MADE ME MORE HUMAN

I’ve always been a people person—so much so that I chose to study Accounts and Finance just because all my friends were taking up that course.

College was exactly how I imagined it—bunking lectures, chilling with my gang, and studying a day before exams. Life was smooth, predictable, and flying by. Before I knew it, I was in my last semester.

One evening, I was heading home in my dad’s car, stuck in the usual traffic, the radio playing softly in the background. My dad and I were having one of those small, everyday conversations when suddenly, it hit me—hard.

Accounts and Finance toh le liya, but ab aage kya?

The question gripped me. My mind spiraled into overthinking, and before I realized it, the conversation had faded into silence. All I could hear was the radio… and my own thoughts, hammering away.

Aage kya? Aage kya?

And then—TANN! (A bell rang, or maybe just in my head.)

Wait. This. This is what I want to do.
People talk, they play songs, they connect with listeners—and they get paid for it?
I had been doing this for free in my college group all along!

That day, with absolutely no plan, no clue, just an instinct—I decided I would join radio.

It’s been almost five years now.

Today, I know Sunita, who is single and takes the train to Bandra every day. I know Ashfaq, who owns a small garage and listens to us without fail.

Through these voices, these stories, and these connections, radio didn’t just teach me broadcasting—it taught me empathy.

Because when you’re left alone, trying to feel the pulse of the city, it doesn’t just make you better at what you do.

It makes you more human.

HAPPY WORLD RADIO DAY!