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Voice - Fahad Hussain The Delhi during the times of Bahadur Shah Zafar has been compared with the England of Queen Elizabeth I. Parallels have thus been drawn between Mirza Ghalib and William Shakespeare. It seems reasonable why Ghalib would be so fond of his Delhi. In fact, if we go through his letters that he wrote in the aftermath of the 1857 events, it would be no exaggeration to say that Delhi flowed in his veins. This podcast, beautifully curated by Rekhta Studio, is a mixture of excerpts from letters of Mirza Ghalib and his everlasting Ghazals.

This musical audioshow features beautiful renditions by Munni Begum.

Javed Akhtar talks about love, life, and poetry ! "Kuch Ishq Kiya Kuch Kaam Kiya" Javed Akhtar in conversation with Atika Ahmad Farooqui at Jashn-e-Rekhta 4th Edition 2017

A series of episodes based on the life and poetry of Mirza Ghalib featuring artists like Gulzar, Farhat Ehsas, and Yawar Abdal.

VOICE - Nomaan Shauque Urdu is a rich language which evolved as a mixture of many languages such as Persisn, Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish and Dakni. It is the impact of Urdu poetry that this language is referred as the 'language of love'. The journey of Urdu poetry starts from Khusro and passes through Meer, Ghalib and Firaq and finally reaches to the gates of Faiz and Faraz. Beautifully curated by Rekhta Studio, this podcast captures one of the beautiful parts from that journey, covering gems like Jigar, Firaq, Faraz, Majrooh and Shakeel Badayuni.

"Saaz-o-Awaz" (An evening of Ghazals) Ustad Hamid Ali khan.

The Jashn-e-Rekhta is an annual three-day festival celebrating Urdu language, literature and culture. In this show Shruti Pathak presents beautiful renditions of popular ghazals in her unique style

Feminism as a movement gets a unique kind of representation in Urdu literature — from Mahlaqa Chanda to contemporary female poets like Kishwar Naheed and Fehmida Riaz. This show presents some of the best feminist poems in Urdu.

This show features peaceful tracks by leading vocalists. Harnessing some respite from all the negativity around!

A melodic musical rendition of unheard Urdu Ghazals by Shakeel Ahmad and Hamnava.

VOICE - Javed Nasim This show features the best Urdu and Hindi Short Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto, Munshi Premchand, and Mujtaba Hussain

Syed Jaun Asghar, popularly known as Jaun Elia, popular for his unconventional ways, Jaun held expertise in various fileds including philosophy and history. This show features Jaun Eliya's Love, Life and his Poetry which is remarkable for its effortless expression and immediacy of appeal.

Urdu is a rich language which evolved as a mixture of many languages such as Persisn, Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish and Dakni. It is the impact of Urdu poetry that this language is referred as the 'language of love'. The journey of Urdu poetry starts from Khusro and passes through Meer, Ghalib and Firaq and finally reaches to the gates of Faiz and Faraz. Beautifully curated by Rekhta Studio, this podcast captures one of the beautiful parts from that journey, covering gems like Jigar, Firaq, Faraz, Majrooh and Shakeel Badayuni.

This show presents the life and works of one of the revered writers of Urdu fiction, Ismat Chughtai. Moderated by Anamika, a famous poetess of Hindi, this show features Zahida Hina and Jeelani Bano, two known faces of Urdu, sharing interesting anecdotes related to Ismat Apa.

Poetry helps build early literacy skills and helps them develop their memory and brain power. This episode features some of the best children poems in Urdu.

This show features Minu Bakshi who is a poet, singer, professor of Spanish, social worker, wife and mother. She is well-known in music circles for her popular renditions of Punjabi folk music.

Danish Iqbal and Azma Mirza discuss the life and poetry of Akhtar Sheerani, the poet of love and romance and Roli Barua sings soulful rendition of his ghazals.

VOICE - Atif Baloch This show features the handpicked Urdu Nazms by best Urdu Poets

This show features some of the most famous Urdu pieces, Ghazals/Nazms and prose by popular TV anchor and voice artist Zia Mohiuddin.

This show features Javed Siddiqui, Baidar Bakht, Asma Hussain, Syed Kashif Raza discussing the life and works of famous Urdu poet and dialogue writer – Akhtar-ul-Imaan. Asma Hussain, daughter of Akhtar-ul-Imaan shares some memorable anecdotes.