This month’s Barsati speaker is Arti Jaiman, the Station Director of Gurgaon Ki Awaaz Samudayik Radio, a community radio station in Gurgaon that has been on air since 2009. Set up by the NGO, The Restoring Force, Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is a National Award-winning station that has a listenership of over 5 lakh listeners who tune into its unique programming blend of folk music, community-based programs on health, education, livelihood and governance. Gurgaon Ki Awaaz is the only civil society community radio station in the National Capital Region of India, broadcasting continuously 22 hours a day since 2009. The station is a platform for the diverse voices and communities of Gurgaon, with a special emphasis on voices left out of the mainstream media narrative.