guneet kaur

Zabaan-e-aam

Society PA ↓ 35 episodes

Of poetry, stories, sach aur khwaab~ A literary podcast based in India that brings translated stories and poems every alternate Wednesday.

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guneet kaur

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Hindi poems Ab Chalta Hun and Prem by Ashish Gaur 13.12.2023 8:26

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of Zabaan-e-aam. As promised, we have our first guest, Ashish Gaur, who has joined us with his two poems in Hindi 'Ab Chalta Hun' and 'Prem'. Ashish's podcast and other details Insta Handle: https://instagram.com/rockfordashish?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Blog Link: https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/650184745400084003 Twitter Link: https://twitter....

Wordsworth's Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey 13 July, 1798 ~ translated into Punjabi 06.12.2023 7:33

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1 of Zabaan-e-aam. Our podcast Zabaan-e-aam is back with a new season and we are here with a new bag full of stories and poems. In this season, we have a lot of guests who will be joining us to bring along flavours from various parts of India. Wordsworth was a British poet who wrote in the 18th century when industrialization had started. While working in the city, he m...

Dard di Raunaq 23.03.2023 4:05

'Dard di Raunaq' is a Punjabi poem from Nadeem Aslam's book Maps for Lost Lovers. Dard di Raunaq is an oxymoron because 'dard' means pain and 'raunaq' is generally associated with festivities. The writer Abid here is glorifying the pain of separation by spelling out the address of loneliness. The last sentence is 'betha dard di raunaq layi hai'. He is celebrating the pain of love. What magnificent...

Excerpt from Jerry Pinto's Em and the Big Hoom 02.12.2022 5:11

In this excerpt, Jerry Pinto talks about his mother and depression. He paints two contrasting worlds to describe how a happy scenery fades into a gloomy one when his mother slips into depression for days. It's fascinating to hear the contrasts. Dive in! Happy listening. 😊

ਮਾਤ ਭੂਮੀ ~ Motherland ~ An excerpt from Elif Shafak's book How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division 24.11.2022 3:12

An excerpt that talks about Motherland in Elif Shafak's book How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division has been translated from English to Punjabi. Share this if you like it.

Dreams by Langton Hughes' in Urdu/خواب ، لیونگسٹن ہیوز 20.11.2022 1:30

Dreams by Langston Hughes We have translated Langston Hughes' poem Dreams from English to Urdu. Aaiye suniye khwaabon ki ye kahaani, Saba ki zabaani.

Passing Time, by Maya Angelou /گزرتا وقت، مایا اینجلو 11.11.2022 1:50

تیری جلد جیسے صبح میری یون کہ مشک ہو ایک رنگ اغاز کا خاتمہ سے سرابور اور ایک وہ اختتام جسکا اغاز منتظر ہو

Aggression by Meena Kandasamy (in Punjabi) 04.11.2022 1:51

Aggression is a poem by Meena Kandasamy available in English on the web. I have attempted to translate it into Punjabi. The poet talks about silence and revolution.

Diwali de Deeve by Saadat Hasan Manto (translated from Urdu to Punjabi) 21.10.2022 5:48

This story has been translated from Saadat Hasan Manto's Urdu story Diwali ke diye. While translating it into Punjabi we have tried to retain some of Manto's language to not take away from his fabulous writing. If you like this, please follow us.

خزاں کا گانا, سروجِنی ناےڈو |Autumn Song by Sarojini Naidu 15.10.2022 1:32

We have translated #Sarojini Naidu's poem Autumn Song into Urdu