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Welcome back to the Magician On Duty Journey Series! On this edition we welcome @wilsonsolidarity Wilson.solidarity joins the Magician On Duty Journey Series with an intimate new episode Magician On Duty is proud to present the latest chapter in its acclaimed Journey Series — a deeply emotional and culturally rich set by wilson.solidarity, the German DJ and producer with Bengali roots, and a key member of Berlin's Rebellion der Träumer collective. Known for his unique blend of melodic and oriental techno, Wilson.solidarity crafts a sound that bridges continents and emotions — music that moves forward while keeping one foot anchored in his Indian heritage. His sets carry a distinct narrative quality, weaving rhythm and melody into stories of identity, connection, and transformation. This special Journey Series episode, Wilson describes, is “about love — being abandoned, and eventually finding something beautiful and new again.” The set unfolds like a diary of the last few years of his life, featuring both German and English love tracks that channel personal emotion through musical storytelling. It's an introspective voyage that captures both heartbreak and renewal, all underpinned by the warmth of his signature mid-tempo groove. A familiar presence across the European underground circuit, Wilson.solidarity has performed at festivals and venues such as Wonderland Festival, SKALAR Festival, Hoppocalypse at Renate (Berlin), and Aktion gegen Rassismus — as well as appearances across Sri Lanka and Indonesia, reflecting his truly global artistic spirit. With this Journey Series episode, Wilson.solidarity invites listeners to travel through the many shades of love — from loss to rediscovery — through the universal language of sound. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did! Special thanks to @bisu-andyou for the wonderful mastering! Follow wilson.solidarity here: https://soundcloud.com/wilsonsolidarity https://soundcloud.com/rebelliondertraumer https://www.instagram.com/wilson.solidarity

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James and Luke return to series 2 of The Migration Menu exploring how migration has transformed food and the places we call home. Headed to East London, Brick Lane in the borough of Tower Hamlets, James and Luke travel to have lunch at Graam Bangla. (Starter) **introduction**-(00:00-3:20) Luke explains the gap in the Bengali food market in West London which is why the two choose to journey outside to East London, to fill the gap; questioning the migration pattern where those from Bangladesh go to the east and those from India and other parts of South Asia head toward West London. (Main) **Interview**- (3:20-12:05) James and Luke interview Ashraf Hoque, an Anthropologist and Associate Professor at UCL, who details the history of Brick Lane, Bengali culture, and the arrival of Jewish and South Asian diasporas to the area as they wait for Shanur; Manager of Graam Bangla (Dessert) **Post Interview discussion**- (12:05-21:10) Shanur returns from the mosque and begins preparing food with his staff. James and Luke detail his history which led to his father founding Graam Bangla. They discuss the trials and tribulations faced by those of the South Asian community during the late 1900s. Ash explains how meals in Bengali culture are finished. **Closing Remarks and acknowledgments** (21:10-27:22) James and Luke recap what they have learned about Bengali migration and culture especially in terms of Migration of Bengalis to East London instead of West London The Migration Menu has been brought to you by James Staples and Luke Heslop, with help from Vimal Dalal, Angele Ijeh, Stefeni Regalado, and Jafnah Uddin. If you have any questions or comments for us, send them in and we will address them in a future show, you can get in touch at info@themigrationmenu.com. Or on ‘X' - formerly Twitter: @migration_menu and Instagram @themigrationmenu Literature mentioned: Hoque, A; (2019) Being Young, Male and Muslim in Luton. UCL Press: London, UK. Adams, C. (1987). Across Seven Seas and Thirteen Rivers. Frost, N. (2011) ‘Green Curry: Politics and Place-Making on Brick Lane' Food mentioned: Elish Bhuna Fish Kofta Fish Eggs Beef curry Bortas Yam root with Jack Fruit Nuts and Dried Fish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, “Saturday Mornings Show” host Glenn van Zutphen and co-host Neil Humphreys talk with Kalai Vanan Balakrishnan, CEO of ACRES, and Jasvic Lye, Campaign Manager of Our Wild Neighbours (OWN), to explore Singapore’s first-ever multi-lingual wildlife advisories—an initiative designed to help residents and migrant workers safely and respectfully respond to local wildlife encounters. Launched in April 2022, OWN promotes coexistence with wildlife through public education, rescue efforts, and community outreach. With advisories now available in eight languages—including Tamil, Tagalog, Bengali, and Bahasa Indonesia—OWN is bridging cultural and communication gaps across Singapore’s diverse population. Kalai and Jasvic share why this initiative is timely, as ACRES sees a rise in wildlife rescues from homes and construction sites. They discuss how education can prevent harm, reduce fear, and foster empathy—especially in urban settings where biodiversity is often overlooked. Learn more at ourwildneighbours.sg.