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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight our show is called Feed Your Heart. Host Miko Lee speaks with the collaborators and creators of the Asian American Pacific Islander Restorative Justice Network: Elli Nagai-Rothe & Tatiana Chaterji.   Restorative Justice is a movement and a set of practices that stands as an alternative to our current punitive justice system. It focuses on people and repairing harm by engaging all the impacted people working together to repair the harm. RJ is built off of ancient indigenous practices from cultures around the globe, including Native American, African, First Nation Canadian, and so many others. To find out more about Restorative Justice and the work of our guests check out Info about the AAPI RJ Network on the Ripple website: www.ripplecollective.org/aapirjnetwork NACRJ conference in New Orleans: www.nacrj.org/2026-conference Show Transcript [00:00:00] Opening Music: Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express.   [00:00:44] Miko Lee: Good evening. I'm your host Miko Lee, and tonight our show is called Feed Your Heart. And we are speaking about the collaborators and creators of the Asian American Pacific Islander Restorative Justice Network with the collaborators, Elli Nagai-Rothe and Tatiana Chaterji.   [00:01:03] Restorative justice is a movement and a set of practices that stands as an alternative to our current punitive justice system. It focuses on people and repairing harm by engaging all the impacted folks working together to repair that harm. RJ is built off of ancient indigenous practices from cultures around the globe, including Native American, African, first Nation Canadian, and many others. So join us as we feed your heart.    [00:02:01] Welcome to Apex Express. My lovely colleagues, Elli Nagai-Rothe, and Tatiana Chaterji. I'm so happy to speak with you both today. I wanna start off with a question I ask all of my guests, and Ellie, I'm gonna start with you and then we'll go with to you, Tati. And the question is who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?   [00:02:24] Elli Nagai-Rothe: Hmm. I love that question. Thank you. My people come from Japan and Korea and China and Germany. My people are community builders and entrepreneurs survivors, people who have caused harm, people who have experienced harm people who've worked towards repair dreamers, artists and people who like really good food.   [00:02:51] And I carry their legacy of resilience and of gaman, which is a Japanese word that's a little hard to translate, but basically means something like moving through moving through the unbearable with dignity and grace. , And I carry a legacy to continue healing the trauma from my ancestral line the trauma and justice. And that's informs a lot of the work that I do around conflict transformation and restorative justice.   [00:03:19] Miko Lee: Thank you so much. And Tati, what about you? Who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?    [00:03:25] Tatiana Chaterji: Thank you for the question, Miko. The first thing that comes to mind, my people are the people we're, we're, we're coming up on the cusp of a possible teacher strike, and I'm thinking about workers and the labor, movement and comrades in my life from doing work as a classified school worker for about a decade.   [00:03:46] Then my people are also from, my homelands. The two that I feel very close to me are in Finland, from my mom's side, and then in Bengal, both India, west Bengal, and Bangladesh. And my people are also those who are facing facing the worst moments of their life, either from causing harm or experiencing harm as a survivor of violence.   [00:04:08] I think about this a lot and I think about also the smaller conflicts and tensions and issues that bubble up all the time. So my people are those that are not afraid to make it better, you know, to make it right. And I carry, oh gosh, what legacy do I. I wanna say first kind of the legacy of the Oakland RJ movement that really nurtured me and the youth that I've encountered in schools and in detention on the streets in the community.   [00:04:39] Youth who are young adults and becoming bigger, older adults and, and, and also elders. To me. So sort of that's whose legacy I carry in shaping the. Society that we all deserve.    [00:04:52] Miko Lee: Thank you both for answering with such a rich, well thought out response that's very expansive and worldly. I appreciate that. Ellie, I think it was two years ago that you reached out to me and said, I'm thinking about doing this thing with Asian American Pacific Islanders around restorative justice and you're working on a project with Asian Law Caucus. Can you like roll us back in time about how that got inspired, how you started and where we're at right now?   [00:05:22] Elli Nagai-Rothe: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I'd forgotten that we, I had reached out to you at the early stages of this miko. The idea for this emerged in the context of conversations I was having with Asian Law Caucus around, anti-Asian violence and restorative justice. There was an enthusiasm for restorative justice as a pathway toward healing for AAPI communities. One of the things that kept coming up in those conversations was this assumption that there are no, or very few Asian restorative justice practitioners. And I kept thinking this, that's not true. There are a lot, plenty of Asian practitioners. And I think that for me reflects the larger context that we're living in the US where Asians are both at the same time, like hyper visible, , right. In terms of some of the violence that was happening. If you roll back several years ago I mean it's still happening now, but certainly was, was at the height several years ago. So like hyper visible around that, but also in terms of like my model minority status, but also at the same time like invisibilized. So that strange paradox. And so my part of that was thinking about, well, what, what opportunities exist here, right? How can we actually bring together the restorative justice, Asian restorative justice practitioners in the Bay Area to be like regionally focused to come together to talk about how do we bring our identities into more fully into our work, , to build community with each other, and then also to build this pathway for new, for emergent practitioners to join us in this work. That's a little bit of the background of how it came to be, and I'd love Tati to speak more to some of that context too.   [00:07:00] Tatiana Chaterji: Yeah, thanks Ellie. Definitely thinking about work that I was doing in Chinatown and San Francisco. I was working with Chinese Progressive Association just before actually Asian Law Caucus reached out to us with this idea. I wanna shout out Lewa and Cheyenne Chen Le Wu, who are really envisioning an alternative process for their the members of this organization who are immigrant monolingual Cantonese speakers and, and working class immigrants. What are the options available to them to respond to harm and violence in any, any number of ways? And one of the things that we really saw.   [00:07:37] Miko Lee: Non carceral, right? Non carceral options to violence and harm, right?    [00:07:42] Tatiana Chaterji: Yes, exactly. That's exactly what we were thinking of is, and in the period of time where people are talking about anti-Asian hate, they're talking about hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans, there's a simultaneous rhetoric and a belief that Asian people love police or want police interventions or actually believe al punishment. And no doubt that can be true for, for some of our community, but it is not the overwhelmingly dominant truth is what I would say. What I would say, and that actually by believing that Asian folks loved the police was its own bizarre and very toxic racial stereotyping that. Very vulnerable communities who are non-English speakers and living un under wage exploitation and other conditions.   [00:08:34] And so what we were doing was looking at what are the ways that we think about justice and the right way to respond to things and our relational ecosystems. And we began with messages from our home and family dynamics and kind of went outwards and, and everything was presented in Cantonese. I'm not a Cantonese speaker. I was working closely with those two women I mentioned and many others to think about. What is. Not just the, the linguistic translation of these concepts, but what is the cultural meaning and what applies or what can be sort of furthered in that context. And there were some very inspiring stories at the time of violence across communities in the city, and particularly between the Chinese community and the African American community and leaders in those spaces working together and calling forth the abolitionist dreams that were kind of already there.   [00:09:28] That people just want this kind of harm or violence not to happen. They don't want it to happen to anyone again. And this is some thing I think about a lot as a survivor, that that is the dominant feeling is like we, you know, vengeance are not desires for some sort of punishment or not, that this should not happen again. And what can we do to prevent that and really care for the healing that needs to happen.    [00:09:53] Miko Lee: I appreciate you bringing up this solidarity between the African American and, and specifically Chinese American communities wanting a more abolitionist approach. We don't hear that very much in mainstream media. Usually it's pitted the Asian against black folks. Especially around the anti-Asian hate. We know that the majority of the hate crimes, violence against Asian folks were perpetrated by white folks. That's what the data shows, but the media showed it was mostly African American folks. So I really appreciate lifting that part up. So take us from that journey of doing that work with a Chinese progressive association, powerful work, translating that also from, you know, your English to Chinese cultural situations to this network that you all helped to develop the A API Restorative Justice Network, how did that come about?   [00:10:45] Tatiana Chaterji: Part of the origin story is, is work that had been happening across the Bay Area. I was speaking about what's happening in Chinatown. There's also this coalition of community safety and justice that really has been diving into these questions of non carceral response to harm and violence. Then on the other side of the bay in Oakland, the Asian Pacific Environmental Network has been working with Restore Oakland to sit with survivors of crime and build up skills around circle keeping and response. So that's just a little bit of this beautiful ecosystem that we are emerging out of. It almost felt like a natural extension to go here, you know, with a pen and restore Oakland. They were thinking a lot about interpretation and language justice. And so this is also just pulling these threads together for more robust future and practice.    [00:11:41] Miko Lee: Thank you so much for making those connections. We'll put a link in our show notes because we did a recent episode on the Coalition for Community Safety and Justice, and particularly the collective Knowledge based catalog, which captures all these different lessons. So I think what you're pointing out is that all these different groups are coming together, Asian American focus groups to, Pacific Islander focus groups to be able to find, alternatives to the Carceral system in an approach to justice.    [00:12:08] Elli Nagai-Rothe: Well, so it came about through lots of conversations, lots of collaborations I feel so, honored to be able to collaborate with Tati in this work. And other folks who were, , partnering alongside the Asian Law Caucus in this larger grant that was being offered to address anti-Asian hate and violence. Ultimately through many conversations, just wanting to create a space that was created for and by Asian restorative justice practitioners. And as far as we know, it's the only. Gathering or, or network if it's kind in the Bay Area, maybe in the nation. Somebody who's listening maybe can chime in if that's true, that's not true. But as far as we know, that's the only space that's like this. And part of what we've wanted to create is certainly first and foremost because this is so much of the work of restorative justice, at least for us, is about relationships. At the end of the day, it's how we relate to each other and thinking of, of different ways than is often modeled in mainstream world about how we relate to each other.   [00:13:11] We wanted to start with those relationships and so. We created space for current practitioners in the Bay Area to come together. And we had a series of both in-person and virtual conversations. And really it was a space to offer to really build this sense of community and these relationships to share our knowledge with each other, to offer really deep peer support. And specifically we were really interested in bringing and weaving more of our cultural and ancestral ways of being into our practice of restorative justice. And so what does that look like? Can we bring more of those parts of ourselves into our work, our lived experiences into our work, and how we address and hold conflict and harm. I'll speak for myself, such a nourishing space to be part of with other practitioners. Just really allowing more of like a holistic sense of ourselves into our work. And what all the things that could that have come from that. So we've been continuing to meet, so what has this been like two years now? [00:14:12] Almost? We had, in addition to the existing practitioners who were based in the Bay Area, we held a training for like an introduction to restorative justice training that built on the things we were thinking about and learning about with each other around our Asian identities. And that was for folks who were kind of in an adjacent field, social workers, therapists, educators, folks who are doing work with API community workers. And so then we train them up and then they join this net, this larger network. And we've continued to have conversations every month, in a community of practice space. For me, such a wonderful space to be able to connect, to continue, explore together how we can bring more of ourselves into our work in a more relational, integrated and holistic way.   [00:14:56] Miko Lee: Thanks so much for that overview. I wanna go into it a little bit more, but I wanna roll us back for a moment. And Tati, I'd love if you could share with our audience what is restorative justice and what does a restorative justice practitioner do.    [00:15:08] Tatiana Chaterji: The big one. Okay. I think of restorative justice as an alternative to criminal and punitive responses to harm and wrongdoing. I think that's where the definition really comes to life. Although people who are in the field will say that actually it's before the harm or wrongdoing happens, and that it's about cultural norms and practices of caring for each other in a communal way, having each other's back relying on relationships, which also includes effective communication and compassionate communication. So Restorative justice in how I've learned it in the, in the Oakland community was, a lot of the practices were carried by a European Canadian woman named Kay PRUs, who's one of my teachers and who had also, studied with first Nations people in Canada that ish and klingit people, and that there's been some controversy over how she carried those teachings and that there's native people on all sides who have sort of taken a stand.   [00:16:12] I wanna name, this controversy because it feels important to talk about cultural appropriation, cultural survival, that circle practice and how circle is done in many restorative justice spaces will feel very foreign to a person who is indigenous, who perhaps has these ancestral practices in their own lineage, their own history and family. And this is because of colonialism and, and erasure and displacement, and. Reckoning with all of this as immigrants who are on native land, you know, from all, most of us in the API RJ network. Just what, what is this? What, how do we grapple with this? You know, how do we do an appropriate recognition of practices and traditions and how do we build and think about interconnection or the inherent and intuitive knowledge that we have to do non-car work, which is at the core, I've sort of expanded off of your prompt, but an RJ practitioner is someone who holds space for for these conversations, kind of when things are the hardest, when there is heartbreak and betrayal and harm or conflict and also what, the work of setting conditions for that not to happen or for the way that we move through those difficulties to go as best as possible.    [00:17:43] Miko Lee: Thank you for expanding on that. I'm wondering if Ellie, you could add to that about like what is a circle practice, what does that look like?   [00:17:51] Elli Nagai-Rothe: A circle practice. It can look like a lot of different things, but ultimately it's being in a circle, and being able to connect with each other. Again, I talked about how relationships are at the core. That might be when we're, when we're in circling together, we are relating to each other. We're telling our stories. We're weaving our stories together that might be happening when there's no conflict and when there's no harm. In fact, ideally that's happening all the time, that we're being able to gather together, to share stories, to be known by each other and so that if and when conflict does occur, we know how to, how to connect and how to come back to each other because the relationships matter. We know. Okay. 'cause conflict will happen. We will, we are gonna hurt each other. We're humans. That's part of being human. We're gonna mess up and make mistakes. And so a prac having a practice to come back together to say, well, what, what can we do to repair this? How can we make this right, as Tati was saying? [00:18:46] And, and so then circling, be circling up and having a circle practice can also mean when there is conflict, when harm has happened, how can we have people be able to hear one another, to understand what's happening and to repair as much as possible. Um, while doing that again in the ecosystem of relationships. So sometimes that's happening with a, a couple folks and sometimes that's happening with a whole community or a whole group of people.   [00:19:10] Ayame Keane-Lee We're going to take a quick pause from the interview and listen to Tatiana recite an excerpt from the A API RJ Network Reflection document.   [00:19:18] Tatiana Chaterji: Mirrors of each other. To prepare for our closing ritual, I pull a small table with a candle and incense from the back room into the circle. This is our last in-person gathering, and we want to end with building a collective altar for the future of RJ that is rooted in the wisdom of our Asian cultural lineages.Please think of an offering to make this vision a reality. I explain that we use our imaginations to sculpt the air in front of us, shaping it into the essence of the offering. As I have done in prison with incarcerated artists who create textures and depth of story without material props, supplies, or the frills of theater production on the outside.   [00:20:01] I volunteered to go first and model how this is done. Standing and walking towards the altar. I bring my fingers to the center of my chest and pinch an imaginary ball of thread. I want to deepen my understanding of Bengali peacemaking and justice traditions. I say pulling the thread in a vertical motion, stretching up and down to create a cord of groundedness. Realizing there are actually many dimensions. I also pull the thread forwards and backwards in a lateral direction, saying this means looking to the past and dreaming the future. I hold this grided net, gather it around my body and ceremoniously place it on the altar. Others echo the desire for bringing forward parts of their Asian lineage that aren't accessible to them. People create shapes with their bodies, making offerings to the altar that symbolize taking up space, staying grounded in a world that is shaky, reciprocity with the earth, ancestors and descendants, bringing in more ancestors permission to create and play forgiveness to self and others. Timelessness with Earth as a mirror and patience.   [00:21:14] Sujatha closes her eyes and forms an image for us through stream of consciousness. She says, I see indra's net infinite with shimmering diamonds. At each point, I notice the goosebumps raise on the skin of my arms as she continues it is as if she has reached inside of me pulling from the sutra of ra, which was part of my childhood. It is a piece of scripture and a spiritual concept that deeply grounds my practice in RJ as an adult. I see her hands, which she has raised, and fingers trembling, glimmering ever so slightly. She speaks slowly carrying us with her in a visualization de drops, mirrors. I cannot be who I am meant to be unless you are who you are meant to be. RJ is the material of the web. This was a rare moment of belonging for me, as I seamlessly reflected in the speech and cultural symbols of a peer seamless. This integration as South Asian and as an RJ practitioner, seamless, being able to hang onto a reference from religious traditions that are hidden in the diaspora or distorted by mainstream social messaging.   [00:22:28] Ayame Keane-Lee We hope you enjoyed that look into the AAPI RJ Network Reflection. Let's get back to the interview.   [00:22:35] Miko Lee: Can you each share what brought you to this work personally?   [00:22:40] Tatiana Chaterji: Sure. As a young activist involved in Insight Women of Color against Violence and aware of the work of Critical Resistance, and I had a pretty clear politics of abolition, but I didn't. Really think that it impacted me as personally as it did when I was in my early twenties and I suffered a brain injury from a vehicular assault, a hit and run that may have been gang affiliated or, a case of mistaken identity. My recovery is, is, is complicated. My journey through various kinds of disabilities has shaped me. But I think the way that I was treated by the police and by the justice quote unquote justice system, which I now call the criminal legal system, it because there was no justice. I sort of don't believe that justice is served in the ways that survivors need. yeah, I really, I got very close to the heart of what an RJ process can do and what RJ really is. I got introduced to Sonya Shah and the work of Suha bga and I was able to do a surrogate victim offender dialogue and then later to facilitate these processes where people are kind of meeting at the, at the hardest point of their lives and connecting across immense suffering and layers of systemic and interpersonal internalized oppression. [00:23:59] Just so much stuff and what happens when you can cross over into a shared humanity and recognition. It's just, it's just so profound and and from that space of healing and, and, and compassion, I've been able to think about. Other ways that RJ can look and have sort of been an advan, what is it evangelical for it? You know, I think that because we don't see these options, I, I, because I knew people, I was able to connect in this way and I would just shout out David uim, who's the one who told me that even if I didn't know the person who harmed me, that this was possible. People so often give up, they're just like, well, I have to feel this way. I have to just deal with it. Swallow the injustice and the lack of recognition. Just sort of keep going. Grit your teeth. I think we don't have enough knowledge of what's possible and so we harden ourselves to that. Yeah, I'll stop there. Thanks for listening.    [00:24:59] Miko Lee: Oh, that's the gaman that Ellie was talking about, right? In Chinese we say swallow the bitter. Right. To be able to just like keep going, keep moving. And I think so much of us have been programmed to just something horrible happens. You just swallow it, you bite it down, you don't deal with it and you move on. Which is really what RJ is trying to teach us not to do, to recognize it, to to talk to it, to speak to it, to address it so that we could heal. Ellie, what about you? How did you get involved?    [00:25:30] Elli Nagai-Rothe: Yeah. And Tati, thanks so much for sharing. I always appreciate hearing. I like your story and what draws you to this work is so powerful. For me, I'll take it a little bit more meta further back. What draws me to this work is my family history. I'm multiracial. My family, my ancestry comes from many different places. And part of that my grandparents, my aunties, uncles, Japanese Americans who were, who were born, some of them, my grandpa, and his family here in Oakland, in this area. And, um, other my grand, my grandmother and her family in Southern California. During World War II, were unjustly incarcerated along with 125,000 Japanese Americans in ways that were so deeply harmful and traumatic and are so parallel to what is happening right now to so many communities who are being detained and deported. And that experience has deeply, deeply impacted certainly my community's experience, but my family's experience of trauma.   [00:26:30] And I'm yonsei, fourth generation Japanese American. And though I wasn't directly involved or impacted by that incarceration, I feel it very viscerally in my body, that feeling of loss, of disconnection of, of severance from community, from family, from place, and, . Even before I knew what restorative justice was, I was in my body striving to find justice for these things that have happened? That drew me into conflict transformation work and ultimately restorative justice work. And that's where I found really at the, at the core, so much of this, this intuitively feels right to me. I didn't wanna have a place of, I wanted to heal. That was what I wanted to feel the feeling of, can we heal and repair and can I heal and repair what's happened in this, my experience and my family's experience and community's experiences?   [00:27:23] That work ultimately led me to do restorative justice work here in the Bay Area. I started doing that work with schools and community organizations. And so I really hold the bigger possibilities of what's possible when we think differently about how we hold relationships and how we hold deep, deep pain and harm and what's possible when we can envision a different kind of, a world, a different kind of community where we can take accountability for things that have happened. And knowing that all of us at, at different places, I know that's true in my family line, have caused harm and also experienced harm, that those things can happen at the same time. And so how can we have a sense of humanity for what's possible when we actually come, come to each other with a humility of what, how can we heal? How can we heal this together? How can we make this as right as possible? So that's, that's a bit of my story.    [00:28:13] Miko Lee: Thank you both for sharing.   [00:28:15] Ayame Keane-Lee Next we're going to take a music break and listen to Miya Folick “Talking with Strangers”   MUSIC   [00:34:05] that was “Talking with Strangers” by Miya Folick   [00:34:09] Miko Lee: I'm wondering, I know this, Asian American, Pacific Islander, RJ Circle, a bunch of it has been online just because this is how we do in these times and I'm wondering if there's something unique and empowering about doing this online. I bring that up because there have been many in person gatherings. I've been a part of this circle, so I'm really happy to be a part of it. For me, the vibe of being in person where we're sharing a meal together, we're in a circle, holding onto objects, making art together is very different from being online. And I'm wondering, if there's something uniquely positive about being online?   [00:34:47] Tatiana Chaterji: I would just say that yeah, the intimacy and the warmth and the sort of the strength of the bonds that we have in this network are, are so beautiful and it's possible to have incredible, virtual experiences together. A lot of us do movement art or theater or creative. We have creative practices of our own. And when we lead each other in those exercises, we are really just a feeling of togetherness. Like that's so special. And for people who have had that online, they know what I'm talking about. That can be really, really incredible. And, you know, we've been in the Bay Area and really in Oakland, but we want to expand or we want to think about what are all the ways that we can connect with other people. Around this intersection of API identity and RJ practice. And so that's the potential, I guess is what I would say is just to really, move across time and space that way.   [00:35:47] Miko Lee: Ellie, do you have thoughts on this, the online versus in real life?    [00:35:51] Elli Nagai-Rothe: I think there's so many wonderful things about being in person because I feel like so much, at least I don't know about your worlds, but my world, so much of it is online these days on Zoom. There is something really special about coming together, like you said, to share a meal to be in each other's physical presence and to interact in that way. At the same time when we're online, there's still so much warmth and connection and intimacy that comes from these relationships that I've been building over now, like two years for some of us. The opportunities are more about being able to reach accessibility, right? Folks to be able to come online and, and potentially even broaden. I mean, who knows what that will look like right now it's regionally focused, but maybe there's a future in which that happens to be outside the Bay Area.   [00:36:31] Miko Lee: And speaking of the future and where it's going. This initially started by, funding from one of the Stop the Hate grants, which sadly has concluded in the state of California. I'm wondering what this means for this, process that it doesn't have any set funding anymore what does the future look like?    [00:36:52] Elli Nagai-Rothe: We really wanna continue this miko and being able to continue to meet and gather in community. Right now we're continuing to meet monthly in our community of practice space to support each other and to continue to explore really this intersection, right, of restorative justice in our idea, our Asian identities. There's so much more opportunity to continue to build together, to create a larger community and base of folks who are exploring and ex doing this work together. Also for the intention of what does that mean for our communities? How can we find ways to take this practice that many of us do, right?   [00:37:27] As practitioners, how can we translate that to our community so that we know, we know at its core that this work, there are things from our cultural practices that are just. So familiar, right? Certain practices around how we you know, this radical, some of the things we talked about, radical acts of hospitality and care are so intuitive to our Asian communities. How can we translate that practice in our work so that we can continue to make this these pathways available to our community? So we hope to continue, we wanna continue to gather, we wanted to continue to build, um, and make space for more people to join us in this exploration and this opportunity for yeah, more expansion of what's possible for our communities.   [00:38:11] Miko Lee: For me as somebody who's Chinese American and being a part of this network, I've learned from other Asian American cultures about some of the practices, well, I did know about things like tsuru folding a paper crane as part of the Japanese American culture, learning different things from different community members about elements that are part of their cultures and how they incorporate that, whether that's yoga or a type of, Filipino martial art or a type of Buddhist practice. And how they fit that into their RJ work has actually helped me kind of expand my mind and made me think about more ways that I could bring in my own Chinese American culture. So for me, that was one of those things that was like a blessing. I'm wondering what each of you has learned personally about yourself from being part of this network.   [00:39:02] Tatiana Chaterji: What comes to mind is the permission to integrate cultural identity and practice more explicitly and to know that there are others who are similarly doing that. It's sort of this, this acceptance of sort of what I know and how I know it that can be special. You know, in the, in the similar way that I mentioned about cultural appropriation and the violence that various communities have felt under capitalism and white supremacist structures. Everything there is, there is, I don't, something, something so magical to just step outside of that and be like, this is, it's a mess. It's a mess out there. We are constantly battling it. How do we actually not make ourselves smaller right here?    [00:39:50] Miko Lee: I totally hear that. And I'm thinking back to this gathering we had at Canticle Farms, where I think Tati, you said, when was the last time you were in a space where you were the only Asian person and how you walk through that mostly white space and what is that like for you and how do you navigate? And so many people in the room are like, what their minds were blown. For me, I'm in mostly Asian American spaces and Pacific Islander spaces, so I'm like, oh wow, that wasn't always true for me. So that's my time in my life right now. So it was really fascinating to kind of ponder that.   [00:40:24] Tatiana Chaterji: Yeah. And I think many of us, I'm so glad that you feel that because many of us, don't really know what exactly our ancestral technologies might be, or even what to name. This gave us, again, permission to look back or to reframe what we know or that we've understood from community as being from various traditions, homelands, you know, longer legacies that we're carrying and just to, to, to, to celebrate that or to even begin to, to, to bring language to that and feel a place of our own belonging. Whereas, I mean, as a South Asian diasporic member of the diaspora, I see so many the words that are coming from Sanskrit, which has its own, history of castes violence and like sort of what the expansion and the co-optation is, is, is really quite massive to the point where I feel like I'm on the outside and I don't believe that I should own it any more than anyone else. But I think if there's a way that it's practiced that is in, in, in integrity and less commodified because it is ancient, because it is medicine. You know, that I, I deserve to feel that, you know, and to tend to be welcomed into it in, in this you know, outside of the homeland to be here in Asian America or whatever it is, and to claim it is something quite special.   [00:41:50] Miko Lee: Love that. Thank you for sharing. Ellie, what about you? What have you learned from being in part of this network?    [00:41:55] Elli Nagai-Rothe: I was just gonna say like, yes, Tati to all the things you just said. So appreciate that. I, it's very similar, similar in some ways to what Tati was saying, like the, the permission giving, the space that we, oh, permission giving that we give to each other, to to claim, like, to claim and reclaim these practices. And I think that's what I heard so often from people in this network and continue to hear that this, the time, our time together and the things that we're doing. Feel like it's, it doesn't feel like a so much about like our, what is our professional practice. And I say professional with quotes. It's more of like, how do we integrate this part, this really profound journey of ancestral reclaiming, of remembering, of healing. And, and when we do that, we're working from this really. A deep place of relationship, of interdependence, of where we're like, our identity and our sense of who we are is so connected to our communities. It's connected to the natural world. And so like how can we, that's part of what I've appreciated is like really in this deep way, how can we remember and reconnect to, in some cases, like practices, pre-colonial practices and wisdom that was suppressed or taken away, certainly in my and family experience, right?   [00:43:11] It was very deliberately state sponsored violence severed those practices. And so some of this reclaiming as a part of my own healing has been really given me more voice and space to say like, yeah, I can, I can, I want to, and I, that's part of my own practice, but also share that with the, the groups that I'm part of. And that feels a little bit. We talked about that a little bit in the network of how do we share these practices in ways that feel authentic, like Tati said, with integrity, but also what does that mean to share these practices in spaces that are outside of, you know, Asian communities? I don't know, like that's a whole other conversation, right? It feels because there is so much cultural co-opting that's happening, right? And so I feel, I think that's why this network is so valuable and, and helpful to be in a space. Of course, it's a very diverse group of Asian identities and yet it's a space where we can feel like we can try on in these practices to see what that feels like in our bodies in ways that feel really like, have a lot of integrity and a lot of authenticity and to support each other in that.   [00:44:12] And so that we can feel able to then share that in spaces than, in our communities and the work that we're doing in terms of, restorative justice work.  [00:44:19] Miko Lee: So how can our audience find out more about these circles if they wanna learn more about how they could potentially get involved?   [00:44:29] Elli Nagai-Rothe: The best way to go is to look at the Ripple Collective website, ripple collective.org. We have some information about, the A API Restorative Justice Network there. I'm hoping that we can continue this. I really am excited about, members of the network continuing to stay in relationship with each other, to support each other. Tati and I are gonna be offering a session at the upcoming national Association for Community and Restorative Justice Conference that's happening in New Orleans in July. We're gonna be sharing what we learned about our experiences with this network and centering our Asian identities and restorative justice practice. We're gonna be holding a a caucus space for Asian practitioners to come and join us. Yeah, so what else? Tati.    [00:45:14] Tatiana Chaterji: We're also compiling reflections from various participants in the network around what this has meant. What, what have they learned or discovered, and what's to come. I think a question that I've had, a question that we've been stewing on with other South Asian, , practitioners is what does you know, what does caste how does caste show up and reckoning with harm doing? And our communities are not a monolith, and, and as we are treated as part of a, sort of like a brown solidarity, third world movement space in the West, there's just a lot of unrecognized and unnamed oppression that is actively happening. So, you know, really like being, being brave and humble to, to, to talk about that.    [00:46:01] Miko Lee: Thank you both so much for sharing your time with me today.    [00:46:05] Elli Nagai-Rothe: Thanks so much, Miko.    [00:46:06] Tatiana Chaterji: Thanks, Miko.   [00:46:07] Ayame Keane-LeeTo finish off our show tonight, we'll be listening to “Directions” by Hāwane.   MUSIC   [00:49:55] That was “Directions” by Hāwane.   [00:49:57] Miko Lee: Thank you so much for listening tonight. Remember to reconnect to your ancestral technologies and hold in the power of tenderness. To find out more about restorative justice and the work of our guests, check out info about the A API RJ network on the Ripple website, ripple collective.org, and about the conference that Ellie and Tati will be presenting at at the NAC RJ Conference in New Orleans, both of which we'll have linked in our show notes.   [00:50:30] Please check out our website, kpfa.org/program/apex Express to find out more about our show and our guests tonight. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating, and sharing your visions with the world because your voices are important. Apex Express is produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Cheryl Truong, Isabel Li, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Miata Tan, Preeti Mangala Shekar and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's show was produced by me Miko Lee, and edited by Ayame Keane- Lee. Have a great night.   The post APEX Express – 3.12.26- Feed Your Heart appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, host Ashutosh Garg sits down with Indrajit Lahiri, the founder of Foodka and Pickle Solutions Pvt. Ltd., to unravel the extraordinary journey of a food documentarian who bridges the worlds of IT, entrepreneurship, and Indian culinary storytelling.Indrajit shares insights on his transition from corporate IT to food documentation, why story always comes before food on his channel, and what makes Indian cuisine one of the most varied in the world. Dive into the nuances of regional recipes, disappearing traditions, and the importance of context—plus discover what makes Bengali and Northeastern cuisine so underrated and unique.Whether you're a food lover, aspiring entrepreneur, or cultural explorer, this episode offers wisdom on identity, storytelling, and the challenges facing Indian food today.

