Growing up in India, I spent a lot of time listening to Hindi music on Radio Ceylon. I didn't know it at the time, but my attachment to the Colombo-based broadcaster was a perfect example of its ...

Sri Lanka is celebrating the Centenary year of its radio service this year. It was indeed a momentous event when the Sri Lankan radio service, Radio Ceylon, was launched on December 16, 1925, making ...

What might Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy of British India, have to do with the popularity of filmi music? Quite a bit, it turns out. During the Second World War, Mountbatten, then supreme Allied ...

On 21 February 2024, the Radio legend and the voice behind the nostalgic salutation "Behnon aur bhaiyyon" Ameen Sayani passed away at the age of 91, due to a heart attack. One of the most popular ...

'Namaste behno aur bhaiyo, main aapka dost Ameen Sayani bol raha hoon,' the familiar greeting and the instantly identifiable voice coasted on airwaves into countless homes every Wednesday on Radio ...

You have been doing very little on radio these days.(Laughs) That's not entirely correct. I have been on Red FM and a few other stations, but I think since I have not been on Radio Ceylon for a long ...

A childhood governed by Radio Ceylon’s immaculately timed 8 a.m. Saigal finale. K. L. Saigal as both generational irritant and quiet cultural giant, misunderstood by those who grew up on Rafi and ...