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we speak with Rashi Ray, Director at Response India and co-founder of the fearless Zero Budget Agency. One of the youngest women leaders in Indian advertising, Rashi has carved her own path in a male-dominated industry, bringing bold ideas, Bengali storytelling, and a fresh perspective to brand building.Why This Episode Matters:The world of advertising is changing fast, from traditional campaigns to digital-first strategies, from AI-driven tools to human creativity, and from lip service on diversity to real inclusion. Rashi Ray unpacks what it means to lead as a woman in the ad world, why most brands still don't understand Gen Z consumers, and how creative leaders can pioneer the future of storytelling.Inside the World of Advertising:Why Gen Z will dominate future consumer spending and what brands are missingThe role of AI in advertisingBalancing traditional vs. digital advertisingInsights on diversity and inclusion in the Indian ad industryLessons from building the bold Zero Budget AgencyThe future of advertising in IndiaConnect with UsMohua Chinappa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohua-chinappa/The Mohua Show: https://www.themohuashow.com/Connect with the GuestRashi Ray: https://www.instagram.com/rashiray/ References:Zero Budget Agency, Response India, Ram Ray Follow UsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMohuaShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/themohuashow/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themohuashowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/themohuashow/More Episodes Like This:Aekta Kapoor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1aXgsHwubM&t=1505s Sunil Bhandari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sx8iUj572k For any other queries EMAILhello@themohuashow.comDisclaimerThe views expressed by our guests are their own. We do not endorse and are not responsible for any views expressed by our guests on our podcast and its associated platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Identified, Nabil Ayers is joined by Devi Mambouka, the artist and producer behind Masma Dream World, for a reflective conversation on ancestry, spirituality, and chosen family. Born in Gabon and raised by her mother’s Bengali side of the family, Devi opens up about the early disconnection from her father’s culture and how she set on a journey to rediscover the Gabonese side of her identity—through food, music, language, and spirit. The conversation explores the power of rituals, especially around cooking and feeding others, as a way to form bonds, process grief, and reclaim lost traditions. “If I cook for you,” Devi says, “you’re family.”This is one of the most spiritually resonant conversations in the series so far. Host: Nabil AyersGuest: Masma Dream World (Devi Mambouka)Executive Producer: Kieron Banerji Produced by Palm Tree IslandSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we step inside the NHS to explore how the Generation Study is brought to life - from posters in waiting rooms to midwife training. We follow the journey of parents joining the study at the very start of their baby's life, and hear from those making it happen on the ground.  Our guests reflect on the teamwork between families and hospitals, the importance of informed consent, and the powerful insights this study could unlock for the future of care and research.  Our host Jenna Cusworth-Bolger, Senior Service Designer at Genomics England, is joined by:  Tracie Miles, Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the South West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance, and Co-Investigator for the Generation Study at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol Rachel Peck, parent participant in the Generation Study and mum to Amber If you enjoyed today's conversation, please like and share wherever you listen to your podcasts.  For more on the Generation Study, explore:  Podcast: How has design research shaped the Generation Study  Podcast: What can we learn from the Generation Study  Podcast: What do parents want to know about the Generation Study  Blog: Genomics 101 - What is the Generation Study  Generation Study official website   “I think from a parent's point of view I guess that's the hardest thing to consent for, in terms of you having to make a decision on behalf of your unborn child. But I think why we thought that was worthwhile was that could potentially benefit Amber personally herself, or if not, there's a potential it could benefit other children.” You can download the transcript, or read it below. Jenna: Hi, and welcome to Behind the Genes.   Rachel: I think if whole genome sequencing can help families get answers earlier, then from a parent perspective I think anything that reduces a long and potentially stressful journey to a diagnosis is really valuable. If a disease is picked up earlier and treatment can start sooner, then that could make a real difference to a child or even Amber's health and development. Jenna: My name is Jenna Cusworth-Bolger and today I have the great pleasure to be your host. I'm a senior service designer at Genomics England specifically working with the hospitals involved in delivering the Generation Study. In March 2023 we started with our very first hospital, St. Michael's in Bristol. I am today joined by Tracie Miles who I had the utter pleasure of working closely with when they were setting up. And we also have Rachel Peck, one of the mums who joined the study in Bristol. Regular listeners to this podcast may already be familiar with the Generation Study but for those who are not, the Generation Study is running in England and aims to sequence the genomes of 100,000 newborn babies from a cord blood sample taken at birth. The families consented to take part will have their babies screened for over 200 rare genetic conditions most of which are not normally tested for at birth. We expect only 1% of these babies to receive a condition suspected result, but for those 1,000 families that result could be utterly life changing as it could mean early treatment or support for that condition. Would you like to introduce yourselves and tell us what it means to you to have been that first hospital open in this landmark study. Tracie, I'll come to you first.  