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As they knew him. (Remembering Habib Tanvir)

31 September 2024

Recorded by Irfan

Courtesy: Dekh Rahe Hain Nain, Kolkata Centre for Creativity, Kolakata

(Political Journey of Habib Tanvir)

31 September 2024

~Aur Kitne Qareeb~ "A child gazes at the world from a forty-year distance, a tangy, Paniphal resting in his hands."

~Uday Prakash, Renowned Poet and Writer

Conceived, Narrated and Produced by Irfan

Mastered at Studio FrameusDreams, New Delhi

About the Writer:

Yatish Kumar, born on August 21, 1976, in Munger, Bihar, is a poet and storyteller, and an IRSME officer of the 1996 batch. Renowned for his exceptional contributions to the Indian Railways, he has received numerous awards. His memoir, Borsi Bhar Aanch:Ateet Ka Sairbeen, was released this year, offering a glimpse into his journey.

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Brij Bhushan introduces Jagjit Singh

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Kabir Bedi

Image Courtesy Frontlist | Kabir Bedi to 'pour heart' into his memoir

Pratap Sharma more

Excerpts from a Doc Begum Akhtar

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Om Puri speaking in New Delhi, 1992

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यहाँ आपको मिलती हैं वो दुर्लभ आवाज़ें खुद बोलती, गाती और बहस करती। मनोहर श्याम जोशी, कमलेश्वर, कृष्णा सोबती, बी वी कारंत, शमशेर बहादुर सिंह, बलराज साहनी, अज्ञेय, रसूलन बाई, निर्मल वर्मा, मंगलेश डबराल, राजेंद्र यादव, चंद्रकांत देवताले, भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र, इस्मत चुग़ताई, सत्यदेव दुबे, त्रिलोचन, अमरीश पुरी, इब्राहीम अल्क़ाज़ी, मोहन उप्रेती, गोरख पांडेय, नैना देवी, वीरेन डंगवाल, मन्नू भंडारी, भीष्म साहनी, देवकी नंदन पांडे आदि के अलावा अनगिनत भारतीय और विदेशी समकालीन विचारक, कलाकार, लेखक, कवि और सांस्कृतिक लड़ाके। किताबों पर चर्चा के पॉडकास्ट, संगीत, फिल्म रिव्यू और स्ट्रीट रिकॉर्डिंग्स का एकमात्र पॉडकास्ट मंच।  Details to support this Podcast Channel i.e. Listen with Irfan :-

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Satyajit Ray made a film Shatranj Ke Khiladi based on a short story by Munshi Premchand in 1977. Amrit Rai the son of Munshi Premchand has got numerous stories of that era. Here he was talking some of them in his very characteristic style.

Amrit Rai (3 September 1921 – 14 August 1996) was an Indian writer, poet, translator and biographer in both the Hindi and Urdu styles of the Hindustani language. He was the son of Munshi Premchand, a pioneer of modern Urdu literature and of Hindi literature. A prolific writer, Rai made his literary debut with novel Beej in 1952 and went on to write an acclaimed biography of his father, Premchand, Kalam ka Sipahi (1970), which later won him the Sahitya Akademi award for 1963.

He also co-edited Chitthi Patri (1962), a two-volume book on the letters of Premchand along with his biographer, Madan Gopal. In 1982, he donated a collection of his father's 236 letters to the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) at Teen Murti House, Delhi. His A House Divided is an influential account of how the shared Hindi/Hindvī linguistic tradition became differentiated into Modern Standard Hindi and Urdu.

Rai died in Allahabad, in August 1996 at the age of 75. He had suffered a paralytic stroke earlier in March.

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यहाँ आपको मिलती हैं वो दुर्लभ आवाज़ें खुद बोलती, गाती और बहस करती। मनोहर श्याम जोशी, कमलेश्वर, कृष्णा सोबती, बी वी कारंत, शमशेर बहादुर सिंह, बलराज साहनी, अज्ञेय, रसूलन बाई, निर्मल वर्मा, मंगलेश डबराल, राजेंद्र यादव, चंद्रकांत देवताले, भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र, इस्मत चुग़ताई, सत्यदेव दुबे, त्रिलोचन, अमरीश पुरी, इब्राहीम अल्क़ाज़ी, मोहन उप्रेती, गोरख पांडेय, नैना देवी, वीरेन डंगवाल, मन्नू भंडारी, भीष्म साहनी, देवकी नंदन पांडे आदि के अलावा अनगिनत भारतीय और विदेशी समकालीन विचारक, कलाकार, लेखक, कवि और सांस्कृतिक लड़ाके। किताबों पर चर्चा के पॉडकास्ट, संगीत, फिल्म रिव्यू और स्ट्रीट रिकॉर्डिंग्स का एकमात्र पॉडकास्ट मंच।  Details to support this Podcast Channel i.e. Listen with Irfan :-

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The dramaturg and screen actor par excellence Utpal Dutt reflects upon Satyajit Ray's contribution and what he meant to him.

New Delhi, 1992

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यहाँ आपको मिलती हैं वो दुर्लभ आवाज़ें खुद बोलती, गाती और बहस करती। मनोहर श्याम जोशी, कमलेश्वर, कृष्णा सोबती, बी वी कारंत, शमशेर बहादुर सिंह, बलराज साहनी, अज्ञेय, रसूलन बाई, निर्मल वर्मा, मंगलेश डबराल, राजेंद्र यादव, चंद्रकांत देवताले, भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र, इस्मत चुग़ताई, सत्यदेव दुबे, त्रिलोचन, अमरीश पुरी, इब्राहीम अल्क़ाज़ी, मोहन उप्रेती, गोरख पांडेय, नैना देवी, वीरेन डंगवाल, मन्नू भंडारी, भीष्म साहनी, देवकी नंदन पांडे आदि के अलावा अनगिनत भारतीय और विदेशी समकालीन विचारक, कलाकार, लेखक, कवि और सांस्कृतिक लड़ाके। किताबों पर चर्चा के पॉडकास्ट, संगीत, फिल्म रिव्यू और स्ट्रीट रिकॉर्डिंग्स का एकमात्र पॉडकास्ट मंच।  Details to support this Podcast Channel i.e. Listen with Irfan :-

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