On Monday, February 5, ‘The Song of Ceylon’ was screened as part of the ongoing KALA arts festival. The festival which continues until February 25 is organised by the Lionel Wendt Arts Centre. Very ...
Radio Ceylon, one of the world’s oldest radio broadcasters, turned 100 last week. At a time when radio was a novelty and ...
Jhumri Telaiya, known for its rich history entwined with Radio Ceylon, gained fame for its frequent song requests on the station. The town's history, deeply rooted in the mica industry, saw a surge in ...
By Tirthankar Mitra One of world’s oldest broadcasters, Radio Ceylon, has turned 100. It arrived decades before television ...
There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...
Song of Ceylon was commissioned for the short-lived German TV-series Telekritik and broadcasted in 1975. In Telekritik documentary approaches were analysed and made available for a critique of ...
It is fairly well known that, in London, there is a major collection of Sinhala olas. To be more precise, within The Hugh Nevill Collection of Sinhalese Manuscripts at the British Library, there are 2 ...
Radio Ceylon, once a cultural powerhouse, captivated Indian listeners by defying a 1950s AIR ban on film songs. Its popular Hindi service and iconic shows like 'Binaca Geet Mala' forced AIR to compete ...
How Jhumri Telaiya, a small mica town, became synonymous with radio song requests and Binaca Geetmala, dominating India’s radio waves for decades.