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Akkad Bakkad

Akkad Bakkad

By Posham Pa

Akkad Bakkad is a podcast initiative of the Hindi literary platform, Posham Pa, to venture into different forms of art and discuss their impact.

It is conceptualized as a series where we will read books together, see films together and then sit together to share what we feel about them—the overall experience of that art form, the emotions it succeeded or failed to invoke, the craft employed, and its location within progressive politics.

The literature we explore will range from stories, plays, novels, poetry to films and series.

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Movies: Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) and Twelve Years A Slave (2013)

Akkad BakkadSep 07, 2021

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Movies: Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) and Twelve Years A Slave (2013)

Movies: Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) and Twelve Years A Slave (2013)

The inhuman system of slavery that caused one person be owned by another was a system of racial dominance. Dominance that exists to date in Western societies and penetrates all institutions from education to law to media to cinema. In the fresh episode of Akkad Bakkad, Vijay Sharma, Sahej Aziz and Puneet Kusum discuss two films depicting the horrors of slavery, made on the same novel 'Twelve Years A Slave', by two different directors in different years. The films are 'Solomon Northup's Odyssey' and  'Twelve Years A Slave' and they traverse the life journey of Solomon Northup, who is kidnapped and pushed into slavery. Do watch the films and tune in to listen to this podcast.

पोषम पा के पॉडकास्ट अक्कड़ बक्कड़ में सुनिए विजय, सहज और पुनीत को बात करते हुए दो फ़िल्मों पर, जो एक ही किताब 'ग़ुलामी के बारह साल' पर आधारित हैं। ये फ़िल्में हमें बारह साल के उस काल-खण्ड में ले जाती हैं, जिसमें सोलोमन नोरथप नाम के अफ़्रीकी-अमेरिकी व्यक्ति को ग़ुलाम बनाकर क़ैद रखा जाता है। साथ ही ये फ़िल्में हमें सोलोमन की आज़ादी से ग़ुलामी और फिर से आज़ादी तक की इस यात्रा की भयावह तस्वीरें दिखाती चलती हैं!

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Sep 07, 202101:07:23
Books: Do Log | a novel by Gulzar
Aug 18, 202101:11:19
Books: Ek Bata Do | a novel by Sujata

Books: Ek Bata Do | a novel by Sujata

In the eighth episode of Akkad Bakkad, a podcast by Posham Pa, tune in to listen to Sahej Aziz and Puneet Kusum discussing the novel 'Ek Bata Do' written by Sujata. The book explores the tricky terrain that is revealed to women through the journey of married life. Through the life stories of the women depicted in the novel, Sahej and Puneet also discuss everyday forms of patriarchy, viewed from the location of heterosexual men.

पोषम पा के पॉडकास्ट 'अक्कड़ बक्कड़' के आठवें एपिसोड में, सुनें सुजाता द्वारा लिखित उपन्यास 'एक बटा दो' पर बात करते हुए, सहज अज़ीज़ और पुनीत कुसुम को। यह पुस्तक उन मुश्किल क्षणों की पड़ताल करती है जो वैवाहिक जीवन की यात्रा के मध्य स्त्रियों के सामने आते हैं। उपन्यास में चित्रित स्त्रियों की जीवन-कथाओं के माध्यम से, सहज और पुनीत पुरुषों की लोकेशन से दिखने वाले पितृसत्ता के विभिन्न स्वरूपों पर भी चर्चा करते हैं।

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Jul 23, 202101:02:60
Movies: Sherni (2021)
Jul 11, 202101:03:49
Books: Jadu Ka Kaaleen | a play by Mridula Garg
Jun 29, 202127:34
Documentary Film: A Syrian Love Story (2015)
Apr 11, 202101:05:39
Movies: Paterson (2016)
Apr 02, 202101:24:04
Stories: Discussing the 'Middle Class' through three Hindi stories
Mar 26, 202101:16:52
Books: Vaidhanik Galp | a novel by Chandan Pandey

Books: Vaidhanik Galp | a novel by Chandan Pandey

For the second episode of Akkad Bakkad, Sahej Aziz and Puneet Kusum discuss 'Vaidhanik Galp'.

'Vaidhanik Galp' is a novel by Chandan Pandey; published in 2020 from Rajkamal Prakashan. Sahej and Puneet read the book and are meeting for the first time since then to discuss how they liked it. As the discussion proceeds, they not only reflect on Vaidhanik Galp as a piece of literature but also on some of the debates in literature that this book embodies.

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Mar 14, 202155:45
Books: Antima | a novel by Manav Kaul

Books: Antima | a novel by Manav Kaul

For the first discussion of Akkad Bakkad, we have with us Sahej Aziz and Puneet Kusum to discuss 'Antima'.

'Antima' is the first novel by Manav Kaul, a renowned actor, writer, poet; published in 2020 from Hind Yugm Publication. Sahej and Puneet read the book and are meeting for the first time since then to discuss how they liked it. As the discussion proceeds, they not only reflect on Antima as a piece of literature but also on some of the debates in literature that this book embodies. 

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Mar 05, 202101:08:42