Old Delhi Podcast

Dastan e Krishna This is actually an interpretation and presentation of The legend of lord Krishna in much acclaimed formet of storytelling known as Dastangoi.It is an original script written in hindustani/hindvi/urdu language.We have selected 8 defining events from the life and works of Shri Krishna like "Kans-wadh" , "Rukmini-haran", "Geeta-updesh" etc. and have given them a shape of a small dastan.Each dastan includes an important and significant event from the life of lord Krishna, it's relevance in present times and finally it's essence in poetic form.Each dastan has been encapsulated in one episode with an approximate audio time of 5 minutes.Short time duration and interesting representation of each dastan enhances it's flavour and value on different type of media platforms.

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Oonch Neech ka Paapda! Did this name evoke some nostalgia? If yes, good. You had an awesome childhood playing those games that gave you such ever-evolving opportunities that are simply not possible when sitting in front of a screen. If you don’t trust me, listen to this story and find out how Tamkeen Bhai, an old man from Old Delhi learned a bitter reality of this life from watching kids playing ‘oonch neech ka paapda’. He finds the parable of this worldly life, that starts young, then matures and then turns old and feeble; all spent in mutual competition with each other. Listen to the story and mark the wonderful contrast of tender childhood and fragile old age, while finding many similarities too from the lens of an old man.

When it comes to health matters, people seem to become more proactive nowadays than ever; so much so that they are ready to pay premium prices if needed to achieve their goals. Good, of course! However, the irony is, as somebody said, “people are fed by the food industry which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food. ‘kachnar ki kali’ is a humour-filled sarcasm on the current food industrialization. Listen to this interesting story and find out how the idea of turning bauhinia plant buds (otherwise eaten as a curry) into a nutraceutical takes an entertaining turn at the end.

If you are somebody for whom life's most intimate details come flooding back at the sight, smell, and taste of particular foods; ‘Kuch Zayqey’ is for you. Listen to this food nostalgia from the lanes of Old Delhi to find out how the merest sniff of childhood delicacies is enough to paint the vivid pictures of the ‘time gone by’ in the writer’s mind. The story is not just a nostalgic account of childhood indulgences; it also highlights how food memories are special. The writer sketches food memories in a way that proves that food memories are more sensory than any other memory. The story casually conveys that involvement with food is not limited to the taste buds only. In fact, it involves all five senses of vision, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. So, next time when you eat something, immerse yourself in the stimulus with all your senses to add that extra layer of richness to your food memory so that you can also create a story.

Meet the nerd, Professor Mirza Salaahuddeen Beg. Though he is neither intelligent nor creative, he has a great passion for learning facts. However, his only goal is to accumulate old factual knowledge to lecture and repeat it in detail, without contributing anything to ‘real growth’ in life. Nevertheless, he is a nerd; and, like all other nerds, he gets good grades, impressive degrees, and high position in life. After all, it looks good on paper to hire people like him who can flaunt a few titles behind their names. He loves to be called ‘Professor Sahab’. Let’s listen to the story of Professor Sahab and find out what makes him so annoying (just like all other nerds).

All kids love to listen to stories. And, when the storyteller is your grandma, even grown-ups can’t resist. Saadiya, Saba & Soofi nagged their grand-mother to narrate them the famous story of Birbal ki Khichdi once again. It tickled their funny bone! And they named the story ‘Baawli Handiya’, the crazy dish literally. However, the ‘Baawli Handia’ is the name of an actual dish too. At one hand where the dinner was sorted after listening ‘Baawli Handiya’ for kids’ Mom who was wondering what to cook; Grandmother felt nostalgic of her own childhood. While she wanders in the lanes of her memory thinking of another dish ‘Baawli Handiya’ introduced by the lady who used to come her home to pick garbage, we get to listen to her story too. It is lovely how this story subtly passes not only the moral from Birbal’s khichdi but also from grandma’s tale. And, it is proved once again that no one does it quite like grandma did. Our grand Moms were never afraid to use leftover. They knew how to be thrifty. Their ‘Baawli Handiya’ was not a crazy dish but a meticulous and frugal effort.

Is it part of being human to laugh at someone's misfortune; or, is it testimony of being not human? I don’t know what psychologists say. I am not sure if schadenfreude gives pleasure to everybody or not. However, it is definitely a pleasure for Laxmi, Neetu and Sabita, three friends. ‘Makaan Number 420’ is a story of an unfortunate home in Gali Guleiyan in Old Delhi that teaches us that you can always tell how smart people are by what they laugh at. It is also a satire on people who love to mould the situation in any case in their own favor. Witness the most repugnant form of cowardice and hypocrisy in this whimsical story.

Yaado ki kandee jo tatoli to baahar aai wo pyari si ‘dopehar’ jissey waabista hain bachpan ki saikdon yaadein. Sunye kahani jo meri, apki, aur ham sab ki kahani hai... Sunye kahani ‘Garmi ki Dopehar’.

Pesh hai Kahani Purani Dilli ki ek ‘woman entrepreneur’ Khadeeja ki, aur uski cousin Shehnaz ki jiska Mehboob usey ye kehte na thakta tha, “Darling, Tum Nahin to Mai Nahin.”