এখানে আমরা নানান স্বাদের গল্প শোনাতে আসি।এই গল্প সফরের সঙ্গী হতে সাবস্ক্রাইব করে ফেলো আমাদের ইউটিউব চ্যানেল @Storyholics Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFaWMzH6zynvDM8zu8YPSeQ/join

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Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on February 27th, 2026 (audio)

এখানে আমরা নানান স্বাদের গল্প শোনাতে আসি।এই গল্প সফরের সঙ্গী হতে সাবস্ক্রাইব করে ফেলো আমাদের ইউটিউব চ্যানেল  @Storyholics  Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFaWMzH6zynvDM8zu8YPSeQ/join

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Chains and Strength: Women in Bengali LiteratureIn this podcast episode, Zakia Afrin and Nandini Ray of Maitri come together for a heartfelt conversation on the portrayal of women in Bengali literature. Drawing from their favorite short stories, novels, and poems from both Bangladesh and India, they explore how women characters have endured inequality and oppression while also embodying courage, resilience, and resistance to patriarchy.These unforgettable characters in Bengali literature has long mirrored women's struggles and celebrated their strength. Tune in, reflect with us, and join the conversation.What stories moved you? Which women characters have stayed with you?We'd love to hear from you, email us at maitri@maitri.org. এই পডকাস্ট পর্বে মৈত্রীর জাকিয়া আফরিন ও নন্দিনী রায় এক আন্তরিক আলাপচারিতায় একত্রিত হয়েছেন বাংলা সাহিত্যে নারীর উপস্থাপনাকে ঘিরে। বাংলাদেশ ও ভারতের ছোটগল্প, উপন্যাস ও কবিতা থেকে উদাহরণ টেনে তারা আলোচনা করেছেন—কীভাবে নারী চরিত্ররা বৈষম্য ও নিপীড়নের মুখোমুখি হয়েছে, আবার একই সঙ্গে সাহস, সহনশীলতা ও পিতৃতন্ত্রের বিরুদ্ধে প্রতিবাদের প্রতীক হয়ে উঠেছে।বাংলা সাহিত্যের এই অবিস্মরণীয় নারী চরিত্রগুলো দীর্ঘদিন ধরে নারীদের সংগ্রামের প্রতিচ্ছবি হয়ে আছে এবং তাদের শক্তিকে উদযাপন করেছে।আমাদের সঙ্গে শুনুন, ভাবুন, আর আলোচনায় যোগ দিন। কোন গল্পগুলো আপনাকে স্পর্শ করেছে? কোন নারী চরিত্রগুলো আপনার মনে স্থায়ী হয়ে আছে?আপনাদের মতামত জানাতে ইমেইল করুন: maitri@maitri.org।In conversation between:*Zakia Afrin, Director, Survivor Advocacy at Maitri is also Founder of Auditiya, a social and cultural platform promoting feminism, human rights and social Justice issues in Bangladesh and the diaspora. www.auditiya.com *Nandini Ray, Sr. Manager, Outreach, Prevention & Policy Advocacy and the host of the Maitri Podcast, Between Friends, Conversation with Maitri (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAXam2z_Ro4JhXZqOQH7OyIjKDD1szHOb)Books we discussed: Streer Patra (The Wife's Letter) is a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1914.Noshtoneer or Nashtanir, (The Broken Nest) is a 1901 Bengali novella written by Rabindranath Tagore.Ghôre Baire  (At home and outside) is a 1916 novel by by Rabindranath Tagore Dahan, a novel by Suchitra Bhattacharya, published in 1996Draupadi, a short story by Mahasweta Devi was published in 1978 You can find All Tagore books here: https://archive.org/search?query=Tagore সুলতানার স্বপ্ন / Sultana's Dream  (Performance by Auditiya at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)লাল সালু /Lal Shaluআমি বীরাঙ্গনা বলছি/ Ami Birangona Bolchi (Auditiya Interview on the English Translation, War Heroines Speak)আমি দ্রৌপদী/ Ami Droupodi

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on February 20th, 2026 (audio)

rWotD Episode 3212: Sikandar Khan Ghazi Welcome to random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Wednesday, 18 February 2026, is Sikandar Khan Ghazi.Sikandar Khān Ghāzī (Persian: سکندر خان غازی, Bengali: সিকান্দার খান গাজী) was the first wazir of Srihat under the Lakhnauti Kingdom ruled by Shamsuddin Firuz Shah. Prior to this, Khan was one of the commanders of the Battles of Gour during the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303. Early Persian manuscripts and inscriptions relating to Shah Jalal name Sikandar Khan Ghazi as well, highlighting his role as a commander in the battles.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:17 UTC on Wednesday, 18 February 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Sikandar Khan Ghazi on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Nicole.

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on February 13th, 2026 (audio)

Why you should listenFerny reveals how Sherpaneer uses AI across operations, from capacity planning models to proposal development, giving you a practical blueprint for integrating AI into your own consulting workflows.Learn how Ferny and her partner built a fully self-sourced pipeline through reciprocal partnerships with adjacent vendors like Gong, Clari, and FinancialForce, without relying on Salesforce for leads.Get Ferny's approach to managing AI tools across a team, including shared projects in Claude, an internal AI use policy, and a quarterly review cycle to keep everything current.You know you should be using AI in your consulting practice, but where do you actually start without compromising client data or wasting time on tools that don't stick? In this episode, I talk with Ferny Bengali from Sherpaneer, a boutique Salesforce consultancy that works with enterprise clients across high-tech, financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare. Ferny walks me through exactly how her team of 12 uses AI day to day, from feeding anonymized staffing data into models for capacity planning, to using voice notes and LLMs to prep for pitches. We also get into how she structures client knowledge across projects, her approach to AI-optimized content for SEO, and why she hired a part-time BD person instead of going full-time. If you've been experimenting with AI but haven't operationalized it across your practice yet, this conversation will show you what that looks like in action.About Ferny BengaliFarnaz (Ferny) Bengali is Co-President of Sherpaneer, a women-owned, diverse Salesforce consulting partner that helps mid-to-large organizations implement the right way, the first time. With 20+ years of industry experience—including leadership roles at MicroStrategy, Accenture, and The Carlyle Group—Ferny chose the boutique path over big consulting, building a practice that delivers senior-level expertise without the agency bloat. She's also a board member of WISE (Women in Salesforce Entrepreneurship), co-invests in hospitality through Dogwood Hospitality, and is passionate about using AI as an operating layer to scale consulting without scaling headcount.Resources and LinksSherpaneer.comFerny's LinkedIn profileRead.aiNotebook LMScribeChatGPTClaudeGoogle Gemini

Both Beth and Pitu adore the incredibly talented Madhabi Mukherjee. Even if she had only worked in Satyajit Ray projects, hers would still be a phenomenal filmography but she is a prolific Bengali actress apart from her Ray films.In this episode we discuss Charulata, Biraj Bou, Kapurush, Dibratrirkabya and Garh Nasimpur. We also briefly mention Mahanagar.Subscribe to Filmi Ladies on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7Ib9C1X5ObvN18u9WR0TK9 or Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmi-ladies/id1642425062@filmiladies on Instagram Pitu is @pitusultan on InstagramBeth is @bethlovesbollywood on BlueskyEmail us at filmiladies at gmailSee our letterboxd for everything discussed on this podcast. https://boxd.it/qSpfyOur logo was designed by London-based artist Paula Ganoo @velcrothoughts on Instagram https://www.art2arts.co.uk/paula-vaughan

Dedicamos la primera parte del programa al repaso de los tres discos favoritos de Mundofonías de febrero del 2026, que nos traen los músicos malienses Neba Solo & Benego Diakité, el francés migratorio Jocelyn Mienniel y los italianos del Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. Continuamos en Italia, con un homenaje al músico y profesional de otros ámbitos de la música Erasmo Treglia, para desembocar en la crónica del festival Sur Jahan, en Bengala Occidental, en la India, escuchando músicas ibéricas, bengalíes, letonas y danesas que sonaron por allí. We devote the first part of the programme to a review of Mundofonías’ three favourite albums of February 2026, brought to us by the Malian musicians Neba Solo & Benego Diakité, the French migratory artist Jocelyn Mienniel and the Italian group Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. We continue in Italy with a tribute to the musician and professional in other areas of music Erasmo Treglia, before moving on to a chronicle of the Sur Jahan festival in West Bengal, in India, listening to Iberian, Bengali, Latvian and Danish music that was played there. Favoritos de febrero February favorites - Neba Solo & Benego Diakité - Kodonaw - A djinn and a hunter went walking - Jocelyn Mienniel - Mina zuki - Les instruments migrateurs - Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - A mmera a Lecce - Il mito Erasmo Treglia y Sur Jahan Erasmo Treglia and Sur Jahan - Acquaragia Drom - Tammuriata del camafro - Mister Romanò - Vigüela - La tía Pitita (peretas) - We - Girish Mandal - Ami jar ghare bas kori - Baul vol. 1: a compilation of Baul songs [V.A.] - Saucējas - Prūjom juoīt, prūjom juoīt - Trīci, munu ustabeni! - Svøbsk - Den langfingrede - Sorgenfri - Zafir - Citywalk-women's talk - Klang i natten Crónica: Report: - Sur Jahan (IN) In memoriam: - Erasmo Treglia

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on February 6th, 2026 (audio)

First, The Indian Express' Sukrita Baruah explains how Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asked BJP workers to file complaints against the inclusion of Bengali-origin Muslims in voter lists, and called on the public at large to “trouble” the community.Next, The Indian Express' Aiswarya Raj recounts the incident in which a man named Deepak Kumar stepped in to stop a mob of Hindus from harassing a 70-year-old man (13:08).And finally, The Indian Express' Asad Rehman shares the key highlights from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appearance before the Supreme Court yesterday (22:20).Hosted, written and produced by Shashank BhargavaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

A key insight social anthropologist Mukulika Banerjee had while observing electoral behavior in a Bengali village was that -- at least in the India of that moment -- elections were sacred. This was not a religious epiphany but a cultural one; at the center was not a figure, religious or political, but an ideal - democracy. Banerjee has explored her insights in the years since in a variety or formats, but academic and popular, ranging from her written work like 2021's Cultivating Democracy: Politics and citizenship in agrarian India or 2014's Why India Votes? to a 2009 radio documentary for the BBC specifically titled "Sacred Elections." In this Social Science Bites podcast, the professor at the London School of Economics reviews much of the underlying scholarship behind those works, then explores with host David Edmonds the de-sanctification of democracy in both India and the Global North in the years since. "I think what has happened ... in the US and in the UK," she explains, "is a complacency that regardless of whether you do your little bit, whether it is literally just turning up to vote or learning to organize and be informed politically, is going to happen regardless of whether you do it or not. And because of this complacency, is precisely why these degenerations of democracy have happened." Banerjee is the founding series editor of Routledge's Exploring the Political in South Asia and is also working on a grant from the Indo-European Networking Programme in the Social Sciences on Explanations of Electoral Change in Urban and Rural India. This year, courtesy of a British Academy-Leverhulme Senior Fellowship, she is on a research sabbatical studying the nexus of democracy and taxation.  

