I will also be telling the mythological story behind Diwali this week. Keep Listening Anurag