Episode 2 - Speaking To The Beloved In this episode of Yun Hota To Kya Hota - The World Of Ghalib, host Amit Basole ponders the enigma of Ghalib the lover. How did Ghalib speak of love? Whom did Ghalib love? He transports you to the heart of the ghazal. Zia Mohyeddin, the British-Pakistani actor renowned for giving voice to the lyrical seduction of Ghalib’s poetry, died on February 13. Ghalib is a state of mind beyond the narrow confines of nation, religion and other notional boxes in which we find ourselves bracketed. This transcendence comes achingly to mind as we mourn the passing of Zia Saheb. This episode is a tribute to his memory. Acknowledgements: Zia Mohiuddin Videos | Rekhtarekhta.org https://www.rekhta.org/Zia Domni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_zWZpMLzZI 6:04 to 6:44 YouTube | Composition of music by Swati Phadke and recited by Pubali Mattoo #GhazalGuruvaar #10 - Aane ka muntazar tere - Smt. Swati Phadke | Mah Laqa Bai Chanda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyTc4MEUoQs YouTube | Taskeen ko Hum Na Royen - Mirza Ghalib Sung by Farid Ayaz & Abu Muhammad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c56THXY0MO8 Dil Se Teri Nigah Jiggar Tak Utar Gayi | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Ghazal | Mirza Ghalib https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxM7NpF4Z5Y Credits: Programming: Prashant Vasudevan Sound: Akshay Ramuhalli Performance Coaching and Advisory: Shraddha Gautam Advisor: Velu Shankar Executive Producer: Narayan Krishnaswamy Project Management: Supriya Joshi Discover more: YouTube: Zia Mohyeddin recites Mirza Ghalib's poetry 'Azadi Ka Shukr Baja Laao, Gham Na Khao' https://youtu.be/xsRy4dO7YeM YouTube: Ghalib aur Mein-Zia Mohyeddin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCEd1mtjBtM YouTube: Ghalib aur Mein - Zia Mohyeddin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCEd1mtjBtM Imagery of Ghalib (1) - Ahmad Javaid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg5STy4WCjs YouTube: Ghalib ki ma'ani aafreeni غالب کی معانی آفرینی - Ahmad Javaid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSiYuee2JAs YouTube: Frances Pritchett: How to Read Ghalib https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnmzgG54KWA YouTube: Ghalib-E-Khasta Ke Baghair | Shamsur Rahman Faruqi with Pavan K. Varma | Jashn-e-Rekhta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAoyx34zz_s Amazon: When Sun Meets Moon: Gender, Eros, and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) When-Sun-Meets-Moon-Civilization

Because it’s February, this is the love episode. What’s the worst Valentine’s Day gift you can give anyone? Find out on Campus Kya Kehta Hai! From being broken-hearted to being broke, from breaking up over WhatsApp to enduring cafeteria grub because you enjoy the company (aww), how far will you go for love? In Explore More, discover a confluence of passion and purpose at Sarla, an artist’s residence in the midst of a farm. Just ten minutes by auto from the campus. It’s the ideal place for your heart to find expression. Get the latest on the APU Constitution, Social Enterprise Mela, pre-Unmukt (what’s that?) and other news. And finally… we asked ChatGPT to compose a love song. What can AI say, it’s… seductive! Acknowledgements: Campus Kya Kehta Hai hosts - Priyanshu Singh & Anubhav Sharma Notice Board show host - Khushi Verma Explore More show host - Hitika Gilhotra Show RJs - Pranesh S & Dakshita Sehgal Special guests - Sangamitra Baskar & Malavika Sundareswaran (Campus Kya Kehta Hai) Explore More review - Ipshita Iyer Poem & AI Voice - ChatGPT, resemble.ai Student Enterprise Mela https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/social-enterprise-mela Explore More: Sarla https://maps.app.goo.gl/vpFSqn9Girev3bcA8 An initiative by artists Nancy Popp, Seema Jain, Advithi Emmi, Suresh Kumar G (who runs the Sarjapur Curries farm), and Bengaluru Artists Residency One. Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-cityscape/new-art-space-opens-on-friday-1182080.html Credits: Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar

