Fresh and Originals

Original recordings of individual artists- from amateur to the accomplished, contributed specially for Radio Idli audience!

Akshay Kumar on hot seat – Kaapi with Sanat

After some hard talk with “Shahrukh”, “Aamir Khan”, “Sanju Baba” etc (please note the quotes mark in each of the star names) he is now all set to unveil the secrets of “Akshay Kumar” who is hot and happening these days. In his own creative way and through his original concept, Sanat Interviews “Akshay Kumar” […]

Kannada Twist

After migrating from the Saraswati River Banks and then from Goa, Karnataka has been a home and a center for many Saraswat families for the last few generations. We have in this edition, two beautiful songs by two very talented singers from the Radio Idli family. Balachandra Prabhu Those who have heard this upcoming prodigy […]

Radio Idli Rising Artists : Prodigy Pundit : Balachandra Prabhu

Balachandra Prabhu Based in the musical town of Hubli and a dedicated student of the Kirana Gharana, Balachandra brings to us the rich flavours of Hindustani Classical music. Born in Belthangady a place in south canara on 14th October 1985, Balachandra took his initial lessons of Hindustani classical vocal from his father. Further from Shri […]

NaKSAtra 2007 – Annual cultural extravaganza

I have been postponing the uploading of these links for a long time now. My apologies are due on this front. This year as usual the Kanara Saraswat Association organised its event and there was a tremendous response. This is the same stage where great artistes like Pt.Ravishankar have done their earlier performances and the […]

RI Weekly – The Diwali tunes

Here’s wishing all our listeners and team a Dazzling Diwali filled with the best gifts for our life! This time i would rest my keypad a bit and do some audio babble … here we go: Diwali RJ babble 1… ************************************************************************** Ms. Geeta Khanolkar – A professional, live in concert (Mumbai) It is our privilege […]

RI Weekly – Savera after Dassera

Warm Welcome to all listeners. Its a new morning after Dassera, with an edition thats filled with brilliant debuts. Our team effort and positive word of mouth within the community is helping more and more people share their talents with the community through the medium of Radio Idli! *********************************************************************** Shwetha Rao, Mangalore A trained classical […]

Chutney Chat with Abhang Gulvady

In our series of interviewing members of the Idli House Council (the team behind Radio Idli), Samiir Halady interviews our ever-smiling and sporting Abhang Gulvady. Abhang is a software professional and works in Pune. He is an accomplished Tabla player and comes from a family of great Musical Maestros. In our group he is known […]