Kumar, Naresh  <br/><br/>
In search of the national music: Hindustani music on all-India radio 

 - Panjabi University: Research Journal Social Sciences  
 - 29(1,2,3), 2021: p.39-75   
<br/><br/> Promote classical music on state-owned AIR. Keskar was celebrated and criticized alike for stern measures like allocating maximum time to broadcast classical music, making audition compulsory for the artistes, establishing Vadyavrinda or Indian orchestra and not allowing film music to be aired on radio. Moreover, Keskar had his own vision of the 'national music'. In addition to writing a brief bio-sketch of his, I examine his ministerial terms (1952-62) in the light ofthefollowing questions:- Reproduced