Sonam Kapur and cosmetic surgery, on Indian Link Radio

BY NEELAM VASUDEVAN

Dinner vouchers, phone cards, movie tickets to Kites, Rajneeti, Ravana and now a cash prize of $200….this is just a snapshot of what Indian Link Radio subscribers have been scoring in the past few days.

This fortnight, listeners were treated to a heart-to-heart with Bollywood sweetie Sonam Kapoor, he-man Arjun Rampal, thespian Manoj Bajpai…all of them loving the opportunity to reach out to their fans and friends in Australia through Indian Link radio. Radio host Priyanka talked to director’s dream Manoj Bajpai just before the release of his film Raajneeti. Arjun Rampal was full of humour when he spoke about his own role in the same movie, with our host Anamika Anamika got the opportunity also to speak with style diva Sonam Kapoor as she worked on her forthcoming movie I Hate Love Stories on location in New Zealand.

For those of you still new to the concept of Indian Link, we are a subscriber based radio running 24/7 in Sydney and Melbourne. We broadcast Hindi based music, masti, news and entertainment LIVE from the heart of Sydney.

Our live shows commence at 7am with Subah Subah - a program that brings to you the latest news and happenings from Australia, India and around the world. While you get ready for work our amazing morning anchors bring to you the daily traffic and transport updates to kick start your day.

Breaking for BBC Hindi news from 9-10am, we bring to you a comprehensive coverage of news from India of the day gone by.

Our midmorning live show Salaam Namaste is geared up with lifestyle topics, making it a lively and interesting segment. Here is where you listen to Australian media spokespersons as they share with you only the latest and the most happening news and events.

Just recently we were joined on air by Tiffany Tran who is a Settlement Grants Program Worker. She discussed with host Shraddha, the migrant experience of social isolation or need for more help, the support services for new migrants provided by community organisations such as ECHO Neighbourhood Centre.

Triggering off a finding about how women feel about their looks after giving birth, The Victorian Cosmetic Institute’s Gavin Chan was on air to tell us how more and more younger women are opting for cosmetic treatments that are available for mothers who would rather not go under the knife

The Creative Producer for Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Michael Cohen joined hosts Sagar and Shraddha to talk about the Bollywood spectacular in Sydney, Fire Water which was a part of the annual winter festival Vivid Sydney (27 May-21 June), a festival of music, light and ideas, featuring the spectacular illumination of the Sydney Opera House sails.

For all the foodies, the Mayor of the City of Canterbury, Cr Robert Furolo MP, was on air to tell us more about the Campsie Food Festival. More than 16,000 food lovers converged on Beamish Street for the annual Campsie Food Festival.

Afternoon bonanza on the radio, between 12 noon and 5pm, you have no doubt been sampling the great quality of melodious music in the past few weeks. No matter what mood you are in, Neelam seems to sense it as she belts out music of very genre just for your entertainment.

Evening show Meter

Down on weekdays from 5-9pm catches you sipping your evening chai and hot samosas!!! From current affairs, box office hits and misses, quiz shows, top 10 countdowns, techno news, travel deals to recipes …our anchors have a new topic at every half hour!!!

The night programming starts with Saari Saari Raat at 9pm. Be it the latest songs or the music of years gone by, tune in every hour on the hour to listen in to the best of the best!

Bhajans bring you into the devotional mood with much to be thankful for from 5 to 8am. Weekends same time you can listen into Punjabi devotional music – Gurbani.

The long weekend celebrating the Queen’s birthday recently had a word of advice from Australia’s peak motoring body. The Confederation of Australian Motor Sports (CAMS) president Andrew Papadopoulos urged our listeners, “A long weekend means more traffic on the roads. Motorists should take notice of the weather and change in traffic conditions and adapt their driving accordingly”. He also talked about CAMSdedicated to road safety education, focusing strongly on novice drivers with its recently launched “Ignition” program, targeting pre-learner drivers, learner drivers and early P-Plate drivers – the most vulnerable group on Australian roads.

So what is HOT and happening now?

The Football World Cup of course! We have our own version of a contest on Indian Link Radio. Over the last two weeks listeners have been calling in to register for a lucky draw that will see one lucky winner smiling with a jackpot prize of $200! This prize is sponsored by Indian Link Radio. So how does it work? Well, 32 lucky listeners were assigned 32 teams on air. From the opening game to the finals...we will watch and recount all the excitement happening in South Africa. Who will win the World Cup? Who will be the best player? While you bite your nails in excitement (of course you will also need to be an owl to watch the nightly forecast of matches and use toothpicks to keep your eyelids open the next day), we will track your team’s progress with features and analysis till the finals. While one lucky team at South Africa takes home the World Cup, one lucky winner in the Indian Link Radio community will take home $200!

In the words of one of our listeners the radio is really the link – a feeling that you are in a new land without ever leaving home!!!

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Fogg had an exhibition of works scheduled to open at a gallery in Vadodra. However, the raging controversy over the racist attacks against Indian students in India made the gallery nervous about showing Australian works for fear of backlash. “I was surprised because my works are obviously about reconciliation,” says Fogg.