Music From India Radio Show

Sunday 8-10 PM, 90.5FM

Music From India is the longest running Indian music program in the country.  It is hosted by Harish Saluja and Dr. Vijay Bahl. Harish debuted the program on WDUQ in 1972 at the bequest of the India Association of Pittsburgh.  Co-host Dr. Vijay Bahl joined The program in 1985. 

 

Both hosts volunteer not only their time for the program, but their personal music collections as well.  The playlist for the program comes from more than 2,000 record albums, cds and tapes they provide.

Harish Saluja ~ Co-host
Music From India

Harish Saluja is co-host of Music From India, the longest running Indian music radio program

in the country.

 

Harish is a filmmaker, painter, film festival director, engineer, publisher, writer, radio host and

music aficionado. Originally from Punjab, India, he received a degree in engineering from IIT,

Kharagpur but always had a strong love of the visual arts, music and filmmaking.

 

Harish came to the United States in 1971 and settled in Pittsburgh as an assistant editor in

a publishing company. In 1972 he was asked to host 'Music From India", a new radio program

on DUQ developed by the India Association of Pittsburgh. He became the regular host and

expanded the program to its current two-hour format dedicated to the music of the Indian

subcontinent, ranging from popular Hindi film scores to Indian classical music.

 

His abstract paintings have been exhibited in the United States and Europe. They are inspired

by music and the colors, emotions and textures of the Indian ragas--a Sanskrit word meaning

both color and tone.

 

Over the years, Harish also pursued his love of filmmaking. He was associate producer of

Tony Buba's No Pets, was executive producer of the feature film "Dog Eat Dog". He has

acted in various commercials and in the Walt Disney film "Money for Nothing". His film

company, New Ray Films, was established in 1995.

 

In 1995 he began work as both producer and director on "The Journey", his feature film.

The film was shot in the Pittsburgh area over a three week period and was released in

1997, "The Journey" is a cross-cultural comedy/drama. It was screened in over 20 film

festivals around the world. It won Best Film awards in Florida and Cleveland film festivals.

The film stars Roshan Seth and Saeed Jaffrey, two of India's most distinguished actors

working outside India. After ten years, "The Journey" reunited them in film since their

work together in "My Beautiful Launderette" and "Gandhi". The DUQ studios had the

honor of serving as a location in the film with the Saeed Jaffrey character playing a

radio host at DUQ. The film was shown around the world and then on TV (Independent

Film Channel). Harish is presently developing two more films.

 

In 2006 Harish launched Silk Screen an arts and cultural exchange program in Pittsburgh.

Its main event is a very successful international Film Festival. Silk Screen endeavors

to bring various art forms (including dance, music, and visual arts) from Asia to Pittsburgh

on a year-long basis.

 

Dr. Vijay Bahl ~ Co-host

Music From India

During his time in medical school at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, Dr. Bahl  branched out into the arts by writing, producing and acting in two, full-length plays. Medical school was followed by post-graduate work and research in Zambia.

Dr. Bahl immigrated to Pittsburgh in 1973. Trained at Shadyside Hospital (UPMC) in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, he now works in private practice while being a clinical associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also co-director of the Endocrine Fellowship Training Program at UPMC and is Chief of Division of Endocrinology at UPMC Shadyside.

Dr. Bahl is a member of the American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society, American Diabetic Association and the Endocrine Society. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and American College of Clinical Endocrinology.

Music From India is one of DUQ's longest running programsand the longest running Indian music progrma in the U.S.  For the program, volunteer hosts Dr. Vijay Bahl and Harish Saluja, provide both their time and personal music collections-- more than 2,000 record albums, compact discs and tapes.