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1 October 2013 - 3:15pm
By IANS,
New Delhi : All India Radio (AIR), which puts out over 650 bulletins a day in 91 Indian languages and dialects, has played a key role in contributing to the cementing of the country's unity, said Prasar Bharti chief Jawhar Sircar here Tuesday.
Addressing an event to celebrate 75 years of AIR's news transmission in Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and Marathi languages, Sircar said "India is one country because of institutions like Akashvani (AIR)."
He said AIR should not be compared to other channels and criticised as less attractive or less competitive because the "contribution of Akashvani to the cementing of the idea of India" is immense.
Sircar said India being a multi-linguistic, multi-ethnic and pluralistic country, its strength lies in the flowering of its diversity. Akashvani, with its various regional language programmes and news bulletins, has helped foster the unity in diversity.
Director General (News) AIR, Archana Datta,................................
Read more at http://twocircles.net/2013oct01/air_played_key_role_cementing_unity_prasar_bharti_chief.html
1 October 2013 - 3:15pm
By IANS,
New Delhi : All India Radio (AIR), which puts out over 650 bulletins a day in 91 Indian languages and dialects, has played a key role in contributing to the cementing of the country's unity, said Prasar Bharti chief Jawhar Sircar here Tuesday.
Addressing an event to celebrate 75 years of AIR's news transmission in Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and Marathi languages, Sircar said "India is one country because of institutions like Akashvani (AIR)."
He said AIR should not be compared to other channels and criticised as less attractive or less competitive because the "contribution of Akashvani to the cementing of the idea of India" is immense.
Sircar said India being a multi-linguistic, multi-ethnic and pluralistic country, its strength lies in the flowering of its diversity. Akashvani, with its various regional language programmes and news bulletins, has helped foster the unity in diversity.
Director General (News) AIR, Archana Datta,................................
Read more at http://twocircles.net/2013oct01/air_played_key_role_cementing_unity_prasar_bharti_chief.html
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