Tracie: Hi Jenna, lovely to be with you all this morning. And for those who are listening it is early in the morning, we get up early in the morning because we never know when these babies are going to be born on the Generation Study and we have to be ready for them. So, my name is Tracie, I am the Co-Investigator with the wonderful Andrew Mumford, and we work together with a huge team bringing this study to life in Bristol. I am also the Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the South West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance. Jenna: Thanks Tracie. We're also joined today by Rachel. Would you like to introduce yourself and your baby, and tell me when you found out about the Generation Study?  Rachel: Hi, thank you for inviting me. My name's Rachel, I'm based in Bristol. My baby is Amber; she was born four months ago in St. Michael's hospital in Bristol. I first heard about the Generation Study when I was going to one of my antenatal appointments and saw some of the posters in the waiting room. Amber is napping at the moment, so hopefully she'll stay asleep for long enough for the recording. Jenna: Well done, that's the perfect mum skill to get a baby to nap whilst you're busy doing something online. So, Rachel, you said you heard about the study from a poster. When you first saw that poster, what were your initial thoughts? Rachel: I thought it was really interesting, I haven't come across anything like that before and I thought the ability to screen my unborn baby at the time's whole genome sounded really appealing.  Jenna: Fantastic. So, what happened after the poster?  Rachel: If I remember correctly, I scanned the QR code on the poster which took me to the website. I filled out a few simple questions online and then I was contacted by one of the research team where I arranged a formal consent conversation. That was done by Zoom I think in the evening because I've already got a toddler at home so post bedtime works best for me. So, we had about a forty-minute conversation on the phone where I could ask all the questions that I needed to ask and if I was happy which I was. I then gave my consent and then I believe my maternity records were kind of highlighted to say that I signed up for the Generation Study and that when my baby was born then a sample was going to be taken, and I would be given the results in due course. Jenna: And did all that go smoothly, that you're aware of? Rachel: Yeah, as far as I'm aware. It was genuinely really simple to do. After that initial consultation where I signed the consent form there wasn't any follow-up appointments so the next thing I knew, I think it was just chance, but one of the research nurses actually came down to see me on the day which was really nice. Just to say, ‘Oh, just to let you know that the team are aware.' And then, other than that, the next thing I knew was getting the results through by post. Jenna: Sure. So, behind the scenes your baby's blood was collected from the umbilical cord, that would have been registered, packaged, sent off and went on a whole journey for you to ultimately get your result. It all sounds very simple, but I think we're going to dig into a lot of the mechanisms that kind of went behind the scenes to make something that seems simple come to life. Tracie, we met in the summer of 2023 I believe. I came to St. Michaels with a suitcase full of our materials which we had started to bring to life, including that poster. We've sat together and we were trying to figure out exactly how this was going to come to life in our very first hospital and how, what Rachel described, was actually going to become real. Tracie, can you tell me what you remember about those conversations and the thinking that you did as a team ahead of getting that green light to go ahead and start recruiting?  Tracie: Listeners, just to let you know that Rachel hasn't been primed to say that it was a seamless journey from delivery to getting results. I'm delighted to hear that it was. And I think the reason that we've achieved that in Bristol and across England now with the other teams that Jenna and the team have helped roll out, is teamwork. And part of our team is our mum, in this case Rachel. If you hear me or Jenna describing our mums as "Mia", that's the name, the significant name or the identifier we give for our participant. So, yeah, Jenna, I think the thing was it was about those first conversations. It was about teamwork and who shall we involve? We involved everybody didn't we, Jenna? So, I know that the team, by the time they came to us they'd already been planning for two years. So, in fact what came to us in Bristol was a wealth of work and information, and two years of behind the scenes of the team working. We involved every midwife. Now a midwife is a cover all term.  