Kumartuli | Durga Pujo 2023 | The Radio Man of Calcutta

This Mahalaya, meet Kolkata's last radio man
As Bengalis across the globe prepare to listen to the iconic radio programme "Mahisasuramardini" at dawn on Mahalaya on Thursday, here's the story of a true radio connoisseur from Kolkata.
There's something unique about radio. Thus, Rabindranath Tagore coined the name Akashvani and it remains immortal forever,” says Amit Ranjan Karmakar, as he sets himself on the difficult task to give life back to an absolutely old and cranky radio set.
At 62, he barely has time in hand. After all, he must finish repairing a dozen such radio sets before Mahalaya sets in on Thursday.
“Youngsters come to me with just one request! They say, uncle please make this work once again before Mahalaya. My grandfather had given this to my dad,” he quips with a glint in his eyes.
For a whole generation growing up on their smartphones, listening to the radio is all but passé, except for this one day in the year when radio waves come alive for every Bengali.
The countdown to Durga Puja literally begins with the rich baritone of Birendra Krishna Bhadra reciting the Chandi in the iconic All India Radio programme “Mahisasuramardini” broadcast at dawn on Mahalaya day.
It was in 1976 that Karmakar began working as a radio mechanic, long before television arrived on the scene. For him, radio is nothing but pure nostalgia.
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