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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, professor and head of Department of Urdu in New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia Dr Shahzad Anjum talks about Urdu and its status in today's India.

Ahmed Shariff: Every year November 9 is celebrated as Urdu Day. But what about the language which embraces the aura of romanticism and mystic. What about it in today's India.  I had spoken about this to Dr Shahzad Anjum, who is the professor and head of Department of Urdu in New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia. Listen in to the conversation.

Welcome to DH Radio, Professor.

Shazad Anum: Thank you.

Ahmed: Professor, my first question to you is can you chart us the history of Urdu language?

Prof. Shahzad:  Urdu is India's language. It originated in the Deccan and spread throughout the country. Earlier, Persian was prominent and the language which resulted when Persian synergized with others is Urdu. Urdu has elements of all other languages from English to french and southern Indian languages.

Ahmed:  During the partition period, there was a divide. Urdu took a more purist version with Persianate influence and Hindi tilted towards Sanskrit. How has that affected the Urdu of the 21st Century?

Prof. Shahzad: Urdu's script is Farsi and that of Hindi is Devanagari. Before partition, there were many irrespective of religion, who were literate in Urdu. I have been hearing that the language will cease to exist but the language is growing. Though there are Persian words in Urdu, it's grammar is the same as Hindi. Language is not bound to any religion; it's independent.

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Hafiz Saeed sentenced to 10 years in jail;  Four Jaish-e-Mohammad militants killed in Jammu and Kashmir; Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says coronavirus vaccine will be available in a couple of months; parliamentary committee questioned Twitter the recent tweets by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra; Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge lashes out at colleagues for “weakening the party from within”; Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary resigns three days after taking oath and Karnataka government says it is aiming to mould the state into a $300 billion digital economy in the next five years.

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Akshay Saxena, the Co-Founder of Avanti Learning to talk about the venture which aims to teach Maths and Science to government school students in Class 9-12

Ahmed Shariff: Hi this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to the LEad by DH Radio. Joining me today is Akshay Saxena, the Co-Founder of Avanti Learning to talk about the venture which aims to teach Maths and Science to government school students in Class 9-12

Hi Akshay and welcome to DH Radio.

Akshay Saxena: Hi, Ahmed. Thank you for having me.

Ahmed: It's great to have you on our show. Akshay, my first question to you is: Can you tell us more about Avanti, what it is and how it functions?

Akshay: Sure. Avanti is a 10-year-old non-profit that we started in 2010 as a collective of volunteers mainly focusing on giving students from low-income homes giving the opportunity to study at Indian top colleges; primarily focused on science and maths. The way we tray to achieve this is that we work in two different ways. We have some programs that focus on very very high performing low-income students from the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samita schools. These are magnet schools or sort of elite schools set up by the Indian government in rural districts. For those children, we have run a test-prep programme which helps them prepare for IIT-JEE...

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Sasikala initiates release by depositing Rs 10 crore; Vedanta Group expresses interest to buy government's stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd; BSE touches lifetime intra-day high; the third phase of the trial of Covaxin will begin in Haryana on November 20; A K Antony tests positive for Covid-19; Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa says government will not allow 'bandh' on December 5 and new Karnataka district Vijayanagar to carved out of from Ballari.

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, we discuss our reads of the week that are "Identity" by Milan Kundera; "The Endgame" by Kunal Basu and "The Lost Horizon" by James Hilton and briefly dwell on Janet Evankovich's "Stephanie Plum"; "Upcountry" by Nelson Demille and Gregory David Robert's "Shantaram".

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, AirAsia Group indicates that it could exit India; Goldman Sachs revises India’s growth forecast; former Bengaluru Mayor R Sampath Raj arrested; Prime Minister Narendra says there was a need to ensure that countries supporting and assisting terrorists are held guilty; World Health Organisation praises Uttar Pradesh government for Covid-19 management strategy and India asserts it is time for a “decisive movement” to achieve the long-delayed reform UN Security Council.

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Musician Jai Matt talks about his latest release Yelelo and his journey in the world of music.

Anila Kurian: Hi, today we have Jai Matt joining us all the way from Philadelphia, the USA for DH Radio. So, Jai how's your day? You're done for the day, right? So, how has it been?

Jai Matt: Yes. Currently, it's midnight here but the night is still young I guess.

Anila: We wanted to connect with you and learn about your journey with fusion music because that is your genre. We hear that you were born in Kerala before you moved to the US. Could you tell us a little about your life back then?

Jai: I was born in a small town and I was there for about 9-10 years and from there my family shifted to the states. And that was basically the age-old story of my family getting the visa call and my family dropping everything and moving to the states.

Anila: And how has that influenced the music that you do right now?

Jai: Where I grew up was a small village and everybody sort of Knew everybody. Ever since I was born I was gravitated towards the arts, in general.  Especially movies, just Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi movies. Both actors and singers were my idols...

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Moderna Inc says its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective; World Health Organization head says a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic; Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, being developed by Bharat Biotech is now undergoing phase-3 trials; The wholesale price-based inflation rose to an eight-month high of 1.48 per cent in October;  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar says that world was gradually becoming aware of the global nature of international terror.

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In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, Author of "Every creature has a story" Janaki Lenin talks about her book and the creatures in it.

Ahmed Shariff: Hi this is Ahmed Shariff and welcome to the Lead by DH Radio. You must have read her articles that are filled with information about the wonderful creatures, some must have inspired or surprised you.

Yes, am talking about Janaki Lenin, who joins us today to talk about her book "Every creature has a story". Listen in.

Hi, mam. Welcome to DH Radio.

Janaki Lenin: Hi. Thank you very much for having me.

Ahmed: It's great to have you here. My first question to you is: What drove you to write this book?

Janaki: When I was working on my previous book, which was called: "My husband and other animals part 2", I dove into research answer questions like why does one gender leave the family in which it was born in. Like in our societies, women get married and move to live with their husband's family. I was looking at other primate societies to see what they did and I found that the whole research process very fascinating. The more questions I asked, I found the answer but that was just spun off more questions. I really wanted to create an opportunity for myself to spend time, looking at research and what was coming out of the animal world...

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In your evening news brief, From The Newsroom, Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister on Monday; West Pakistani Refugees (WPRs) and Valmiki community in Jammu and Kashmir to vote for the first time; BSF says Pakistan used heavy artillery and modern weapons during multiple ceasefire violations along the Line of Control; first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19 likely to reach Kanpur's Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College by next week for Phase 2 and Phase 3 human clinical trials and The United Arab Emirates has approved granting "golden" visas allowing 10-year residency to certain professionals, specialised degree-holders and others.

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