Riding the airwaves at 70

The septuagenarian will be hosting the daily show called Besbha Show, which will be replete with wisecracks and messages for listeners.

With a vigour characteristic of teenagers, Besbha says: 8220;I refuse to grow up anymore and feel like a James Bond in the midst of young girls who are my fellow RJs in the FM station.8221;

Besbha, who was born in 1938, has seen radio ruling the airwaves, and then gradually making way for the television. He is now excited that the radio is back with a bang.

This former Director of Meghalaya Employment and Craftsmen Training says, 8220; My family was initially bewildered when I told them I will be working as a RJ. They thought it was an in-thing for the younger generation.8221; However, it took them only sometime to appreciate my decision, he added.

Besbha, a regular in the local television comedy programmes, admitted he did doubt whether he was cut out for the job. 8220;But when I grabbed the microphone and spoke into it, all my doubts disappeared.8221;

Author of a number of books in Khasi, Besbha will conduct the show in that language. 8220;I will do the show in Khasi as I want to promote the language among the younger generation.8221;