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THE INDIAN LISTENER

The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.From July 3 ,1949,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 21-08-1949 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 66 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XIV, No. 20 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 15-61 ARTICLE: 1. The Indian Stage 2. The Mirage of Good Luck 3. Kashmiris in East punjab 4. Stars: Hot And Cold AUTHOR: 1. R. L. Mehta 2. V. V. John 3. Diwan Chand Sharma 4. Dr. D. S. Kothari KEYWORDS: 1. Revival of Indian drama, Faults of Indar Sabha Chandralekha, Indian stage-craft 2. Fortune telling, Futurist art, Paradox of astrology 3. Kashmiris in Simla, Qutub-ud-Din's mosque, Naya Kashmir 4. Earth and stars, Temperature ionisation in stars, M.N. Saha star science Document ID: INL-1949 (J-N) Vol-II (08)

The Goddess as Role Model

This book seeks to understand the major mythological role models that mark the moral landscape navigated by young Hindu women. Traditionally, the goddess Sita, faithful consort of the god Rama, is regarded as the most important positive role model for women. The case of Radha, who is mostly portrayed as a clandestine lover of the god Krishna, seems to challenge some of the norms the example of Sita has set. That these role models are just as relevant today as they have been in the past is witnessed by the popularity of the televised versions of their stories, and the many allusions to them in popular culture.Taking the case of Sita as main point of reference, but comparing throughout with Radha, Pauwels studies the messages sent to Hindu women at different points in time. She compares how these role models are portrayed in the most authoritative versions of the story. She traces the ancient, Sanskrit sources, the medieval vernacular retellings of the stories and the contemporary TV versions as well.This comparative analysis identifies some surprising conclusions about the messages sent to Indian women today, which belie the expectations one might have of the portrayals in the latest, more liberal versions. The newer messages turn out to be more conservative in many subtle ways. Significantly, it does not remain limited to the religious domain. By analyzing several popular recent and classical hit movies that use Sita and Radha tropes, Pauwels shows how these moral messages spill into the domain of popular culture for commercial consumption.