Welcome to Season 3, Episode 1 of the Zabaan-e-aam podcast!
Starting our new season on May Day! :)
Thank you, Sahil, for sharing nazms from Majaz and Kaifi Azmi on this important day.
Our Guest: Sahil Kazmi
A little bit about him: Sahil recently completed his M.A. in Gender Studies from Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia. Currently, he is involved in Research work related to Gender and Politics. He is looking forward to join a PhD program this year.
He is a member of the All India Students’ Association (AISA). His interests mostly lies in electoral politics, Urdu poetry & literature, cinema and Indian history and he spends most of his time juggling between these four worlds. Majaz is his favourite poet and he remembers almost all of his ghazals, nazms and qissas (about him) by-heart. Some couplets I shared on the podcast.
Aaj Maii ka pehla din hai, aaj ka din mazdoor ka din. ~ Suroor Barabankwi
tirii zamiin pe kartaa rahaa huu.n mazduurii
hai suukhne ko pasiina mu.aavza hai kahaa.n ~ Asim Wasti
pe.D ke niiche zaraa sii chhaa.nv jo us ko milii,
so gayaa mazduur tan par boriyaa o.Dhe hu.e ~ Sharib Mauranwi
farishte aa kar un ke jism par KHushbuu lagaate hai.n
vo bachche rail ke Dibbo.n me.n jo jhaa.Duu lagaate hai.n ~ Munawwar Rana
Most of these couplets are from the Rekhta app (https://rekhta.org) and some are from Rakhshanda Jalil's book Love in the Time of Hate (2024)
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