INDIAN “UPLIFT”
t GRAMOPHONES V. RADIO. 1 BOMBAY, July 31. I For the, time being the gramophone is likely to supersede the radio as the 'I means of village “uplift” in India. ■I I he Punjab Rural Reconstruction Department is the latest to equip itself Lwith special gramophones and instructional records for the villagers. The records deal with rural hygiene, I agricultural methods, sanitation, , health, and midwifery. Popular songs are used as curtain-raisers. A special type of strong fool-proof gramophone has been designed. They ’ are cheap, whereas radio involves ; great expense owing to the high cost of maintaining village receiving sets and the number of stations necessary owing to India’s 200 or more lan.guages.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 September 1936, Page 4
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