 আর আমি এই কিতাবকে (কুরআন) তোমার প্রতি নাযিল করেছি যা নিজেও সত্যতা গুণে বিভূষিত, (এবং) ওর পূর্ববর্তী কিতাবসমূহেরও সত্যায়নকারী এবং ঐ সব কিতাবের বিষয় বস্তুর সংরক্ষকও। অতএব তুমি তাদের পারস্পরিক বিষয়ে আল্লাহর অবতারিত এই কিতাব অনুযায়ী মীমাংসা কর, যা তুমি প্রাপ্ত হয়েছ, তা থেকে বিরত হয়ে তাদের প্রবৃত্তি অনুযায়ী কাজ করনা, তোমাদের প্রত্যেকের (সম্প্রদায়) জন্য আমি নির্দিষ্ট শারীয়াত এবং নির্দিষ্ট পন্থা নির্ধারণ করেছিলাম; আর যদি আল্লাহ ইচ্ছা করতেন তাহলে তোমাদের সকলকে একই উম্মাত করে দিতেন। কিন্তু তিনি তা করেননি এ কারণে যে, যে ধর্ম তিনি তোমাদেরকে প্রদান করেছেন তাতে তোমাদের সকলকে পরীক্ষা করবেন, সুতরাং তোমরা কল্যাণকর বিষয়সমূহের দিকে ধাবিত হও; তোমাদের সকলকে আল্লাহরই সমীপে প্রত্যাবর্তন করতে হবে, তখন তিনি তোমাদেরকে জানিয়ে দিবেন যে বিষয়ে তোমরা মতবিরোধ করছিলে। আর আমি নির্দেশ দিচ্ছি যে, তুমি তাদের পারস্পরিক ব্যাপারে এই প্রেরিত কিতাব অনুযায়ী মীমাংসা করবে এবং তাদের প্রবৃত্তি অনুযায়ী কাজ করবেনা, এবং তাদের দিক থেকে সতর্ক থাকবে যেন তারা তোমাকে আল্লাহ প্রেরিত কোন নির্দেশ হতে বিভ্রান্ত করতে না পারে; অনন্তর তারা যদি মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয় তাহলে দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস রেখ, আল্লাহর ইচ্ছা এটাই যে, তাদেরকে কোন কোন পাপের কারণে শাস্তি প্রদান করবেন; আর বহু লোকতো নাফরমানই হয়ে থাকে। তাহলে কি তারা অজ্ঞতা যুগের মীমাংসা কামনা করে? আর দৃঢ় বিশ্বাসীদের কাছে মীমাংসা কার্যে আল্লাহর চেয়ে কে উত্তম ফাইসালাকারী? - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৪৮-৫০ S7E1 || 5: 48-50 || তারা কি তবে জাহিলিয়্যাতের বিধান চায়? || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla *আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 আর তারা কিরূপে তোমাকে মীমাংসাকারী বানিয়ে নিচ্ছে? অথচ তাদের কাছে তাওরাত রয়েছে, যাতে আল্লাহর বিধান বিদ্যমান! অতঃপর তারা (তোমার মীমাংসা হতে) ফিরে যায়, আর তারা কখনও বিশ্বাসী নয়। আমি তাওরাত নাযিল করেছিলাম, যাতে হিদায়াত ছিল এবং (আনুষ্ঠানিক বিধানাবলীর) আলো ছিল, আল্লাহর অনুগত নাবীগণ তদনুযায়ী ইয়াহুদীদেরকে আদেশ করত আর আল্লাহওয়ালাগণ এবং আলিমগণও। কারণ এই যে, তাদেরকে এই কিতাবুল্লাহর সংরক্ষণের আদেশ দেয়া হয়েছিল এবং তারা এর সাক্ষী। অতএব (হে ইয়াহুদী আলিমগণ!) তোমরা মানুষকে ভয় করনা, বরং আমাকে ভয় কর; আর আমার বিধানসমূহের বিনিময়ে (পার্থিব) সামান্য বস্তু গ্রহণ করনা; আর যে ব্যক্তি আল্লাহর অবতারিত (বিধান) অনুযায়ী বিচার করেনা, এমন লোকতো পূর্ণ কাফির। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৪৩-৪৪ S6E39 || 5: 43-44 || এমন লোকতো পূর্ণ কাফির || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla *আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 আর আমি তাদের প্রতি তাতে (তাওরাতে) এটা ফরয করেছিলাম যে, প্রাণের বিনিময়ে প্রাণ, চক্ষুর বিনিময়ে চক্ষু, নাকের বিনিময়ে নাক, কানের বিনিময়ে কান, দাঁতের বিনিময়ে দাঁত এবং (তদ্রুপ অন্যান্য) যখমেরও বিনিময়ে যখম রয়েছে; কিন্তু যে ব্যক্তি তাকে ক্ষমা করে দেয়, তাহলে এটা তার জন্য (পাপের) কাফ্ফারা হয়ে যাবে; আর যে ব্যক্তি আল্লাহর অবতারিত বিধান অনুযায়ী ফাইসালা করেনা, তাহলেতো এমন ব্যক্তি পূর্ণ যালিম। আর আমি তাদের পর ঈসা ইবনে মারইয়ামকে এই অবস্থায় প্রেরণ করেছিলাম, সে তার পূর্ববর্তী কিতাবের অর্থাৎ তাওরাতের সত্যায়নকারী ছিল এবং আমি তাকে ইঞ্জীল প্রদান করেছি, যাতে হিদায়াত এবং আলো ছিল, আর ওটা তার পূর্ববর্তী কিতাব অর্থাৎ তাওরাতের সত্যতা সমর্থন করত এবং এটা সম্পূর্ণ রূপে মুত্তাকীদের জন্য হিদায়াত ও নসীহত ছিল। আহলে ইঞ্জীলের উচিত-আল্লাহ তাতে যা কিছু অবতীর্ণ করেছেন, তদনুযায়ী হুকুম প্রদান করা, আর যে ব্যক্তি আল্লাহর অবতারিত (বিধান) অনুযায়ী হুকুম প্রদান করেনা, তাহলে তো এ রূপ লোকই পাপাচারী ফাসিক। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৪৫-৪৭ S6E40 || 5: 45-47 || প্রাণের বিনিময়ে প্রাণ || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla *আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 আর আমি এই কিতাবকে (কুরআন) তোমার প্রতি নাযিল করেছি যা নিজেও সত্যতা গুণে বিভূষিত, (এবং) ওর পূর্ববর্তী কিতাবসমূহেরও সত্যায়নকারী এবং ঐ সব কিতাবের বিষয় বস্তুর সংরক্ষকও। অতএব তুমি তাদের পারস্পরিক বিষয়ে আল্লাহর অবতারিত এই কিতাব অনুযায়ী মীমাংসা কর, যা তুমি প্রাপ্ত হয়েছ, তা থেকে বিরত হয়ে তাদের প্রবৃত্তি অনুযায়ী কাজ করনা, তোমাদের প্রত্যেকের (সম্প্রদায়) জন্য আমি নির্দিষ্ট শারীয়াত এবং নির্দিষ্ট পন্থা নির্ধারণ করেছিলাম; আর যদি আল্লাহ ইচ্ছা করতেন তাহলে তোমাদের সকলকে একই উম্মাত করে দিতেন। কিন্তু তিনি তা করেননি এ কারণে যে, যে ধর্ম তিনি তোমাদেরকে প্রদান করেছেন তাতে তোমাদের সকলকে পরীক্ষা করবেন, সুতরাং তোমরা কল্যাণকর বিষয়সমূহের দিকে ধাবিত হও; তোমাদের সকলকে আল্লাহরই সমীপে প্রত্যাবর্তন করতে হবে, তখন তিনি তোমাদেরকে জানিয়ে দিবেন যে বিষয়ে তোমরা মতবিরোধ করছিলে। আর আমি নির্দেশ দিচ্ছি যে, তুমি তাদের পারস্পরিক ব্যাপারে এই প্রেরিত কিতাব অনুযায়ী মীমাংসা করবে এবং তাদের প্রবৃত্তি অনুযায়ী কাজ করবেনা, এবং তাদের দিক থেকে সতর্ক থাকবে যেন তারা তোমাকে আল্লাহ প্রেরিত কোন নির্দেশ হতে বিভ্রান্ত করতে না পারে; অনন্তর তারা যদি মুখ ফিরিয়ে নেয় তাহলে দৃঢ় বিশ্বাস রেখ, আল্লাহর ইচ্ছা এটাই যে, তাদেরকে কোন কোন পাপের কারণে শাস্তি প্রদান করবেন; আর বহু লোকতো নাফরমানই হয়ে থাকে। তাহলে কি তারা অজ্ঞতা যুগের মীমাংসা কামনা করে? আর দৃঢ় বিশ্বাসীদের কাছে মীমাংসা কার্যে আল্লাহর চেয়ে কে উত্তম ফাইসালাকারী? - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৪৮-৫০ S7E2 || 5: 48-50 || তারা কি তবে জাহিলিয়্যাতের বিধান চায়? (আলোচনা) || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla *আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 হে মু'মিনগণ! তোমরা ইয়াহুদী ও খৃষ্টানদেরকে বন্ধু রূপে গ্রহণ করনা, তারা পরস্পর বন্ধু; আর তোমাদের মধ্যে যে ব্যক্তি তাদের সাথে বন্ধুত্ব করবে নিশ্চয়ই সে তাদেরই মধ্যে গণ্য হবে; নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ অত্যাচারী সম্প্রদায়কে সুপথ প্রদর্শন করেন না। এ কারণেই যাদের অন্তরে পীড়া রয়েছে তাদেরকে তোমরা দেখেছ যে, তারা দৌড়ে দৌড়ে তাদের (কাফিরদের) মধ্যে প্রবেশ করছে, এবং তারা বলেঃ আমাদের ভয় হচ্ছে যে, আমাদের উপর কোন বিপদ এসে পড়ে না কি! অতএব আশা করা যায় যে, অচিরেই আল্লাহ (মুসলিমদের) পূর্ণ বিজয় দান করবেন অথবা অন্য কোন বিষয় বিশেষভাবে নিজ পক্ষ হতে (প্রকাশ করবেন), অনন্তর তারা নিজেদের অন্তরে লুকায়িত মনোভাবের কারণে লজ্জিত হবে। আর মুসলিমরা বলবেঃ আরে! এরাই নাকি তারা, যারা অতি দৃঢ়তার সাথে আল্লাহর নামে শপথ করত, আমরা তোমাদের সাথেই আছি? এদের সমস্ত কাজই ব্যর্থ হয়ে গেছে, ফলে তারা অকৃতকার্য হয়ে রইল। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৫১-৫৩ S7E3 || 5: 51-53 || হে ঈমানদারগণ! ইয়াহুদী ও খৃষ্টানদেরকে বন্ধু রূপে গ্রহণ করো না || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 হে মু'মিনগণ! তোমাদের মধ্য হতে যে ব্যক্তি স্বীয় ধর্ম হতে বিচ্যুত হবে, (এতে ইসলামের কোন ক্ষতি নেই, কেননা) আল্লাহ সত্ত্বরই (তাদের স্থলে) এমন এক সম্প্রদায় সৃষ্টি করবেন যাদেরকে আল্লাহ ভালবাসবেন এবং তারাও আল্লাহকে ভালবাসবে, তারা মুসলিমদের প্রতি মেহেরবান থাকবে, কাফিরদের প্রতি কঠোর হবে, তারা আল্লাহর পথে জিহাদ করবে আর তারা কোন নিন্দুকের নিন্দার পরওয়া করবেনা; এটা আল্লাহর অনুগ্রহ, তা তিনি যাকে ইচ্ছা প্রদান করেন; বস্তুতঃ আল্লাহ প্রাচুর্য দানকারী, মহাজ্ঞানী। তোমাদের বন্ধুতো আল্লাহ ও তাঁর রাসূল এবং মু'মিনগণ - যারা সালাত সুপ্রতিষ্ঠিত করে, যাকাত প্রদান করে এবং বিনম্র। আর যারা বন্ধুত্ব রাখবে আল্লাহর সাথে, তাঁর রাসূলের সাথে এবং মু'মিনদের সাথে, তাহলে তারা আল্লাহর দলভুক্ত হল এবং নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহর দলই বিজয়ী। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৫৪-৫৬ S7E4 || 5: 54-56 || যে ব্যক্তি তার ধর্ম হতে বিচ্যুত হবে || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on January 30th, 2026 (audio)

