Sayani’s was the legendary voice that introduced the sub-continent to the radiance and lure of Indian film music on the shortwave.
Progressive Urdu poet Sardar Jafri often quoted from a Pakistani poet’s poem to illustrate the power of music over politics.
It was music, he said, which had bound India and Pakistan through ups and downs since their inception.
What Sardar Jafri did not say was that it would be almost impossible for an Indian, leave alone a Pakistani, to hear Lata Mangeshkar or Mohammed Rafi on the radio were it not for the rebellious endeavours of radio jockey Ameen Sayani.