Quiet Corner in Library

In this episode, we talk about Tawhid I.e. monotheism is Islam. This episode and this series is meant for non-Muslims for basic introductory knowledge of Islam

On the eve of Ramadan 2024, I read the first Surah of the Holy Quran. In this episode, I try to introduce the prayer to non-Muslims.

In this episode, I talk about two books written in early days of the British Raj. The first one is Confessions of a Thug by Captain Taylor. The second one is Journal of a Route to Nagpore by Daniel Robinson Leckie.

We discuss of this couplet of Mirza Ghalib and discuss the story of Adam and Eve from Quranic perspective.

In this episode, we talk of Kalidas's Meghdoot and Amitabh's rimjhim ghire sawan on a cloudy day.

We read Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poem "Kab tak dil ki khair manayein?"

मता ए गै़र - साहिर लुधियानवी

किसी दिसंबर की एक सर्द रात में सीने में सुलगते हुँये अरमा लेकर आपकी खिदमत में..

मेरी एक नज़्म, पहले मेरी और फिर एक दोस्त की आवाज़ में. सुनिये.

In this third episode of Azad Mard, we talk about Mirza Ghalib as an omniscient, omnipresent companion of ours, comforting us in our tough times, our loneliness.

आजा़द मर्द के दुसरे एपिसोड में आज हम गा़लिब की एक नई ग़जल लेकर आये हैं. "घर जब बना लिया है तेरे पर कहे बगै़र, जानेगा अब भी तू न मेरा घर कहे बगै़र.."

पॉडकास्ट का पहला एपिसोड. कुछ गा़लिब के शेर, कुछ हमारी बातें.