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The God File

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My brother is responsible for getting me hooked on to a number of things. From TV shows and different genres of music, to the NFL and Ethiopian cuisine, Basil George has impeccable taste and he is my go to guy when life gets boring, and/or when I am in need of money. Many years ago when he brought home a cassette tape of Metallica’s live performance with the San Francisco Symphony, my non-identical twin Sanjeev George and I were still getting over our love for hard rock, which by the way was courtesy Basil as well. Barely a month before this he had introduced us both to 'Bon Jovi' and 'Def Leppard'. I won't forget how the three of us sat around our home theater system, which was basically an old Sony car stereo with a couple of cabinet sized speakers, holding our breath not sure what to expect. Three weeks later we graduated from the School of Rock and enrolled for higher education at the University of Heavy Metal. I could tell you that the r

Beautiful

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Radio in India was stuck in limbo for the longest time.   All India Radio, more popularly known as Akashvani-the national broadcaster dominated the  air-waves  for nearly half a century.   Although both my parents recount listening to their respective Murphy radios amongst their most precious childhood memories, growing up I rarely tuned in, except of course for those 'once a blue moon' occasions when the TV wouldn't work and a cricket match was being played somewhere. Not to discount anything from the station whose line-up was unique and entertaining in its own way, there was something missing. New music was rarely played and upcoming breakthrough artists were never featured.   Then in 2001, Radio City came to town.   I kid you not, the days that followed were dominated by an unprecedented newfound interest in FM radio.   Newer stations blossomed throughout the country, on-air advertising became the norm of the day and Nokia literally seized the day by stepping in an