The Pakistan Experience

Sanjay Rajoura is a stand-up comedian and a cultural critic. He is a part of trio of "Aisi Taisi Democracy and hosts the Youtube show 'Bharat ek Mauj'  Sanjay comes on the podcast for a comprehensive discussion on Freedom of Speech, Privilege, Allyship, Arnab Goswami, Identity Politics and the role of Comedy.   

The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.     

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The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.    Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 

  Chapters: 0:00 Introduction: 1:50 Why are India and Pakistan afraid of comedians? 10:50 Arnab Goswami and selling hate 18:05 Trolls on the Payrolls 19:50 Growing fascism  26:20 Munawar Faruqui and Zakir Khan 33:45 Are Indian comedians Anti establishment? 41:45 Vir Das and Two Indias 44:50 Modi, caste and privilege 49:10 Identity politics 58:50 Biases  1:02:40 The #MeToo Movement and allyship 1:16:20 Social media and online activism 1:25:20 Consent 1:28:30 295-A, Freedom of Speech and Hate Speech 1:33:00 Raids, Journalism and Comedians 1:38:00 Freedom of Speech and Big Tech

Mehdi Farooq comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss why Blockchain technology will change the world. On this episode, we discuss why the ban on cryptocurrency in Pakistan is short-sighted, Waqar Zaka vs Imran Khan, what NFTs are, and what the future of cryptocurrency will be.   Mehdi is a senior investment analyst at Token Metrics. He helps research early-stage altcoins, and he will soon be moving to their VC arm.  He also has prior experience in global macro research and equity research (US tech). He is currently doing his second Masters in Digital Currency and Blockchain. He also loves hiking, cricket and is passionate about bio-hacking.   The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.    Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.   Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89

Fatima Razzak is a journalist working for the Lok Sujag who recently won the Diversity and Pluralism in Media Award 2021 for her story "A textbook case of prejudice' which investigates how SNC would fuel hatred towards religious minorities in Pakistan.  Fatima comes on the podcast to discuss the Single National Curriculum, her reservations about it, why religious minorities are protesting it and responds to Dr. Mariam Chughtai's job offer.   The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.    Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience      And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience        The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.          Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89     Chapters:

0:00 Mariam Chughtai's job offer

9:00 Fatima Razzak's story on SNC

12:00 Is it SNC just political?

20:00 Is SNC regressive?

25:00 Is Islamiat only limited to the subject?

33:00 Alienation of religious minorities and otherization

42:00 Representation of Women in Textbooks

46:00 Fears of minorities and extremism

56:00 Are only the elites against the SNC?

1:01:00 Recommendations

1:04:00 The Depilex story

Manu Pillai is an Indian author and historian. Manu joins us for a beautiful conversation on finding the humanity in historical figures, the Victorian morality, Twitter historians and the over valuing of religion as a factor in Indian history.   On this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience, Manu presents us numerous great historical anecdotes, from his Grandmother's tale of the broken bed to the morality of the blouse!   Pillai is known for his debut non-fiction The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore for which he won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2017.The story is expected to be adapted into a web series by Arka Mediaworks. Rebel Sultans, Pillai's second work, narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the dawn of the eighteenth century. His most recent book is The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin. He has announced that he is working on his next work which is due for publishing in 2022.      The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.     Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience      And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience        The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.          Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89     Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Demystifying the past: Finding the 'human' in history 5:00 A grandmother's tale 7:00 The "Emancipated" Courtesan 12:00 A Victorian Morality 20:00 The Artist informing HIstory 26:00 Twitter Historians 29:30 They are telling us "who we are"; sifting history from propaganda  36:50 "The first Taliban" 40:30 One of several factors 48:00 Divide and Rule 54:00 The Mughals 59:00 Habshee History 1:04:00 The darbaar

Hassan Shafiq is a Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Enthusiast. Educating the world about digital tech one article at a time. He is also a writer for Coinmarketcap.  On this episode of The Pakistan Experience, we demystify Cryptocurrency - what is it? What regulation could mean for Pakistan? What is the future of Bitcoin? What is Web 3.0? Are your funds safe on Binance?  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.    The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.     Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience                And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience        The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.          Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89

Javed Jabbar is a Pakistani writer and politician. Javed Jabbar has served as a Senator during Zia-ul-Haq's tensure and as the Information Minister during Pervez Mushraf's rule. Javed Jabbar has also been associated with the Advertising industry for the past 5 decades and has written several books.  Mr. Jabbar joins on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience to discuss Pakistaniyat, the need for a Pakistani identity, serving under Military Dictators and whether there is an effort being made to revise history.   The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations.   Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience        And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience    The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.      Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89   Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:15 What is Pakistaniyat? 7:00 Is Pakistaniyat exclusionary? 11:30 The Pakistani Identity 32:30 Serving under Pervez Musharraf and supporting Military Dictators 42:30 Perspectives on history 49:00 Documentary on 1971

Shahjehan Khan comes on the podcast to discuss grappling with his identity in a post 9-11 world, being thrusted into stardom as part of the punk rock band 'The Kominas', recovery from addiction and the artist's life.  Shahjehan is a voice-over artist, actor, and musician based in Boston and the founder of the South Asian punk rock band The Kominas. He is the current host of the KING OF THE WORLD PODCAST, exploring his life as a Pakistani American Muslim in the 20 years since 9/11.   

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The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.    Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89

Tariq Ali comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Sialkot incident, rising religious extremism, TLP, The treatment of women, the history of violence, the War in Afghanistan and Julian Assange.  

We also discuss Tariq Ali's latest book, "The Forty Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold"  

 Tariq Ali is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is the author of many books, including Pakistan: Military Rule or People's Power (1970), Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State (1983), Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2002).  

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The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications.   Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89  

Chapters: 0:00 Religious Extremism: How did we get here 19:00 Economic element in Blasphemy cases 22:30 How to deal with the TLP 28:30 Islamophobia 43:00 Treatment of Women in Pakistan 50:00 History of Extremism 1:02:00 Decolonizing 1:08:30 The Forty Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold 1:34:30 Julian Assange

Uzair Younus is a public policy analyst and the Director of the Pakistan initiative at the Atlantic Council. He is also the host of Pakistanomy.   Uzair joins us for a discussion on rising religious extremism, the appointment of Ejaz Akram, inflation, the economy, and what the future might hold for Pakistan.  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.  Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience  And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. He can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tinder.  Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89

Muhammad Ibrahim Qazi, the grandson of Qazi Hussain Ahmed(Former Ameer of Jamiat-e-Islami), is a strategic analyst.   Muhammad Ibrahim joins us on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience to give the right wing's vision of Pakistan. On this deep dive podcast we discuss the Sialkot incident, Blasphemy Law in Pakistan, Jamiat-e-Islami, Political Expediency, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Maududi, Islamia Jamiat-e-Talba and Anti-Americanism.  Find out this and more on this week's episode of The Pakistan Experience.  Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience  And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. He can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tinder.  Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89     Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Sialkot Incident and Blasphemy Law  37:00 Mumtaz Qadri and the misuse of the Blasphemy Law 46:00 Why are our religious leaders silent and don’t condemn? 58:00 Qazi Hussain Ahmed 1:04:00 JI and Anti-Americanism 1:16:00 JI’s support for military dictators 1:22:30 Was Maula Maudidi against the creation of Pakistan? 1:39:00 JI’s political expediency 1:45:00 Islami jamiat talba 1:52:00 Peoples questions 2:00:30 Right Wing’s vision for Pakistan