Urdunama

By The Quint

Bollywood songs turn us all into Grammy award-winning bathroom singers! But wait, do you know the meaning of every word you sing? Especially the ones in Urdu? On Urdunama, our host Fabeha Syed takes o... more

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April 02, 2022 Tame Your 'Taish' - A Poetic Reminder To Those With A Soaring Temper
Oscars 2022 made history with its many firsts – three female hosts for the first time, an actor with hearing impairment bagged the Best Actor Oscar for the first time, first openly queer actor of colour won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Yet, it is the Will Smith-Chris Rock 'slapgate' from the Oscars that overshadowed all of this.

It is often advised that one shouldn't take any extreme decisions out of anger. Surely, it's okay to be angry, sometimes perhaps even necessary, but how should one let it out?

In this week's episode of Urdunama, we'll look at how Urdu poets, Momin Khan Momin, Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, Khwaja Saeeduddin Nawab and Gautam Rajrishi feel about 'Taish' (rage). Through their works we'll try to understand how it is that they advise we tame our rage.

Host and Writer: Fabeha Syed
Music: Big Bang Fuzz

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15min
March 18, 2022 Holi 2022: A Look at What Does Holi Stand For in Urdu Poetry
Holi is a social festival which has been written a lot about in Urdu poetry from the spectrum of India's ganga-jamuni tehzeeb.

Although there are many poets who have expressed their love for the festival, Wali Muhammad, who wrote using nom de plume, 'Nazeer', wrote almost a dozen nazms on Holi.

In this episode we not only look at some of Nazeer Akbarabaadi's works, we also read Azhar Iqbal, Bhartendu Harishchandra, among others.

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Host, Script, Sound Edit: Fabeha Syed
Music: Big Bang Fuzz

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11min
March 12, 2022 Our Choices And How Can We Write Our 'Taqdeer'
Tune in as we explore how it is only us who can write the destiny that we want.

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14min
March 06, 2022 Urdunama: 'Aurat' and Some Poetry Celebrating Womanhood
In this episode we look at some of the poetry written to celebrate womanhood. Tune in.

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21min
February 26, 2022 Never Think That 'Jang' Is Not a Crime - A Message From Urdu Poets
In this episode we look at some of the warnings against war in Urdu poetry.

Tune in as The Quint's Fabeha Syed reads Sahir Ludhianvi's iconic poem, 'Parchaiyyan'.

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21min
February 12, 2022 Dilemma of 'Uns' - To Attach or Not ?
In this episode of Urdunama, we celebrate the very foundation of love - attachment, or 'uns'.

Tune in and immerse yourself in unsiyat this Valentine's week.

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12min
February 05, 2022 What Is Election Without a 'Muhim' ? Some Gems of Poetry About Campaign
In this episode of Urdunama we take a look at what is Muhim meaning campaign and what are the thoughts of some of the Urdu poets about these campaigns.

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9min
January 29, 2022 How in Chaos, Moments of 'Shukr' Anchor Us
In this episode of Urdunama we see how it's the gratitude that helps us hold onto the good things in life. In Urdu poetry, Ismail Merathi tells us that we can be thankful for anything, even a cow.

Tune in as The Quint's Fabeha Syed reads Merathi's 'Humari Gayein', Andaleeb Shadani's 'der lagi aane mein tumko..' among other ashaar.

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14min
January 22, 2022 The Art of 'Bahas': How Arguments Are Not Won With Slander and Falsehood
French philosopher René Descartes's famous phrase 'cogito ergo sum' - I think, therefore, I 'am; resonates with every thinking and reasoning mind. And it's thinking that makes us analyse and bring our reflexive and contemplative skills to the fore. This in turn draws us so much closer to what we consider true, that we would even prove any conflicting view to our version of truth, wrong.

And it is this exposure with the opposing ideas when a person indulges in arguments. But knowing when to stop arguing is what determines wisdom from verbose.

Arguments, are what make us never stop thinking, and thus, form a part of our most relationships. Especially the most intimate ones that bind us in matrimony. And the key to win such arguments is wit. Urdu poet, Ghaus 'Khwah Makhwah' Hyderabadi's nazm, 'Biwi Aur Patloon', is probably a good example if wit in argument.

Tune in as we explore the theme and of argument or 'bahas' through not only satire and romance but also tragedy in Urdu poetry.

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14min
January 15, 2022 'Mukarrar' Is the Mother of Skills
Mukarrar meaning repeat is a word that people often use as a response to praise poetry, or any spoken words.

In this episode we explore what it is that poets wish to repeat or stop at once.
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11min

FAQs about Urdunama:

How many episodes does Urdunama have?

The podcast currently has 251 episodes available.