RawPods: Creative Thought & Expression (Poetry | Literature | Thought)

This episode is part of a series of podcast talks in partnership with the Pakistan Literature Festival 2023, with participants of the event. This episode is a conversation with Syed Khawer Mirza, ahead of the upcoming book launch of a work he has edited: the biography of Iskander Mirza Background music: "Remembrance" by Balmorhea https://youtu.be/C-wu2VcYNCA RawPods Season 2 | Episode 5 Connect wi...

Aks e Rawanee is an Urdu Poetry anthology produced by Rawanee in collaboration with the Stephen Spender Trust, UK. This podcast contains select recitations of poetry penned by some of the anthology’s contributing poets. To read the book online or to order a printed copy, please visit our website: Rawanee.com The Stephen Spender Trust is an initiative to celebrate multilingualism and literary trans...

Preserving our literary heritage & encouraging innovation and new creative output. How should we be approaching this? As a platform that works toward promoting creative thought and expression, these questions have come to occupy us of late. Luckily, we had the opportunity to hear the informed views of Dr. Waqas Khwaja, whose brilliance and accomplishments have us awestruck. Guest speaker: Dr. Waqa...

Allama Iqbal’s concept of Khudi - we have heard of it, but what does this self actualisation really comprise?  A vast and profound subject to speak to, the speakers talk about the personal and social aspects of Khudi, and how Iqbal's ideas formed. As with any other mehfil befitting to the discourse on Iqbal, the conversation is enriched by poetry, philosophy and refreshingly reflective conversatio...

Allama Iqbal: What message did he have for the youth? What lessons did he derive from nature? What was his concept of tasawuf? In this episode, we talk about some of the key themes in Iqbal's poetry and the message they hold for us. Podcast guests: Ayaz Wasay, Rafey Zuberi and Dr Salma Siddiqui Sequence of conversation: Introduction: 00:00-02:46 Iqbal's message to the youth, Rafey Zuberi: 02:47-25...

This episode contains poetry themed to “International Women’s Day” and to “Pakistan Day”. It includes poetry that contains reflections on these themes*, and some classic poetry by prolific Pakistani poets that have been recited by our members. RawPods are conversations that celebrate creative ideas and expression, and are hosted by Rawanee. *Please do note that whilst Rawanee remains committed to...

(Unedited episode, recorded in Feb’21) An episode based on a Mehfil, shared in its raw form. In February 2021, Rawanee's still-young community of poetry lovers got together for a second virtual event, in which we shared poetry and conversation over a cup of chai, as we built toward a story of reflection and of strength.  RawPods are conversations that celebrate creative ideas and expression, and a...

(Unedited episode, recorded in Jan’21) RawPods by Rawanee focuses on creative thought and expression. Our segment focused on creative profiles has raw, light-hearted, meaningful conversations with diverse everyday creative profiles who inspire us with their hearts, heads, energy and ambition. We learn from their creative journey and get inspired by their creative thoughts and expression. Shaheryar...

(Unedited episode, recorded in Oct’20) An episode based on a Mehfil, shared in its raw form. In October 2020 when Rawanee was still a very new initiative, our team had a casual chat about the possibility of getting a few people together for a virtual poetry session, focused on "South Asian Poetry". We left a feeler out on Rawanee's social pages, got a heartwarming response and had a great time at...