"Luthra brings to his history of broadcasting in India more than 50 years of personal involvement, along with documents from the National Archives and correspondence and notes in files at the Directorate General of All India Radio. Emphasis is on the early years because, he says, "very little is now ... remembered of that period," and it is important that those who lived through it recapture it for history. This is a straight chronological account of events and the people who took part in them, with no effort to place the growth of Indian broadcasting in a social or cultural context, but which nevertheless serves as a useful starting place for research. An earlier book along the same lines is by Broadcasting in India (Bombay: Allied Publishers, 1965. 268 pages) by G. C. Awasthy, a former AIR employee." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 697) more

"The author, a former Director-General of All India Radio, has provided an in-depth study of its history and development, an analysis of the organizational structure covering administration, engineering and personnel, and a detailed account of the program services including home, commercial and over ... seas broadcasts and developments in progress. Tables provide specific data on its various aspects. Index." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 499) more