DEHRADUN: One can now listen to Kumaoni and Garhwali folk songs on smartphones while sitting in any part of the world. In a novel initiative aimed at promoting indigenous music from the hills, a member of Uttarakhand's diaspora in the US has launched an android application titled 'Uttarakhand Radio', a first of its kind free of cost mobile application, during India Day celebrations at New York on Sunday.
Aimed at bringing the regional music of Uttarakhand, current affairs and much more onto users' mobile phones, the internet radio application also aims to be used as an educational platform to teach regional languages of the state.
Sailesh Upreti, the man behind the idea said, "The application is the first of its kind and users can not only enjoy the state's regional music 24x7 but also share their views, concerns or knowledge related to Uttarakhand by sending audio recordings via Whatsapp. Shortlisted audios will be played by the application administrators on the radio."
"By launching this application, we tried to pay tribute to the state's greatest poet, Girish Chandra Tiwari, popularly known as 'Girda', whose 5th death anniversary was observed on August 22. We want to dedicate this application to all the natives of Uttarakhand who live around and outside India," said Upreti.
Interestingly, the content of the application would be administered from the US as well as Almora. Local inputs would be regularly taken for sharing through the application.
After receiving an overwhelming response over social networking platforms where the application was being promoted, the developers are excited about the future and are planning to work on IOS and Windows platforms for the application.
Aimed at bringing the regional music of Uttarakhand, current affairs and much more onto users' mobile phones, the internet radio application also aims to be used as an educational platform to teach regional languages of the state.
Sailesh Upreti, the man behind the idea said, "The application is the first of its kind and users can not only enjoy the state's regional music 24x7 but also share their views, concerns or knowledge related to Uttarakhand by sending audio recordings via Whatsapp. Shortlisted audios will be played by the application administrators on the radio."
"By launching this application, we tried to pay tribute to the state's greatest poet, Girish Chandra Tiwari, popularly known as 'Girda', whose 5th death anniversary was observed on August 22. We want to dedicate this application to all the natives of Uttarakhand who live around and outside India," said Upreti.
Interestingly, the content of the application would be administered from the US as well as Almora. Local inputs would be regularly taken for sharing through the application.
After receiving an overwhelming response over social networking platforms where the application was being promoted, the developers are excited about the future and are planning to work on IOS and Windows platforms for the application.
TOI 24-8-15
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