Articles by Radio Active 90.4MHz

RJ Hanumanth interacts with them to understand what they think about people belonging to sexual minorities, especially those from the third sex and transgenders - people who beg for a living or are sex workers, or do other jobs too.  

Saranya is a 2nd year student of Electronics and Communication Engineering in a college in Hosur, who dreams of becoming an IAS officer. Originally from Tiruvanamallai, Tamil Nadu, Saranya's parents separated a few years ago. Saranya, her younger sister and her mother stay in her maternal grandparents home. Saranya's mother Santhi works as a housekeeper in Hasirudala Innovations earning Rs. 5000 per month. Saranya's education (including college and hostel fees) is currently being sponsored by well wishers including one of her school teachers. Her younger sister has just written her 10th standard exams. Saranya talks about her friends and her…

Vasanthi shares a little about her background - working in hospitals as a link worker, and in Mythrei, an NGO, prior to joining Hasirudala. She first started a Compost Santhe in Banashankari II Stage. She created awareness among those who came about how kitchen waste could be converted into compost using drums, coco pit, etc. Vasanthi talks about the challenges she faced with respect to trying to spread the message of waste segregation and composting. Listen in to know more.  

RJ Priyanka and Geetha Menon of Stree Jagriti Samiti interact with some women domestic workers to understand more about their demands for basic things like ID cards, monthly pensions and humane treatment. These women were protesting at Karmikara Bhavana recently. Geetha Menon spoke with representatives of Gruhakarmikara Hakkugala union which has been working with domestic helpers, both part-time or full time. Their demand is that domestic workers be treated in a humane manner and be considered as service providers not servants or slaves. They talk about harassments and disparities. The four major demands that the workers were protesting for were:…

In this episode of Colourful Kamanabillu, RJ Shilok speaks with Ananya Raju who shares a little about her life and about her thoughts, feelings and experiences of being bisexual.

Active Bangalore is a programme that is broadcast every Thursday. In this episode, RJ Vijaya speaks with Yashaswini Sharma who shares some facts about the architecture of some of Bengaluru's old temples like Old temples - Halasuru Someshwara, Pete Ranganatha Swamy, Dharmaraya gudi, Annamma, Kote Anjaneya, Kote Venkataramana Swamy, Gavigangadhareshwara and Dodda Basava.  

Growing up comes with its own set of challenges. Every child undergoes many body changes while stepping into teenage years. These changes are inevitable and yet not talked about openly. In this series, we learn about topics that are rarely talked about openly like menstruation, bullies and so on.

Children's Rights has been an important area of concern for Radio Active for many years now. Over the years, Radio Active has worked with many Child Rights activists, talked about the various issues and also connected various interested individuals and activist groups together. On the occasion on Radio Active's tenth anniversary, some of the activists of Child Rights Trust who have produced shows shared their appreciation of the work being done by Radio active in this area. They include Lakshmi Prasanna of APSA (Association for Promoting Social Action), Margret, and Nagasimha. Listen in to hear their take on Radio Active.