Hello Punjab Explained
Hello Punjab was a BBC Hindustani Radio programme broadcast, hosted by Princess Indira Devi of Kapurthala during World War II. It sent recorded voice messages of Punjabi soldiers of the Indian Sub-continent, fighting against Axis in different parts of the world under British Rule, to their families residing in various parts of Punjab.[1] [2]
See also
Further reading
- Book: Calder . Ritchie . Dover . Cedric . Ch'ien . Hsiao . Orwell . George . Talking to India . 1943 . George Allen & Unwin Ltd .
Notes and References
- Book: Kaul . Chandrika . Eliot . Simon . Wiggam . Marc . Allied Communication to the Public During the Second World War: National and Transnational Networks . 2020 . Bloomsbury Publishing . London . 978-1-350-10513-3 . 208 . https://books.google.com/books?id=zJ-xDwAAQBAJ&q=PA208. en . 12. "The meek ass between two burdens?" The BBC and India during the Second World War.
- Gupta . Diya . The Raj in radio wars: BBC Monitoring Reports on Broadcasts for Indian Audiences During the Second World War . Media History . 2 October 2019 . 25 . 4 . 414–429 . 10.1080/13688804.2019.1633911 .