Music and Youth
Red FM Ka Thappa is back with its fourth season
MUMBAI: Red FM 93.5, India’s largest radio network is back with the 4th season of its flagship campaign Red FM Ka Thappa, the popular stamp of approval that honors the best food joints across cities. This year however, it’s Thappa with a Twist! This year, Red FM is all set to recognize the evolving culinary flavors of different cities by targeting the new food trends which have become the pride of the city. Red FM ka Thappa will drive into 20 cities over 3 weeks starting from 15th May to 4th June, rewarding restaurants under two categories every week. Listeners from each city get to vote for their favorite food hangouts, and Red FM RJsin respective cities will pick the most voted food joint and authenticate it with Red FM ka Thappa in a true Bajaate Raho style with Dhol & Tasha at the venue.
Commenting on the initiative, Red FM COO Nisha Narayanan/ said, “Red FM Ka Thappa is in true sense, a celebration of India’s culinary heritage and variety, innovation and overall our love and fascination with food. Thappa is a very successful IPR that we have developed over the years through extensive on air & on-ground activation and has built credibility amongst the various food joints across the tier II towns who take immense pride in displaying the RED FM’s Thappa seal on their outlets”
Red FM Ka Thappa is a people’s choice award wherein listeners from the chosen cities vote for their favourite food joint and the most voted place is honoured with Red FM Ka Thappa. The three week long campaign will be concluded with a grand food festival in Gujarat and Bhubaneswar. Bringing in more excitement, this year along with the winning food joint, Red FM is also on a hunt for the biggest fan of new food trends. So listeners can keep voting to get a chance to be the biggest fan contest.
Over the last three years Red FM has been constantly engaging and strengthening the connect with its listeners through this initiative. This year the brand has welcomed categories that have created an impact on the taste palette of the people including Momos, Gelato, Open Air Restaurants, Sizzler, Theme Based Restaurants and Sandwich/burger joints. The campaign will kick start simultaneously across twenty cities which includes Jaipur, Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Ahemdabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Allhabad, Kanpur, Bhubaneshwar, Jamshedpur, Asansol, Guwahati and Siliguri.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
