The mastermind behind AIR’s signature tune

For an entire generation, the radio and the All India Radio hold a much-cherished place. Especially the signature tune. While millions are familiar with the signature tune that would play at the crack of dawn, few are aware of its origins, that it was created by the most improbable source.

This is a tune that wrongly attributed to all musical maestros such as Ravi Shankar and Vishnu Govind Jog. This composer had a huge rapport with Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka. Strangely, it also has a connection with one of the darkest era of Europe, especially Europe. This is the story of how Hitler’s infamous holocaust gave us the iconic jingle.

Watch the origin story of AIR’s signature tune