Podcast · Society & Culture
by Dishita · Hindi · Society & Culture
Aawaz is now Ghazal Guftagu! At this place, you will find classic timeless verses inked by exemplary writers and poets in my voice. Happy listening!
24 Mar 2025 · 8 min
Consider this episode my informal and delayed introduction! This episode also features Aakhiri Mulaqaat by Jaan Nisar Akhtar and my thoughts on it! Would love to hear from you all as well!
21 Jan 2025 · 2 min
A mother’s death is not just the loss of a person—it is the vanishing of an entire world. Her silence cuts through every corner of your soul, and you realize that her anger hurts far less than her silence.
30 Nov 2024 · 8 min
My take on one of the most beautiful nazms of Faiz's life: Mujhse Pehli Si Mohabbat! Medium - English and Urdu
17 Jun 2023 · 2 min
Ex-lovers or not, Faraz never fails to unite hearts in his creations!
18 Jan 2023 · 10 min
Akhtar Shirani masterfully sets the scene, evoking a sense of nostalgia and homesickness and beautifully paints a picture of longing and yearning in this poem.
2 Jan 2023 · 1 min
Wish you all a very Happy Start to 2023! Hope you enjoy this beautiful piece penned by Shariq Kaifi!
5 Oct 2022 · 2 min
A poem which descibes separation and remembrance, Insha pens down how his beloved owes to him all the fame she has received by his words.
4 Oct 2022 · 3 min
This poem was written for the marginalised transgender section of India and the stereotypes which surround them.
3 Oct 2022 · 4 min
A nazm which is caught between the two sides of love, one which frees and the other, which grounds. The struggle to pick a side between commitment and freedom in love is put through before the listener's eyes, but Faraz makes sure you aren't able to pick one and disregard the other! :)
30 May 2022 · 1 min
Salim Saleem has emerged as a major poet from amongst the young generation. In his poetry is found a fresh perspective to witness the existence of self and its surroundings.
4 Feb 2022 · 1 min
"When at night a ray of light, comes and quietly sleeps besides me, I feel like it is you." This poem recites longing for a beloved.
14 Nov 2021 · 3 min
Afraid of Life, are you? You too are life, We are too. This poem builds on the theme of escapism in a common man's life and instills a hope for a better future next to the incoming destruction.
17 Oct 2021 · 6 min
This one is a very understated yet lilting romance in the words of the legendary Faraz who sketches out the ethereal beauty of the feminine in this beautiful and enchanting piece.
16 Oct 2021 · 2 min
In Dastoor, which means the system or the structure, Jalib is rejecting that country’s constitution. Such poetries of resistance become popular in times of the rise of fascism, as it happened in Pakistan, Germany, Latin America, and, now in India. A similar kind of oppression has been unleashed in India. Much like Jalib, the youth and the common people here are fighting for the constitution. It will not let the government violate it. In Dastoor’s words and imageries, they find apt expressions for their angst.
S1 · E3 · 4 Feb 2021 · 2 min
Recited at the dawn of independence, this poem nevertheless finds it's way during these contemporary times. A nazm immortal, a poet idyllic! On your way!
S1 · E2 · 6 Jan 2021 · 3 min
This poem is dedicated to all those forgotten ignored everyday people – their grief , their unheard, unacknowledged pain – the collective pain of the people – who were beaten, broken, crushed, killed under the boots of the powerful and power hungry of the society.
S1 · E1 · 16 Aug 2020 · 5 min
A tender poem originally written by one of my favorite poets - Rakesh Tiwari. This one is about dreams, and the after story of struggles and dissapointments. This one's about acceptance and moving on. कि जिनके सपने टूटे हैं, ये उनके लिए है।
Aawaz is now Ghazal Guftagu! At this place, you will find classic timeless verses inked by exemplary writers and poets in my voice. Happy listening!
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