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Everyone has heard the phrase, aavazz kee duniyaa ke dosto (Never doston). Some people think that it was invented by some guy from Radio Ceylon. Not so, It is heard here for the first time in a Radio context.

Listen to 1939_dushman_07_man-darapan-hai.mp3

Now you know!


RMIM WestCoast 2017 01

There is a website called Box Office of India that claims to give you the top ten earners of the Hindi film industry from the very beginning. Anybody could see that the numbers were made up. Somebody must have complied because they now go back to about 1990 only. Here is an example of crock they had put up.

fake data

Now you know!


RMIM meet 2017, 10

This is the first time I have encountered hand clapping in a song, which may be labeled qawwali

Listen to 1939_Brandi-Ki-Botal_11_bharee-hai-aag-matavaale.mp3

Now you know!


RMIMmeet 2017, 9

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Book published on the 25th Anniversary of RMIM

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