At SoU, FM radio belts out music and masti in Sanskrit

Vadodara: A trip of Statue of Unity (SoU) in Kevadia is a holistic tour, replete with an education in entertaining Sanskrit. Not sure? Tune in to the local FM radio when you are there and bask in unadulterated music and masti along with chaste Sanskrit greeting by the radio jockey (RJ).
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, RJs at Radio 90 FM have been given training to speak in Sanskrit. These RJs fluently dish out Sanskrit words to entertain the listeners.
Dr Rajiv Gupta, managing director of Sardar Sarovar Nigam Ltd (SSNL), celebrating World Sanskrit Day on Sunday said, ‘World’s oldest language and India’s pride, Sanskrit, is a copious treasure of knowledge and gained worldwide respect.” He tweeted that under the inspiration of PM Narendra Modi at the Statue of Unity, 15 men and women guides and radio jockeys speak impeccable Sanskrit after diligent training.
The RJs including three from tribal community have been trained in speaking Sanskrit language over last few months. “We had trained the tour guides in speaking Sanskrit earlier. Out of them, we picked up four of them including three women and gave them further training on how to talk like a RJ in Sanskrit and entertain the audiences while giving out information about SoU and other tourist attractions here,” said a SoU spokesperson.
As of now, RJ Neelam Tadvi, RJ Ganga Tadvi, RJ Guru Tadvi and RJ Hetal Patel, all residents of Kevadia, are radio jockeying in Sanskrit and they are enjoying it too. PM Narendra Modi had also last week spoken about these RJ tribal women and said, ‘The talent and abilities of tribal women in our villages is impressive. I congratulate my tribal daughters as they acquired expertise in such less time and gave a professional touch.’
SoU spokesperson said that the Sanskrit speaking RJs were given special training in handling the radio equipment, using the software as well as hardware in the studio. They were also taught voice modulation and how to keep their audiences hooked to the radio.