“Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942"

Release of ASM Journal Volume 92

We are happy to share with you that on 26 th November 2024, on the occasion of the 220 th Foundation Day of the Asiatic, the Society has released Volume 92 of the ASM Journal. This is the latest volume of the journal released by the Society. The editors of the journal are Professor Madhu Kelkar and Professor Usha R Vijailakshmi. It has come to the Society's notice that some unscrupulous elements are collecting money for publishing papers in the Society's Journal and are offering bogus certificates. Some of the candidates had mailed these certificates to the Society. These certificates carry the names of the editors of previous volumes. The Asiatic Society does not collect money for publishing research papers in its journal, nor does it guarantee publication, and most importantly it does not issue any certificate. Authors must verify with the Society before submitting any papers, and papers will be published only after rigorous peer review and editing. The Society does not take responsibility for any payments made to third parties claiming to represent the Society, or for their papers appearing in a cloned/spam journal. Ours is a print-only journal. We do not publish the journal online.

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai invites you to a talk “Congress Radio: Voice of Freedom in 1942” by Dr. Usha Thakkar, on Wednesday 6th October 2021 at 6.30 p.m. on Zoom.
Dr. Usha Thakkar will narrate the compelling story of passion and daring of how a 22 year old student of Wilson College, Usha Mehta, with the help of her colleagues, started an underground radio station in August 1942 to broadcast reliable news and to disseminate information about the struggle against the coercive rule of the British Government.
The clandestine Congress Radio continued to broadcast news and messages from prominent leaders to the masses, fighting the disinformation for almost three months till the arrest of its members in November of the same year.
The book “Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942” by Dr. Usha Thakkar was published in August 2021 by Penguin.
Dr. Usha Thakkar is President, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Honorary Fellow, Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Please join us for this event on 6th October on Zoom. The link is given below:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85226890721?pwd=V003UFdhaDZZczJnRnRrUU1qQWdiUT09
Meeting ID: 852 2689 0721
Passcode: 211524

- Dr Usha R Vijailakshmi, Officiating Hon. Secretary, Asiatic Society of Mumbai