Basheer, alias Nazeer , 44, of Kannampilly at Karakkuni in Wayanad is popularly known as ‘Radio Man’ as he has distributed more than 250 radio sets to the needy, mainly bedridden, and to the residents of charitable institutions in the district free of charge.
Basheer started to distribute radio sets after his experiences taught him that the ‘simple gadget’ could be a solace to the bedridden. A daily wage earner, he underwent surgery for appendicitis in 2015 that was followed by several surgeries and had been bedridden for nearly five years. His wife Suhara Basheer works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
“In those painful days, FM services on my mobile phone helped me overcome loneliness,” he says. His life experiences shared through Radio Mattoli , a community radio in Wayanad, made him known to many.
