"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 30 AUGUST, 1964 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 67 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXIX, No. 35 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 13-65 ARTICLE: 1. Science in India Today: Organisation of Research 2. The Indian Experiment: Panchayati Raj 3. From the Book of Life 4. Halting The Desert 5. Ghost-Writers :Past and Present AUTHOR: 1. Prof. M. S. Thacker 2. S. N. Mozumdar 3. B. Shiva Rao 4. Suresh Vaidya 5. K . P. Narayanan KEYWORDS : 1.Planned research, some problems, freedom and team work, after they are fifty 2. A bold experiment, mental reservations, community participation, powerful pool of wisdom, adequate funds necessary, difficult role, 3. Added responsibility, silent but eager, Meeting Gandhiji, delegate to U.N, Nehru the liberator 4. Not even birds, a lesson learnt, some problems, desert halted 5. Ghost-writer mortified, Roosevelt's way, in India too Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.