Tunes for the Troops - A Listener's Journey through a Radio Programme

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Tunes for the Troops – A Listener’s Journey through a Radio Programme is an account of the history and memories of a popular radio programme meant for the entertainment of the military and paramilitary forces, known as Sainik Bhaiyon Ka Karyakram or the Troops Programme, broadcast from the Hindi Section of Akashvani Guwahati, which has been running for more than sixty-one years in a row.
There has been a great number of books published on radio broadcasting in India. P. C. Chatterji’s Broadcasting in India, U. L. Barua’s This is All India Radio, Mehra Masani’s Broadcasting and the People, H. R. Luthra’s Indian Broadcasting, Jasdev Singh’s On the Wings of Radio Waves – A Broadcaster’s Journey, Kaushalya Rathnam’s Everything in Radio for the Masses, Manohar Mahajan’s Yaaden Radio Ceylon Ki are few top names in the list which give a deep insight into the history of radio broadcasting and...

About the Author

Sujoy Chatterjee is a Telecommunications Engineer working as a Senior Solutions Architect in a leading MNC based out of Kansas, USA. He has completed Master of Engineering in Telecommunications from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Prior to that, he has been a gold medallist in Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India.
Radio listening has been not only his hobby but also a passion for nearly forty years, which is now evident in the form of this book. This, however, is not his first book. His first book, ‘Caravan Cine Sangeet Ka – Utpatti Se Swaraaj Ke Vihaan Tak’, published in 2012 by Yash Publishers, Delhi, was his attempt to put forward the history of Hindi Film Music of the Pre-Independence era (1931 to 1947).
He has been a regular and consistent blogger for more than a decade and hosted several columns related to...

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