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on January 23rd, 2026 (audio)

Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal (Routledge, 2025) by Ishita Dey is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long fieldwork of a single food substance – sweets – it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how caste, religion, science and law inform the life of a food item with an extremely short shelf life. It shows how food items of conspicuous consumption find a meaning in everyday lives of people through its socio-cultural meanings – ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a ubiquitous part of ‘Bengali' diet in a geography that has been witness to acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes to ensure food security. As a multi-sited ethnography on sweetness in diverse settings and its associated meanings in West Bengal and Bangladesh, this book explores everyday workplace hierarchies between artisans that reveal how caste and religion inform the choice of who is hired into this line of work. It also highlights how discourses on food safety and the overpowering presence of World Trade Organization have affected the life of the Bengali mishti. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of ethnography, sociology, history and South Asian studies. And if you, dear reader, love mishti, you will love this, too!Satyaki Barua is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Hyderabad. His research focuses on party organisation, party institutionalisation, and political mobilisation, particularly examining the interactions between the state, society, and political parties in India and South Asia. Outside of academia, Satyaki enjoys watching and discussing movies, as well as practising Hindustani classical music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal (Routledge, 2025) by Ishita Dey is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long fieldwork of a single food substance – sweets – it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how caste, religion, science and law inform the life of a food item with an extremely short shelf life. It shows how food items of conspicuous consumption find a meaning in everyday lives of people through its socio-cultural meanings – ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a ubiquitous part of ‘Bengali' diet in a geography that has been witness to acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes to ensure food security. As a multi-sited ethnography on sweetness in diverse settings and its associated meanings in West Bengal and Bangladesh, this book explores everyday workplace hierarchies between artisans that reveal how caste and religion inform the choice of who is hired into this line of work. It also highlights how discourses on food safety and the overpowering presence of World Trade Organization have affected the life of the Bengali mishti. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of ethnography, sociology, history and South Asian studies. And if you, dear reader, love mishti, you will love this, too!Satyaki Barua is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Hyderabad. His research focuses on party organisation, party institutionalisation, and political mobilisation, particularly examining the interactions between the state, society, and political parties in India and South Asia. Outside of academia, Satyaki enjoys watching and discussing movies, as well as practising Hindustani classical music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/food

Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal (Routledge, 2025) by Ishita Dey is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long fieldwork of a single food substance – sweets – it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its representation in recipe books to understand how caste, religion, science and law inform the life of a food item with an extremely short shelf life. It shows how food items of conspicuous consumption find a meaning in everyday lives of people through its socio-cultural meanings – ritual, pride of craftsmanship, heritage and cultural identity. It also shows how sweets continue to be a ubiquitous part of ‘Bengali' diet in a geography that has been witness to acute hunger, starvation, food movements and social welfare programmes to ensure food security. As a multi-sited ethnography on sweetness in diverse settings and its associated meanings in West Bengal and Bangladesh, this book explores everyday workplace hierarchies between artisans that reveal how caste and religion inform the choice of who is hired into this line of work. It also highlights how discourses on food safety and the overpowering presence of World Trade Organization have affected the life of the Bengali mishti. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of ethnography, sociology, history and South Asian studies. And if you, dear reader, love mishti, you will love this, too!Satyaki Barua is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Hyderabad. His research focuses on party organisation, party institutionalisation, and political mobilisation, particularly examining the interactions between the state, society, and political parties in India and South Asia. Outside of academia, Satyaki enjoys watching and discussing movies, as well as practising Hindustani classical music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on January 16th, 2026 (audio)

It's that time of the year againSupport the podcast through Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/duhabpor Ko-fi - https://ko-fi.com/duhabpDiscord server - https://discord.gg/X94h4XWKMQTimestamps00:00:00 Intro00:1:20 DUHABP 2025 statistics00:07:00 Apurbo's gaming recap00:12:00 Ishmum's gaming recap00:30:30 Apurbo's gaming recap again00:40:20 Ishmum's thoughts on Inazuma Eleven Victory Road00:52:50 Ishmum's anime and TV series recap00:58:00 Apurbo's cartoon recap01:07:00 Apurbo's TV series recap01:16:40 Apurbo's movie recap01:26:30 Ishmum's movie recap01:31:50 OutroThings MentionedBangla Anime Podcast - https://youtube.com/@bangladeshanimepodcastInazuma Eleven Victory Road (Video game) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inazuma_Eleven:_Victory_RoadApurbo's last video on his personal channel - https://youtu.be/zdoYp0Z_QWwDUH Boys A Way Out playthrough - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3Qp8MFFIMYO156L-7oTjwJH9ukpKhwjDUH Boys MiSide playthrough - https://youtu.be/8N59w-mDjVEDUH Boys Evoland playthrough - https://youtu.be/WqqDd1rkCl4DUHABP best episode of 2025 (according to you guys) - https://youtu.be/TkBHgoEvPu8Listening to the show on iTunes/Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube really helps the podcast gain exposure Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/duh-a-bangladeshi-podcast/id1476834459Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5PlMG5LYu2qGAfqAD25jSX?si=4ST-xWydSW6jS3JT2gENfA Saavn - https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/duha-bangladeshi-podcast/1/rqXuuMO4G6g_YouTube - https://youtube.com/@duhabp 2nd channel - https://youtube.com/@duhboys DUH on social medias: Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/share/1dw9ZYaiHC/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/duhabp?igsh=MWVvbzJ3a2thcW82aQ== Twitter - https://x.com/DUH3ABP?t=IGVu-HTV9G53hZAK9zHPiw&s=09 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@duhabp?_t=ZS-8tD6xWgObFo&_r=1 ApurboYouTube - https://youtube.com/@apurbothea1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apurbothea1?igsh=eHljMGo2dDJ3dHVj Twitter - https://x.com/ApurboTheA1?t=YN8TEn6gufngb_gSnygyag&s=09 MyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/ApurboTheA1Grouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/105735-ApurboTheA1/Backloggd - https://backloggd.com/u/ApurboTheA1/RishatYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFwHfBWsOZEW3cKFh_BWZawYouTube - https://youtube.com/channel/UCJ2S-k0MBh3Pn5Jhdq_s1OAIshmumYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCssbWLyz9JYIbGGGxxknnOgInstagram - https://instagram.com/kuddus.mia.42069?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Twitter - https://twitter.com/Beeg_NontuMyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/BeegNontuGrouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/123182-Dipjolfan42069/Backloggd - https://backloggd.com/u/BeegNontu/Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi podcasts, Podcasts in Bangladesh, Bangla podcast, Bengali podcast, Podcast Bangla, Podcast, Bengal podcast, What is podcast Bangla, DUHABP, Ashrafuzzaman Apurbo, eatabrick, Some retard, duhabp, duh3abp#DUHABP #BengaliPodcast #BangladeshiPodcast #BanglaPodcast

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on January 9th, 2026 (audio)

This episode covers the start of chapter 29 to: “...Tagore's version of an old Bengali song, “Light the Lamp of Thy Love.” Summary: As Paramahansa Yogananda speaks so fondly of Rabindranath Tagore's achievements and influence both in and beyond India, we explore Tagore's educational legacy through Shantiniketan and Viswa Bharati University, discussing his approach to teaching and integration of music, literature, and self-realization. We also reflect on Tagore's treatments of critics, his cultural impact, and snippets of his wonderful Nobel prize acceptance speech. 8:40 Singing as natural expression; 20:50 Tagore's critics; 32:58 Unhypnotized by flattery; 35:50 Light the lamp of thy love; 42:00 Looking Ahead. Links discussed in the chapter:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Gana_Mana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xwWRPXfJk0 crpf.gov.in/writereaddata/images/pdf/Gitanjali.pdf https://ia601502.us.archive.org/0/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.52214/2015.52214.Rabindra-Nath-Tagore-Letters-To-A-Friend_text.pdf https://poets.org/poem/gitanjali-27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQUEZjVkKTw  Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the next part of chapter 29 from: “About two years after founding the Ranchi school...” to  “...Dwijendra, was a deep-seeing philosopher, beloved even by birds and woodland creatures”. #autobiographyofayogi  #autobiographylinebyline  #paramahansayogananda Autobiography of a Yogi awake.minute Self-Realization Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Society of India #SRF #YSS

Two adult men and one adult woman friend gather around to open spam accountsSupport the podcast through Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/duhabpor Ko-fi - https://ko-fi.com/duhabpDiscord server - https://discord.gg/X94h4XWKMQTimestamps00:00:00 Intro00:06:20 Ishmum fixing a previous mistake00:27:00 Meye'der possessiveness00:46:00 Cheems afa's new hobby00:49:15 Ishmum's childhood loli00:51:50 Quora BD01:05:00 DU chronicles01:10:00 Our ChatGPT roasts us01:18:15 Things we hate corner01:26:50 OutroThings MentionedUtshob (Movie) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utshob Listening to the show on iTunes/Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube really helps the podcast gain exposure Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/duh-a-bangladeshi-podcast/id1476834459Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5PlMG5LYu2qGAfqAD25jSX?si=4ST-xWydSW6jS3JT2gENfA Saavn - https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/duha-bangladeshi-podcast/1/rqXuuMO4G6g_YouTube - https://youtube.com/@duhabp 2nd channel - https://youtube.com/@duhboys DUH on social medias: Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/share/1dw9ZYaiHC/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/duhabp?igsh=MWVvbzJ3a2thcW82aQ== Twitter - https://x.com/DUH3ABP?t=IGVu-HTV9G53hZAK9zHPiw&s=09 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@duhabp?_t=ZS-8tD6xWgObFo&_r=1 ApurboYouTube - https://youtube.com/@apurbothea1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/apurbothea1?igsh=eHljMGo2dDJ3dHVj Twitter - https://x.com/ApurboTheA1?t=YN8TEn6gufngb_gSnygyag&s=09 MyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/ApurboTheA1Grouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/105735-ApurboTheA1/RishatYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFwHfBWsOZEW3cKFh_BWZawYouTube - https://youtube.com/channel/UCJ2S-k0MBh3Pn5Jhdq_s1OAIshmumYoutube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCssbWLyz9JYIbGGGxxknnOgInstagram - https://instagram.com/kuddus.mia.42069?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Twitter - https://twitter.com/Beeg_NontuMyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/BeegNontuGrouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/123182-Dipjolfan42069/Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi podcasts, Podcasts in Bangladesh, Bangla podcast, Bengali podcast, Podcast Bangla, Podcast, Bengal podcast, What is podcast Bangla, DUHABP, Ashrafuzzaman Apurbo, eatabrick, Some retard, duhabp, duh3abp#DUHABP #BengaliPodcast #BangladeshiPodcast #BanglaPodcast

In this music-filled re-release, Raghu Markus is joined by spiritual musician Jai Uttal to chat about opening our hearts through the magnitude of melodies.Get your copy of All In This Together, the latest book from Jack Kornfield! Let this new book be your guide, as Jack reveals how to navigate our human experience with wisdom and care. Inside you'll find a beautiful collection of stories, inspiration for conflict resolution, and powerful teachings on healing, justice, and human kindness—anchored in the teachings of the Buddha and poetry from luminary voices like Mary Oliver. Click here to learn more!In this episode, Raghu and Jai Uttal discuss:The formation of melodic structures and how music is as boundless as an oceanLetting go of the idea that we must master an instrument in order to create musicGetting into the flow of devotional music and honoring God through our presence rather than perfectionThe friendship between Jai Uttal and Ram Dass and Jai's journey to IndiaThe Baul's of Bengal and mystical, spontaneous verseJai's single, Holy Mad Men, inspired by Bengali-style musicMore Bengali-influenced music by The BandThe dotara, an Indian folk instrument Jai frequently usesMusical creation as the legacy of satsang and a path to continued connectionCheck out Ali Akbar Khan to hear some classical Indian Ragas and the sarod instrument that Raghu and Jai discuss.About Jai Uttal:Jai Uttal is a Grammy-nominated sacred music composer, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and ecstatic vocalist. Having traveled extensively in India, he met many great saints and singers and Bhakti Yoga became his personal path. Jai has been leading, teaching, and performing kirtan around the world for nearly 50 years. He creates a safe environment for people to open their hearts and voices.“Music is way more vast than any one human person can understand.” –Jai UttalSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The US Department of Justice released another batch of documents related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Many of the pages are heavily redacted and represent only a fraction of the number held by the FBI. Marina Lacerda met Epstein when she was 14 years old in New York around 2002 and was abused by him. She gave her reaction to the last Friday's release of documents. South Asian women have long been underrepresented in the DJ scene - largely due to a combination of cultural expectations and gender stereotypes but that's starting to change. Every Saturday, Asian Network's DJ Kizzi bring us a House Party show. This Saturday - the final one of 2025 - she's ending the year in style with a special House Party featuring five South Asian female DJs in back-to-back sets. They will be representing the different diasporas and Asian cultures, from Punjabi and Pakistani to Bengali and Tamil. DJ Kizzi and DJ Manara join Krupa to talk about what it means to be a female South Asian DJ in a male-dominated industry and why they're passionate about championing female DJ talent.‘Fly girls love planes' - that's the motto of Gloria Amponsem, founder of a plane spotting group for women. After her videos went viral on social media, The Plane Spotting Club has organised group socials and built an online community with hundreds of women. Founder Gloria and member of the club Michelle Fradgley join Krupa to discuss why they love plane spotting and how their group is challenging stereotypes.Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya, a spiritual leader at Chinmaya Mission London, shares the wisdom of Advaita Vedanta, the Hindu philosophy of non-duality that teaches all existence is one interconnected reality. After studying in India, she returned to the UK and has spent seven years guiding her community through talks, writings, and her podcast, as well as appearing on BBC Radio 4's Prayer for the Day. This festive season, her message is simple - pause, practise mindfulness and gratitude, and reconnect with the stillness within to find calm and light amid the celebrations.As Noel Coward's funny, shocking play Fallen Angels is revived one hundred years after it was first performed, actress and singer Janie Dee joins Krupa to talk about how the play almost didn't make it past the censors, and Noel Coward cabaret night, plus she performs a Noel Coward song live in the studio. Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Dianne McGregor

This episode covers the last part of chapter 28 from: “I returned to Ranchi a few days later...” to the end of the chapter Summary: Paramahansa Yogananda's search for the reincarnated Kashi in Kolkata comes to a beautiful crescendo and an emotional encounter with Kashi's new family to be. We examined Guruji's abilities to detect electrical impulses and translate them into profound intuitive understanding of the direction he should traverse, while also discussing the concept of memory and reincarnation from both eastern and biblical perspectives. The discussion concluded with an analysis of Guruji's interventions in physical spaces and his mystical experiences, including the significance of wearing ochre robes in the Swami order and the importance of genuine spiritual advancement. 1:22 Prior Episode; 2:50 Finding Kashi; 14:26 Homing in; 26:22 Fulfilling the eternal promise; 39:55 Footnote; 49:44 Reflections on the chapter. Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the start of chapter 29 to: “...Tagore's version of an old Bengali song, “Light the Lamp of Thy Love.” #autobiographyofayogi  #autobiographylinebyline  #paramahansayogananda Autobiography of a Yogi awake.minute Self-Realization Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Society of India #SRF #YSS 

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Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on December 12th, 2025 (audio)

 S6E36 || 5: 38-40 || চুরির শাস্তি || সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৩৮-৪০ "আর যে পুরুষ চুরি করে এবং যে নারী চুরি করে, তোমরা তাদের কৃতকর্মের সাজা হিসাবে তাদের (ডান হাত) কেটে ফেল, এটা আল্লাহর পক্ষ থেকে শাস্তি, আর আল্লাহ অতিশয় ক্ষমতাবান, মহা প্রজ্ঞাময়। অনন্তর যে ব্যক্তি সীমা লংঘন করার পর (চুরি করার পর) তাওবাহ করে এবং ‘আমলকে সংশোধন করে, তাহলে আল্লাহ তার প্রতি (রাহমাতের) দৃষ্টি বর্ষণ করবেন, নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ পরম ক্ষমাশীল, অতি দয়ালু। তুমি কি জাননা যে, আল্লাহরই জন্য রয়েছে আধিপত্য আসমানসমূহে এবং যমীনে, তিনি যাকে ইচ্ছা শাস্তি দেন এবং যাকে ইচ্ছা ক্ষমা করেন! আর আল্লাহ সর্ব বিষয়ের উপর পূর্ণ ক্ষমতাবান।" - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৩৮-৪০ আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 হে রাসূল! যারা দৌড়ে দৌড়ে কুফরীতে পতিত হয় তাদের এই কাজ যেন তোমাকে চিন্তিত না করে, তারা ঐ সব লোকের মধ্য থেকেই হোক যারা নিজেদের মুখেতো (মিছামিছি) বলেঃ আমরা ঈমান এনেছি; অথচ তাদের অন্তর বিশ্বাস করেনি, অথবা তারা সেই সব ইয়াহুদী যারা মিথ্যা কথা শুনতে অভ্যস্ত, তারা তোমার কথাগুলি অন্য সম্প্রদায়ের জন্য কান পেতে শোনে; সেই সম্প্রদায়ের অবস্থা এরূপ যে, তারা তোমার নিকট আসেনি (বরং অন্যকে পাঠিয়েছে); তারা কালামকে ওর স্বস্থান থেকে পরিবর্তন করে থাকে। তারা বলেঃ যদি তোমরা (সেখানে গিয়ে) এই (বিকৃত) বিধান পাও তাহলে তা কবূল করবে, আর যদি এই (বিকৃত) বিধান না পাও তাহলে বিরত থাকবে। আল্লাহ যাকে পরীক্ষায় ফেলার ইচ্ছা করেন তুমি তার জন্য আল্লাহর সাথে কোন কিছুই করার অধিকারী নও; তারা এরূপ যে, তাদের অন্তরগুলি পবিত্র করা আল্লাহর অভিপ্রায় নয়; তাদের জন্য দুনিয়ায় রয়েছে অপমান এবং আখিরাতেও তাদের জন্য রয়েছে ভীষণ শাস্তি। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৪১ S6E37 || 5: 41 || দুনিয়ায় অপমান, আখিরাতে শাস্তি || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla *আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 তারা মিথ্যা কথা শুনতে অভ্যস্ত, হারাম বস্তু খেতে অভ্যস্ত। অতএব তারা যদি তোমার কাছে আসে তাহলে তুমি তাদের মধ্যে মীমাংসা করে দাও, কিংবা তাদের ব্যাপারে নিলিপ্ত থাক, আর যদি তুমি তাদের থেকে নিলিপ্তই থাক তাহলে তাদের সাধ্য নেই যে, তোমার বিন্দুমাত্রও ক্ষতি করে। আর যদি তুমি বিচার-মীমাংসা কর তাহলে তাদের মধ্যে ন্যায়সঙ্গত বিচার করবে, নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ ন্যায়বিচারকদেরকে ভালবাসেন। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৪২ S6E38 || 5: 42 || তারা মিথ্যা কথা শুনতে অভ্যস্ত, হারাম বস্তু খেতে অভ্যস্ত || সূরা আল মায়েদা আমাদের সকল একাউন্টের লিংক : ১. ফেসবুক পেজ (Facebook Page) - https://www.facebook.com/quranicthoughtsinbangla/ ২. ইউটিউব (Bangla YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/+@QuranicThoughtsInBangla ৩. ইউটিউব (English YouTube Channel) - https://www.youtube.com/@abdulbaqisharaf ৪. ইন্সটাগ্রাম (Instagram) - https://www.instagram.com/QuranicThoughtsInBangla *আল্লাহর জন্য আমাদের এই যাত্রায় আপনাকে স্বাগতম এবং এ যাত্রায় আপনার সহযোগিতা কাম্য। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #IslamicReminders #IslamicQuotes #IslamicChannel #Muslim #Muslims #Bangla #Bangladesh #BD #SurahAlMa'idah #সূরাআলমায়েদা #মায়েদা #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

