PM’s Mann Ki Baat to make waves across border
Kolkata: Bangla is the medium and abiding friendship the message as India readies to ride the airwaves into the hearts of listeners across the border with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’ translated into the native tongue and incorporating answers to questions invited from the people of Bangladesh.
Although Mann Ki Baat is aired in translation in English and several regional languages, this is the first time the address, broadcast about once a month, will be tailored to a foreign audience, officials said.This will also mark the first time the citizens of a neighbouring country get to speak their mind and ask questions to the Indian prime minister, they said. Mann Ki Baat will be roadcast in Bangla broadcast in Bangladesh on All India Radio’s upcoming Bangla language service channel Akashvani Maitree, for which AIR has made arrangements to receive comments and voice messages from Bangladeshi citizens.The prime minister’s speech is likely to be about Indo-Bangladesh “relationship and friendship”.