Kabhi socha hai ki insaan seedhe raastey chaltey chaltey achanak ek din bhatak kaise jata hai?? Chaliye jaane dein... Filhaal to gaadi tayyar hai... Seedhi sadak ke safar ke liye. Sambhal kar baithiyega, yaadoñ ka safar hai, kahin bhatak na jayein. Aiye sunte hain kahani 'Seedha Raasta' Credits: Writer: Bint-E-Saleem Narrator: Ahmar Ammar Editor: Deepankar Verma Producer: Abu Sufiyan Nazm: Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar Singer: Arman Ali Dehalvi Copyrights: Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

Ballimaran k mohalley ki wo pechida galilon ki si galiyan…jahan se ek Purane sukhan ka safa khulta hai…asadullah ghaalib ka pata milta hai… Wahaan ab taat k pardey to nahin, aur naa hi gudgudati hui paan ki peeko me wo daad wo waah waah hai. Magar ek mamyaati hui bakri aaj bhi gali Qaasim me mil jaati hai. Aur choodiwalan k katrey ki badi bi aaj bhi apni bujhti hui ankho se darwaze tatolti hain. Unhi Jalebi si pechida galyon me- ghaalib ki haveli k paas- ek sukhan ka safaa..ek baar phir khulta hai…Mere Bachpan ka pata milta hai… Ek sankri si gali milti hai…kiwaad par lohey ki kundi bajti hai…Ek purana sa darwaza khulta hai … Aur aate hain baahar, kuch kirdaar- bilkul aap aur mujh jaise- Aur Karte hain baatein Purani Dilli Walon ki… Credits: Writer: Bint-E-Saleem Narrator: Ahmar Ammar Editor: Deepankar Verma Producer: Abu Sufiyan Nazm: Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar Singer: Arman Ali Dehalvi Copyrights: Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

In this episode, The Might of Pen has raised a topic that concerns a lot of people in specific, but can also be used to derive other larger issues and how they are dealt with.Also, interesting to note is the way in which advice is conveniently (not) listened to, even from the people we regard the most!!A podcast series narrating voices of this part of the city is an attempt to invoke nostalgia. When Dubai resident Kausar recalls the city she grew up in, she thinks of a Delhi that is confined to a corner today; a Delhi that is filled with architectures, dialects, mannerisms, traditions and charm that is almost lost today. Many lovingly refer to this Delhi as Purani Dilli. To hold on to her memories, she pens down nostalgia dripping love letters about the good old days in Old Delhi. Her Canada based brother, who equally misses their childhood city, narrates these letters into audio stories for a Shahjahanabad-based engineer to turn into podcasts about Old Delhi.

Baqaul e Zauqna huA par na huA Meer ka andAz naseeb "Zauq" yaaroN ne bohot zor GHazal meN maaraKnow the mesmerising story of Khuda e sukhan along with his poetry

“Hazrat e daagh jahan baith gaye baith gayeAur honge teri mehfil se ubharne wale”Here we present the 3rd episode of “Aati hai Urdu Zabaan Aate Aate” on Old Delhi Podcast by Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein.Listen to the story of “The poet of masses as well as classes” DAAGH DEHLVI.Writer: Samreen Abdul AhadConcept & Narrator: Sadia SyedFollow Us on Instagram: Instagram.com/olddelhipodcast

Aati hai urdu zabaan aatey aatey episode 2 featuring famous urdu shayar Momin Khan Momin

Old Delhi Podcast by Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein's Aati Hai Urdu Zabaan Aatey Aatey - Season 1 | Episode 2 | Adaab Arz Hai.Writer - Samreen Abdul AhadConcept & Narrator - Sadia Syed

In this Season 1 - Episode 4- Gulbano Ki Shaadi - Old Delhi Podcast (In collaboration with The Might of Pen) Afsha Kausar has written a beautiful story about one of her childhood incidents which is interesting and gives a moral at the end. Narrated by Ahmer Ammar in pure urdu the story starts from the place where Kausar is remembering her childhood summer vacations during which she went to her maternal home in Deoband as she didn't have any nearby relatives in her old Delhi. During one such vacation, she went to the Meena Bazaar in Deoband city along with her aunt, where she bought a plastic doll. Kauser adopted the doll as her child and her younger sister became the doll's aunt. Then she remembers her maternal uncle who was very humble in nature and it was probably he who must have given the idea of the wedding of the doll to another doll. Kauser then again went to Meena bazaar where she bought another doll for wedding, which was adopted by a girl named Sadaf, who lived in the maternal home of kauser. Then both the dolls were given the name Gulbano and Gulfaam respectively. Later on, the wedding date was finalized and cards were distributed to the relatives for the first time in their family and whole house went into the preparation of the wedding. The writer then remembers how she accepted the initiative that after the wedding both the dolls would live in her house in Delhi 6 or she wouldn't allow the wedding to take place at all. Just after the wedding the summer vacations also ended and Kauser came back to her city of Shahjahanabad with both the dolls. Meanwhile, in few days Gulfaam generated a defect in his eye which ended him in getting negligence from Kauser and her sister. In the end, Kauser was a struct with the fact that it was the phenomenon that “son in law who stays in her wife's home is never treated well" was the reason why Gulfaam was never cared about. This story is a true example of the ill value we get from our society that those husbands who live in the houses of their wives families didn't have any respect.

Purani Dilli Ki Galiyon Se - Part 4A storytelling series by Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein in collaboration with The Might of Pen Writer: Kausar Narrated by: Ahmer Ammar Edited by: Abu Sufiyan Do subscribe us and share :)#Youtube : www.youtube.com/puranidilliwalokibaatein#Facebook : www.facebook.com/puranidilliwaley#Instagram : www.instagram.com/puranidilliwaley#twitter : www.twitter.com/pdwkbShare, Support, Subscribe

Storytelling series by Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein in collaboration with The Might of Pen Season 1 | Episode 2: पौधें——————————————-सबसे पहले मेरे घर काअंडे जैसा था आकारतब मैं यही समझती थी बसइतना सा ही है संसार।Writer : KausarNarrator : Ahmer AmmarEditor : Abu Sufiyan Share and follow us on YouTube

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