A man of great contradictions… that is how the learned and venerable reformer and technocrat Sir Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer is introduced in the second episode of The India Project with Josy Joseph. In the summer of 1947, Sir CP had drawn up an aggressive plan for independence… not of India, but of the princely state of Travancore, of which he was the Diwan from 1936 to 1947. As the clock ticked, it appeared as if Travancore would hoist its own national flag even before India would. Until one night in July, as Sir CP finished addressing the audience at a concert commemorating the anniversary of the former Maharaja and Carnatic music composer Swathi Thirunal, a sickle swished in the dark. Episode 2 of The India Project unravels the intrigues and covert correspondences leading up to Travancore’s eventual accession to the Union of India. Until the turning point — the attempted assassination of Sir CP. Listen to discover more. The India Project, narrated by investigative reporter and author Josy Joseph, chronicles the formation of the republic through documents that shed new light on the genesis of Indian democracy and its institutions. Acknowledgements and Credits: Tryst With Destiny - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s address to the nation on August 15, 1947 | YouTube: Tryst with Destiny | Jawaharlal Nehru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEkY... Nagumomu- Abheri performed by Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer | YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofgoh... Thanks to Confluence Media for CP’s Letter to the Maharaja Performed by Narayan Krishnaswamy Music Used from https://www.britishpathe.com/video/ma... Credits: Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar

Neanderthals. Never since dinosaurs has an extinct species caught the fancy of so many. Still, many of us are still in a haze about who Neanderthals were, why they are no longer around, and -- the 10 million Swedish Kronor question -- how similar are they to you and me? On this episode of ‘What About Science?’, journalist and host Nandita Jayaraj catches up with computational geneticist Shweta Ramdas for an illuminating discussion on the many prickly questions complicating the relatively new field of palaeogenetics today. Acknowledgements: Art by Yash Harichandan Nobel Prize Announcement: Swedish researcher Svante Paabo wins Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for discoveries involving human evolution DW News | YouTube: https://youtu.be/AadfzD7Rrug Audio Used: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232300-600-does-population-genetics-have-a-racism-problem-even-today/ Further reading: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2022/press-release/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1516047113 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232300-600-does-population-genetics-have-a-racism-problem-even-today/ https://forbetterscience.com/2020/10/05/dirty-diseased-neanderthals/

Episode 1 Campus Cast is a lively radio magazine produced by Radio Azim Premji University. Exactly how lively? Episode 1 sets the trend, riffing on the Republic Day sentiment with a jaunty take on the Preamble to the Constitution of India. Making holiday travel plans for Republic Day? Make a quick dash to Dhammagiri Buddha Vihar on the outskirts of Bengaluru. And while you’re there, you can’t help but glance at a portrait on the wall — of course, it’s Dr B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution of India. Discover the tenets of Ambedkarite Buddhism, also called Navayana, a more modern and people-oriented interpretation of the faith as Ambedkar practiced it. Catch up with the news around campus in our Notice Board segment. Listen and share. And tell us what you think of this show. Explore more: Dhammagiri Buddha Vihar ಧಮ್ಮಗಿರಿ ಬುದ್ಧ ವಿಹಾರ (Google Maps location:https://maps.app.goo.gl/MS9eqkuf6zPvGEkv5) Further reading: A. Buddha And His Dhamma by Dr. B R Ambedkar (English) http://ycis.ac.in/CEGC%20Library/English/Buddha%20and%20His%20Dhamma.pdf B. Discover Navayana https://navayan.org/what-is-navayan/ https://www.forwardpress.in/2017/08/the-epistemological-bases-of-ambedkars-navayana/ Credits: Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar