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