"I've worked with different mediums as an independent artiste, and this is my first experience with radio. It was set up by the Busoga Kingdom to address issues of ordinary people living in Busoga region and its surrounding districts through Entertainment, Mobilisation, Education and Effective communication programming. "One of our main focuses is on contemporary sound archiving, which includes sound recordings, recitation, literature, sound art or any other sound tunes or experiments," shares Arfun, a Pathshala photography graduate, whose work leans towards literature and words that travel. Basoga Baino FM (BABA FM) is a radio station broadcasting on 87.7. This was among the many other creative programmes offered by Baba Betar. The voices came from the "Chobi Mela X" team, Hawai Mithai (Cotton Candy) sellers and others at the Dhanmondi Lake tea stall area. In this essay, she remembers people and places by listening to voices from the past and continuing journeys within and around Bengal. A 66-minute audio essay on "The Travelling Archive", an archive of field recordings from Bengal, written and presented by Bhowmik, was also featured. On February 13, the audio essay, "Songs Grow Out of the Land" by singer and writer Moushumi Bhowmik, was aired. While Father Radio presents Turkish Art Music, Fantasy, Taverna, Arabesque songs you miss, it. The programmes of Baba Betar also include a documentary on the music excerpt, "A Mandolin in Exile" by Rafiqul Anwar Russell, audio essay, "Word Warriors", audio episode, "Bhasa mwa sa jati mwai" (if the language is alive then the race will live longer) by Nepali artiste Sujan Dhangal, story reading, "Tara Bibir Morod Pola", by Akhtaruzzaman Ellius and another story reading, "Folk Tales of Bangladesh" by Jasim Uddin, among others. Baba Radyo - It does not mean where those old songs are now.
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