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Saturday, October 25, 2025
TopicAmeen Sayani

Topic: Ameen Sayani

Ameen Sayani was the town crier for millions. He took Bollywood music to rural India

For millions of Indians, Sayani was the voice of Bollywood and the popular show, ‘Binaca Geetmala’. His trademark greeting, ‘behno aur bhaiyo’ quickly became iconic.

Ameen Sayani turned radio programmes into celebrations. A pioneer in many ways

Just as a good radio cricket commentator could create visuals of a game in the listener's minds, Sayani’s presentations rang like thunderous ovations for each song.

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Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.