A Place Called Jhumri Talaya

Have you heard the name Jhumri Talaya? Probably you will say yes. We would have heard this name ‘n’ number of times in films and television but always in a lighter vein. I used to specially write this name to fill up the Favourite Place Column in the slam books, but didn't know where this place is and why it is so famous. Jhumri Talaya is a small town in the State of Jharkand. The name of the railway station is Koderma Junction. Vividh Bharati started its commercial broadcasting services in the year 1967 and ‘Faramish’ was the very popular song-based programme. There were also many other programmes which were based on the letters sent by the listeners.
In Jhumri Talaya, a very rich man was very fond of listening songs on Vividh Bharati. He was also passionate of hearing the name of his place on radio. He started sending loads of letters to Vividh Bharati. The anchors during the telecast of the program used to read the name of the town very often like “ ish gane ko sunne ke mang ki hai Jhumri Talaya se XXXX”. Not only he used to put his name but the names of scores of his friends and relatives of his town. Instead of writing in pen on the post card he started using a seal because of the loads of letters that he used to send everyday. In 60s and 70s whoever had listened Vividh Bharati knows about Jhumri Talaya. Many people used to think that it is just a Pseudo name used by the radio station.
The rich man is no more but the love for his town had made it so popular. I have passed Koderma station many times but never noticed it. Next time when I will travel in this route I will definetely remember it.