Radio Basheer's mission to bring comfort through sound

FOR many, a radio is just an old-fashioned gadget, but for Basheer—better known as 'Radio Basheer'—it is a lifeline of hope.

- POOJA NAIR @Kalpetta

FOR many, a radio is just an old-fashioned gadget, but for Basheer—better known as 'Radio Basheer'—it is a lifeline of hope. The 44-year-old from Karakkuni, Wayanad, has made it his mission to distribute radios to those who need them the most—bedridden patients, elderly people, and residents of charitable institutions.

Basheer's journey with radios began with his own experience of hardship. A daily wage labourer, he was forced into a long battle with illness after undergoing multiple surgeries following an appendicitis operation in 2015. Bedridden for nearly five years, he found unexpected relief in FM radio on his mobile phone.