You remember the vendors screaming “dus ka do, dus ka do”? Ok, that was a long time ago. You don’t get anything for 10 Rupees anymore, let alone TWO things….The going rate in March was Rs. 150 for any two items - jeans/shirts/whatever. Take a listen… Janpath vendors.

It looks like even the FM stations are feeling the pinch. Here’s DNA’s look at the royalty structure and how the radio stations in India are dealing with the high costs. (Or not dealing. It’s really the Tier II and III towns that will have to bear the brunt of the costs.) On a related note: see my last post on community radio and how ridiculously high PPL is for non-profit radio in India, especially in comparison with 1st world countries, even. -cs

Piya’s story on silence - or the lack of it - in India, one of the world’s noisiest cities aired on the 11th at Radio Netherlands as a part of a show themed “the right to silence.”

Read about it here and click on the “listen to the report link” on the top right. Or just click here to listen directly from here