Today Kamal Purti is helping us listen to songs and reports from South Jharkhand in this latest edition of Bluetooth radio program in Ho language from Singhbhum districts of the state. Villagers use their mobile phones to record these songs and reports. They call 08050068000 to record. Now this program can be downloaded by people from their Gram Panchayat office if it has Broadband or from a download centre nearby. They can also get it from someone with smartphone and internet and then via bluetooth.

Khule Singh is calling from Godna village in Chicholi block of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh and tells in his Gondi language that 70 of them have worked for NREGA for 42 days but only half of them got their wages and rest are running pillar to post but not for much use. You are requested to call Collector@9425174091, Block officer@9893797672 and the officer who got the work done@9826023869 and village panchayat secretary@9644282239 to help suffering people. Khule Singh@7024583214

ग्राम- तमनार (बरभाठा), जिला-रायगढ़, छत्तीसगढ़ से कन्हैया पडियारी एक स्वरचित व्यंग्य कविता सुना रहे हैं:
सर्वशिक्षा अभियान अति सुन्दर-
लोग पढ़-लिखकर हो जायेंगे बन्दर-
जब देश में हो काम का अभाव-
तो पढ़े-लिखे लोगों का क्या रहेगा भाव-
पढ़ लिखकर दर-दर भटकेंगे-
काम मिल गया तो सही-
नहीं माता पिता का बोझ बनकर रह जायेंगे-
सर्वशिक्षा अभियान अति सुन्दर...

Dr Deepak Acharya from Ahmedabad Gujarat today is telling us about medicinal values of seeds of Pumpkin. He says in tribal areas villagers give powder of pumpkin seed with sugar when anyone is feeling tired or have mild fever. Now a scientific medical journal in Canada has suggested powder of pumpkin seed with glucose for depression patients. He says this is an endorsement of old traditional health knowledge of adivasis of central India. For more Dr Deepak Acharya can be reached@07926467407

Rajesh Yadav from Uttar Pradesh is visiting some villages in Hubli district of Karnataka with some students as part of a study tour and talking to his fellow students who tell him that many here who they interviewed do not know much about Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and its intricacies. He suggests that Govt should work more on propagating about laws and schemes made for benefits of rural people so that they can make more use of them as intended. Rajesh@8123608025