From Battlefield to Boardroom: A Global Legacy of Courage, Compassion & Leadership This week, the Team Never Quit Podcast welcomes a truly extraordinary guest: Dr. Sudip Bose — emergency physician, Iraq War veteran, entrepreneur, medical innovator, and one of the world's most dynamic voices at the intersection of medicine, military leadership, and business. Few leaders embody resilience and global perspective the way Dr. Bose does. His story spans continents, combat zones, emergency rooms, and corporate boardrooms—all shaped by deep heritage and a lifelong commitment to service. A Legacy Rooted in Courage and Heritage Born in the United States to parents who emigrated from Kolkata, Dr. Bose carries a powerful cultural heritage. Fluent in Bengali and proud of his lineage, he is a descendant of: ·         Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, legendary freedom fighter ·         Jagadish Chandra Bose, pioneering scientist ·         Satyendra Nath Bose, the physicist behind the concept of bosons Their spirit of bravery, intellectual curiosity, and innovation lives on in Dr. Bose's own journey. Leadership Forged in War Dr. Bose's leadership was tested early—on the front lines of Iraq as a U.S. Army physician under the most intense combat conditions. He earned the Bronze Star Medal for his service and was entrusted with treating Saddam Hussein after his capture. More than the accolades, the battlefield taught him the principles that guide his life: ·         Stay calm when others panic ·         Find clarity in chaos ·         Turn adversity into opportunity ·         Let heritage and values anchor global impact These lessons follow him into every trauma bay, boardroom, and keynote stage he steps into today. From the ER to the Global Stage After returning from combat, Dr. Bose transitioned into civilian life—continuing his work as an emergency physician while expanding his influence across medicine, media, innovation, and policy. His roles include: ·         Executive Producer of Desert Doc, the Telly Award–winning Amazon Prime docuseries revealing the realities of emergency medicine ·         Founder of The Battle Continues, a nonprofit supporting injured combat veterans ·         EMS Medical Director for the largest geographic hospital coverage area in the U.S.—19 counties and 38,000 square miles ·         Advisory Board Member for DrB.ai, a global digital health platform increasing access to affordable care ·         Trusted Advisor to the U.S. Congress on healthcare policy ·         Keynote Speaker for Fortune 500 companies and major financial institutions Across everything he does, Dr. Bose bridges healthcare, military discipline, and business strategy—helping leaders thrive in high-stakes environments. This is a masterclass in courage, clarity, service, and global leadership—told by a man who has lived it on every front line imaginable. In this episode you will hear: • [My sister] She's a CEO but sometimes she's the CEO of my chaos. (7:46) • I basically started med school at 21; I got my MD at 25. (8:59) • I remember sitting with my dad and asking him: “What can I do where I don't have to study?” (10:58) • Things that are just tragic and sad; they shape you later. You don't realize it at the time. (11:47) • I think if they had an award in high school for least likely to go in the military, I might have gotten that award. Guess what? In Junior high – 6th grade – I weighed 49 pounds. I was tiny. I didn't hit 5' tall until my sophomore year of high school. (12:33) • I'm in the books as the Illinois state champion in wrestling, because nobody could match my weight division. (13:11) • You don't realize how your world can change in a moment, and what seems like irrelevant work or homework or assignments later in life might save your life. (16:32) • In Iraq, I find myself cooped up in this ambulance. An armored 5-7-7 track medical vehicle with metal wheels, jostling to the next section of Bagdad or Fallujah and then the vehicle comes to a screeching halt, the back door opens and you hop out like a frog jumping out of a blender. And you find yourself on the front lines of the battlefield. (21:33) • There are the mental challenges of losing people you know. (22:52) • You love [life] saves where you can have them unite with their family. (27:11) • Within hours of getting there, there were two soldiers that came in and I had to pronounce dead. You just realize, wow, you are in it now. (31:19) • You cant take care of everyone, but by training my medics, I multiplied myself. (34:02) • [Marcus] You scored the number 1 in the nation on your medical exam board; You scored at the top of the Army physical fitness test; A Bronze Star; Recognized by CNN as a CNN hero; You're one of the leading physicians in the world; [You served] The longest combat tour since WWII; You treated Saddam Hussein. (52:26) • I evaluated [Saddam Hussein] shortly after his capture. (56:10) • You have to put your feelings, emotions, everything side, so you can focus. (57:45) • Somebody told me I might be the only person who has ben face to face with Saddam Hussein and shaken hands with George W. Bush. (58:38) • The people who gave their lives, their vision, their limb, made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Those people wrote the blank check, up to and including the cost of my life. That's what keeps me motivated. (59:48) • The journey keeps going forward and the battle continues… (75:55) Support Dr. Bose:    - Website: https://www.docbose.com/    - IG: https://www.instagram.com/drsudipbose?igsh=MWZhbjJqNXNxazk2aA==    - Watch “Desert Doc” —>  https://tr.ee/Wds2TOBWTP    - YouTube —> https://tr.ee/DlNDNGdGo0 Support TNQ   - IG: team_neverquit , marcusluttrell , melanieluttrell , huntero13   -  https://www.patreon.com/teamneverquit Sponsors:   - Tractorsupply.com/hometownheroes   - Navyfederal.org        - mizzenandmain.com   [Promo code: TNQ20] - Dripdrop.com/TNQ   - ShopMando.com [Promo code: TNQ]   - meetfabiric.com/TNQ   - masterclass.com/TNQ   - Prizepicks (TNQ)   -  cargurus.com/TNQ    - armslist.com/TNQ    -  PXGapparel.com/TNQ   - bruntworkwear.com/TNQ    - Groundnews.com/TNQ    - shipsticks.com/TNQ    - stopboxusa.com {TNQ}    - ghostbed.com/TNQ [TNQ]   -  kalshi.com/TNQ   -  joinbilt.com/TNQ    - Tonal.com [TNQ]   - greenlight.com/TNQ   - PDSDebt.com/TNQ   - drinkAG1.com/TNQ   - Hims.com/TNQ   - Shopify.com/TNQ

Send us a textKathy, Mark and Burk react to the DC - Title Teaser. DC stars Director Lokesh Kanagaraj, making his debut as a lead actor with Arun Matheswaran directing. It also stars Wamiqa Gabbi and hints at a Bonnie and Clyde story structure. DC is based on Devdas, a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Support the show

The 1999 London nail bombings were a series of bomb explosions in London, England. Over three successive weekends between 17 and 30 April 1999, homemade nail bombs were detonated in Brixton in south London; at Brick Lane, Spitalfields, in the East End; and at the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho in the West End. Each bomb contained up to 1,500 100 mm nails in duffel bags that were left in public spaces. The bombs killed three people and injured 140 people, four of whom lost limbs. On 2 May 1999, the Metropolitan Police Anti-Terrorist Branch charged 22-year-old David Copeland with murder. Copeland, who became known as the "London nail bomber", was a neo-Nazi militant and a former member of two political groups, the British National Party and then the National Socialist Movement. The bombings were aimed at London's Black, Bengali, and LGBT communities.[1] Copeland was convicted of murder in 2000 and given six life sentences.[1]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

South Asian cuisine can vary drastically by region — from Bengali curry to Pakistani biryani and everything in between — but you can find options from all over the subcontinent right here in Kansas City. Here's where to find the metro's best butter chicken, tikka masala, samosas and more.

EPISODE 625 - Urmi Hossain - Discovering Your Identity, A Rebirth From Interracial StruggleAbout the authorIntroducing Urmi Hossain, a published author of "Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth From Interracial Struggle". With an extensive finance background, she works full-time in the financial services industry and firmly believes in the adage "higher the risk, higher the return". Urmi is an avid opportunity seeker and is dedicated to continuous self-improvement and lifelong learning. During her leisure time, she enjoys reading and refining her public speaking skills, as well as advocating for women's empowerment. Urmi is not solely an author, but also an accomplished blogger, YouTuber, speaker, and mentor for young women. Her life philosophy revolves around the notion that anything is attainable if it is genuinely desired. Let's #beagogetter Book: Discovering Your Identity: A Rebirth From Interracial StruggleDo you ever feel like the challenges you face as a brown girl are unique to you or experienced universally? Are you living in a culture where others control your life to maintain their reputation in the community? Do you feel like you're living in a bubble, unable to share your point of view? This book tells the story of a brown girl who grew up in Italy with Bengali parents who wanted her to be the perfect and obedient Bengali girl. Through reflections and confessions, she shares her experiences growing up as a third-culture kid and the struggles many South Asian girls face.https://www.iambrownstyle.com/author/urmi-hossain/https://www.instagram.com/urmamio/https://amzn.to/4fBlPkWSupport the show___https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/Coffee Refills are always appreciated, refill Dave's cup here, and thanks!https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca