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October 7, 2006
BBC reps introduce a new Hindi program on radio. Photo by Shashi UttamThe BBC World Service Trust, on Friday, kicked off its new Hindi radio program 'Aangan ke Paar' aimed at women in general at a function organized at Patna's Hotel Maurya in the presence of BBC India representative Andrew Whitehead.
The host and editor of the show Rupa Jha told the reporters the new program would be broadcast on 22 channels of the Akaashvani and BBC Hindi in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh and will cater mainly to the women discussing issues related with their health and household.
"The program is aimed at empowering women by making them aware of those issues that directly affect them," Jha said.
"The show is unique in the sense that not only it makes women aware of many problems, it also offers them advises on how to deal with them in the most effective manner," Whitehead said..http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (travel abt Litohoro)http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
(Source: Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki Greece/Cumbre DX)
