From the World of Radio & TV

Me back on radio.. for this promo
Its been humbling working with genuinely good people of the city to recognise those who do really good things for the city selflessly – NGOs, RWAs, MLAs, sarkari staff, un’sarkari unsung workers…
The Jury has spoken. Verdict on night of April 7 – National College grounds, Basavangudi, Blore.

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Radio & those mornings in the studio…

There is no better way to reach out to an entire city than as a radio anchor. `RJ’ as you get addressed. My airtime during my stint @ Radio City from 2004-08 was from morning 7 to 11, hosting the primetime show. Every morning was no doubt a Goooooood Morning for four of those radio years. And when it was time to say bye to move on to another medium, another show, it was simply not easy. I remember this conversation I had on one of those last breakfast shows..

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My report on the Mangalore pub attack, 2009

When I moved on to the world of video from audio, there was the added element of visuals that I had, to tell my story. While I have always loved the mystery that radio has and the power of the unseen voice, there are times when TV scores over the audio medium: Simply nothing can say it better than the visuals at the site of the ‘news’ . One such moment for me was in Mangalore in Karnataka, where I reported on the infamous ‘pub attacks’, when a group of girls had been attacked by a bunch of hooligans… Watch on.