Episode 8 Sindhi Boli Otaak Gulzar's Nazm on Kitaben (books)

Gulzar is a celebrated poet, film maker and writer from India. In this short podcast a simple commentary on Gulzar's beautiful Nazm on books is given. Few some urdu words are explained along with brief comments in Sindhi.

Enjoy.

Ep.7 Sindhi Boli Otaak Book Talk with writer Isha Merchant Part 2 of 2

 This is part two of two parts conversation with a young Sindhi writer Isha Merchant about her book The Swing. The book tells story of her great grandmother's life who grew up in pre-partition Sindh India and had to migrate to India after the partition of India in 1947,

Padma Bajaj, the protagonist of this factually based novel is a headstrong, feminist growing in 1930s and 1940s Sindh, who becomes a key source of wisdom, guidance and strength to her husband, children, grand children. The complex geopolitical context of the time with India's freedom struggle, world war two in the background make the story gripping and great read. You can buy the book in India and other countries. Here is link to Isha's website https://ishamerchant.com/

Ep.6 Sindhi Boli Otaak Book Talk with writer Isha Merchant Part 1 of 2

Welcome to Youtube channel @sindheeboli. This is part one of two parts conversation with a young Sindhi writer Isha Merchant about her book The Swing. The book tells story of her great grandmother's life who grew up in pre-partition Sindh India and had to migrate to India after the partition of India in 1947, Padma Bajaj, the protagonist of this factually based novel is a headstrong, feminist growing in 1930s and 1940s Sindh, who becomes a key source of wisdom, guidance and strength to her husband, children, grand children. The complex geopolitical context of the time with India's freedom struggle, world war two in the background make the story gripping and great read. You can buy the book in India and other countries. Here is link to Isha's website https://ishamerchant.com/
 

Ep.4 When a language dies: A conversation with Professor Ganesh Devy

 Prof. Ganesh Devy, has written and edited close to ninety books in areas including Literary Criticism, Anthropology, Education, Linguistics and Philosophy.

We hear more about how Prof. Devy came to do research in languages and culture. He carried out one of the largest public linguistic survey in India and wrote many multilingual books based on findings. We hear fascinating story of Sign languages in India. We hear why Prof. Devy calls language as a bridge between consciousness and the universe. G. N. Devy has received several Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was awarded Padma Shri on 26 January 2014 in recognition of his work with denotified and nomadic tribes and endangered languages. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award (1993) for After Amnesia, and the SAARC Writers’ Foundation Award (2001) for his work with denotified tribals. He was given the reputed Prince Claus Award (2003) for his work for the conservation of tribal arts and craft. His Marathi book Vanaprasth received eight awards including the Durga Bhagwat Memorial Award and the Maharashtra Foundation Award. Along with Laxman Gaikwad and Mahashweta Devi, he was one of the founders of The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group (DNT-RAG). He won the 2011 Linguapax Prize for his work for the preservation of linguistic diversity. Find out more about Prof. Ganesh Devy's work at following links:

Public Linguistic Survey of India https://bhasharesearch.org/plsi http://www.gndevy.in/

Ep 5: Book Review of The Swing by Isha Merchant (in Sindhi)

This is book review in Sindhi language of The Swing by Isha Merchant.. The book tells story of her great grandmother's life who grew up in pre-partition Sindh India and had to migrate to India after the partition of India in 1947,

Padma Bajaj, the protagonist of this factually based novel is a headstrong, feminist growing in 1930s and 1940s Sindh, who becomes a key source of wisdom, guidance and strength to her husband, children, grand children. The complex geopolitical context of the time with India's freedom struggle, world war two in the background make the story gripping and great read. You can buy the book in India and other countries. Here is link to Isha's website https://ishamerchant.com/

Episode 3: Library and wandering mind

 In this episode I discuss my first encounter with great authors in Gujarat Vidyapeeth library in Ahmedabad, India.

I discuss how open access libraries are important part of discovering unexpected subjects, writers and ideas. I also reflect briefly on the book The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Hielbroner.

How wandering mind can generate creative solutions for difficult solution is described.

Episode 2: Losing Home Finding Home Book Review

In this audio podcast a review fascinating stories of post partition survival of Sindhis. Their struggles, ingenuities, resourcefulness, creativity, courage and character are depicted in stories that Saaz Agarwal through her research has collected. This beautifully crafted book is inspirational and worth reading for all those who want to know about the Sindhis. The book is written in English but the podcast is in Sindhi language.

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