Kawway

Pakistan’s leadership, beholden to Empire and concerned about lining their own pockets, is drifting along the golden path to approval from the Epstein class. It’s possible that’s where they really want to be, and they’ve abandoned any pretence of governance. But the people and the Ulema seem to be nowhere to be found either.

As ever, this is a Minglish podcast. You need to know some Urdu to understand it all!

The genocide, climate change, inequality, the Epstein classes…these are all byproducts of an insane insatiable desire to consume. And to consume, you need money. For money, you’ll destroy the earth and then launch a rocket atop a pile of skulls and set up shop on Mars. With any luck, martians exist. You’ll either annihilate them, or turn into a new class of beings to exploit.

In the meantime, we need to survive the ugliness of Capitalism. Here’s how.

Fair warning, most of this podcast is in Minglish, a mix of Urdu and English. Sorry, but we’re colonised peoples. English creeps in everywhere.

Showing off obscene wealth is not a cultural thing, it's not a religious thing. This is inferiority. If you're secure in who you are, you don't need to show off. #pakistan #culture #weddings #fashion #trends

What happens when you get a Bengali, a Delhi-wala, and a Hyderabadi together? Living in Karachi, Pakistan, our outlook is coloured by Pakistani culture, Islam, and the world-view of a nation demonised globally. Listen in!

Note: This is a “Minglish” podcast — half in Urdu, half in English.

The erasure of our history, the deep-rooted sense of inferiority, the deliberate subjugation of the Global South have made the journey towards self-determination an uphill slog. But it’s not impossible—Palestinians have taught us, have shown us, that even if it takes generations, this is a journey we MUST take, and we CAN take.

Note: this podcast is (mostly) in Urdu, though English is liberally sprinkled in. The transcript is auto-generated and its accuracy is questionable.

E02 Giving Up Everything

Just as it’s been a mask-off moment for the Global North with Trump at the helm, India’s mask-off moment has been thanks to Modi. The crows got together to discuss moving on from 7 May.

Kawway comprises myself, Rahila Ashraf, and Quratulain Maqbool. We’re two generations of women in the workforce, from different backgrounds, with different worldviews, and a friendship forged in fire.

This episode also had a guest: Faeez Jalil. Thank you for joining us for this session.