The festival of Nine nights begins. And so does our countdown towards the Great Dussera Surprise!. We request everyone from our talented community to share their wonderful voices/ performances/ instrumentals for this divine occassion. Let us together make it a memorable first Dassera edition
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Argala Stotra sung to the Goddess by Varsha Kamath
We begin the auspicious Navratri with a wonderful rendition of the Argala Stotra from Devi Mahatmya, sung by Varsha Kamath and recorded and shared by her Brother Aswhin Kamath:

Argala Stotra.mp3

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Sunil Kamath
A debut of our last weekly, Sunil continues his …

While our Ganapati Bappa is marching closer to us, dancing in his graceful Tandava steps, his blessings are seeing our talented singers like Archana scaling new heights.
As mentioned in the previous posts, she is now on the finals of “Voice of Mumbai” (today’s article and link above)
Here is a small message on behalf of Radio Idli to all our listeners and participants!!

Ganesh Chaturthi A…

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Archana Kamath
After reading so much about her and wishing her all the very best, its time to hear what she has exclusively recorded for us. I am …

Hallo Guys…
After a series of late RI editions, I am up early this time, to provide some music to your ears..

Satish
This contribution needs a special mention. But I have no words to describe it. Simply put – Classy, Rich, Soothing and Ecstatic.
Satish Pai from Mumbai gives a public performance, and I present to you the audio clip of this Bhajan..

Kalidas.mp3

Sooraj
Whether it is of concern to them, or it is none of their business, People keep gossiping and commenting. But should one really care?
Do not be surprised, as it is yet …

Host: RJ Nagesh “Anna” Pai
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Today is a very special day for Radio Idli, as alwayas. But the reason for today’s speciality is we will be having three editions. After the Southern Sambar coupling with the main edition, we now have some spice from Pune coming up soon! Any guesses about who the editor of that would be?
Keeping up my last weeks promise, here’s Radhika’s song crowning this week’s edition.
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Radhika Hegde sings
Jaane kya

jaane kya.mp3

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Return of a Star – Amit Savkur
After a long break Amit decides not to keep his fans waiting …

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At our Sweet sixteen, Radio Idli stays young and vibrant as ever with great showcase of talent and good participation. This edition comes loaded with lots of music as ever.
We begin with the speciality of the issue, an Innovation by Vivek as he records a duet with Archana over a phone call!! Hats off to Vivek and his great efforts that keeps the spirit of Radio Idli of being able to sing together regardless of distance!

Vivek and Archana

Pal Pal_archu_vive…

Hats off to Vivek for the great effort and idea! Do …

RJ: Nagesh Pai
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Listeners Bandhavaano!
Amidst this hot summer, i welcome you all to the soothing moonlight of our fullmoon edition. We have a great assortment of a video interview (chutney chat of our artist ARCHANA), duet songs, karaoke and a sweet lullaby for you this week!
So here we begin.
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RJ Nagesh Pai begins
I would like to share a piece of music from the musical classic – Shankarabharanam. this is an Alaap, with wordings as simple as sa re ga pa and dha .

Shankarabharanam.m…

Note: if you have problems playing the …

Hosted this week by : RJ We-Wake (Vivek) Pai
RJ talk…
Dear friends, I am pleased to bring to you this week’s edition of Radio Idli, which coincidently its 13th (lucky) Edition! It is also a significant one since its the first time someone other than Nagesh anna is hosting it! So sit back and enjoy while RJ We-Wake takes you though this weeks edition!
Im sure that like me you are also eager to hear Lok-Maam’s latest, he will be posting his entry very soon!
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Chutney chat with OKC
Our dearest ‘Phatka King’ …

Curiously Listening Brethern!!
Welcome to the 11th edition. Like the title says, we are here to create synergy! Our talents put together bring in much more excitement than they would if they were to play in isolated pockets. So here we are again with some great contributions, each one of them unique and special in its own way!
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Shrinidhi’s Prayer – Voice of Innocence
Four year old Shrinidhi from pune, with help from cousin Archana Kamath, presents to us the 12th Chapter of the Bhagwad-Gita and a Ganapati Bhajan. The best possible start …

Its prime time for Radio Idli with some prime coverage in press (courtesy DNA mumbai)
Radio Idli and the Saraswat community have been quoted as the first to mark the arrival of Blog Radio concept in India! Its time to celebrate for each of us.
“On the Internet, Community Radio becomes a reality”
You can read the article here if you missed it. Or here.
I take this opportunity to thank each and every contributor to make this dream a great reality, and solicit active support from many more to take this commuity initiative …