Urdu Service

By Afsheen Afzal

Urdu Service will feature classical and modern humorous prose, poetry, biographies, character sketches, travelogues, anecdotes from the history and cultural heritage of the subcontinent, and various t... more

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How many episodes does Urdu Service have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

Urdu Service episodes:

November 26, 2024 Qateel Shifai قتیل شفائی
Qateel Shifai
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31min
April 30, 2024 Chand چاند
Dedicated to all the moonstruck people like me!
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31min
April 10, 2024 Eid. عید
While we celebrate this happy occasion, let's look at some other aspects of this experience.
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20min
February 20, 2024 Mohabbat
Let's talk about love and its myriad faces.
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30min
November 12, 2023 بے سبب اداسی Bey Sabab Udasi
Winter blues- autumn, poetry, ghazals, coffee, reading books by the fireside-missing someone dearly to share all the sensuous details of this profoundly nostalgic season.
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27min
October 02, 2023 Father's Day
Let us celebrate the fathers and father figures in our lives.
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21min
June 19, 2023 Nida Fazli
Nida Fazli, who lived from 1938 to 2016, was a prolific writer, poet, songwriter, dialogue writer, and journalist in both Urdu and Hindi. He contributed a unique tone and style to Urdu poetry that was previously overlooked by the literary elites. His poetry introduced a new poetic idiom to Urdu that resonated with and influenced the younger generation. Fazli's writing is characterized by simplicity, similar to the sayings of saints, yet still possessing the poetic grandeur and sweetness of folk songs.
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42min
May 29, 2023 Mother's Day
Is it possible for words to truly capture the essence of motherhood?

What are your thoughts?
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23min
March 19, 2023 Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Part 2
Let's continue celebrating the unique artistic talents of Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and his ability to find humor in drab life situations.
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22min
January 15, 2023 Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Urdu poet, translator, journalist, prose writer, and lyricist. Film lyrics came easy to him; he could write the songs on demand in as little as ten minutes, which often proved immensely popular. Raja Mehdi Ali khan brought the linguistic finesse of the Urdu ghazal to the mainstream Indian film industry. Madan Mohan-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan's partnership produced some of the most beautiful film songs, many of them ghazals.
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24min

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How many episodes does Urdu Service have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

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