We involve community midwives, research midwives, antenatal midwives, post-natal midwives. They all do different things for the mum pathway. Not forgetting dad as well, he is involved in all of this and Rachel I'm sure will testify later to the fact that when she was offered the consent, her partner was offered to come along too. UHBW, that's United Hospital Bristol and Western, that our maternity hospital as part of, have got a fantastic R&D department and they were on straightaway with the rule book checking that we knew what we were doing. So, for those of you that aren't in the medical world, that's making sure we've got the right governance, that we're doing things by the rule book. Andrew went out and spoke to lots of different clinicians that would be involved in the pathway after the results were back, for those babies where we found a condition suspected. So, essentially Jenna, I think the list that was fairly long, grew longer and longer. Jenna: I think that was something that I was really struck by when I came back and visited you repeatedly after that. You were particularly good at getting some of those staff members that you might not even think about involved in the study, like the receptionist on your sonography department who you had recruited to make sure that they gave out the leaflet and the participant information sheet to all the mums coming in for their twenty-week scans etc. All that thinking was really valuable and something that I've passed on and taken out on my trips to other hospitals along the way. We heard from Rachel that she heard about this study from the poster. Now that you've been going for just over a year, what are all the different ways that people hear about the study, is it just the poster? Tracie: No, it's not just the poster. So, essentially when we first opened, we had lots of material. We had banners, we had posters. A short leaflet that you might often pick up at the GP, a little one that you can unfold into three pieces, and then a bigger patient information leaflet which actually described the whole study and also signposted the mums and dads to go and have a look on the website to hear more about it. What we did was we literally walked the mum's journey as she came into the hospital through antenatal and placed those posters and leaflets in the places where we knew she would see them. Now we had to be very careful about that as well because we couldn't just distribute them everywhere, we wanted to make sure that mum was getting sight of them, or mum and dad if they were coming together, at a place where their pregnancy was in hopefully, a safe position. So, that's around about 20 weeks onwards.   We didn't want to be giving that information out in the early days of pregnancy when actually mum and dad are getting flooded with lots of information, but we wanted them to feel secure in their pregnancy and for us to feel clinically secure. That worked really well and really effectively, but there's nothing like people pairing. So, in fact getting our ultra sonographers. So, for those of you that have been through pregnancy will remember at around about twenty weeks you have a scan, it's often called a dating scan or an anomaly scan, and we would get our receptionist to physically hand out a leaflet then. What we have evolved over the last year working with the team from Genomics England to make sure that we keep the wording right so that we can share with all the other sites across England, because it's good to have consistency. And also, as this evolves if this becomes standard of care, if this proves that actually this is useful for future-proofing for all of us in the public, if this study becomes something in real clinical terms, we've actually started sending out what we call, a signposting email. So, this is an email that goes to all of our prospective parents at 20 weeks plus, once we've checked that the pregnancy is safe and healthy. That has absolutely paid dividend and actually plays into the NHS future promise of analogue to digital to using those quick smart ways of working to reach our families. So, that has created a huge influx of recruits for us, Jenna.  Jenna: That's really interesting. We've sort of observed that same sort of thing. As we go through the hospitals now there's kind of three main ways that people are finding out the study. We call it like the passive way. So, that's what Rachel did which is the posters, the banners, but that doesn't work for everyone. In hospitals poster blindness is real. And also, you're coming for your twenty-week scan, you've got other things on your mind. You're not really looking around wanting to pick up leaflets and things and obviously we've also got to think about our non-English speakers. Or even an English speaker who sees the poster, but their literacy isn't very high, or their health literacy isn't very high. So, reading a message that says something about genomics and testing, it can be quite overwhelming for people and not something that they would respond to.  So, then we're signposting as our other kind of keyway and that's trying to get exactly what Tracie described, all the different staff involved. Who could be physically putting this leaflet in somebody's hand? Who could be mentioning it albeit briefly, just, you know, this is something you might like to consider. Rachel, I want to ask you what Tracie was describing there about the message kind of being better to be given later in pregnancy or after that 20-week scan point, because of all that information overload you get earlier in your pregnancy. Does that resonate with you?  Rachel: Yeah, I think that sounds about right. For lots of people when there's so much uncertainty in early pregnancy and I think some people are quite almost superstitious and don't want to sign up for things that potentially might not happen. So, I think from a personal perspective and from other friends who haven't been quite as fortunate, I think actually waiting until a little bit later when you've got a little bit more headspace and mental capacity for that sounds about right. I think there's too many things early on. It sounds like you're aiming at the right spot. Jenna: Absolutely. I think one of the other interesting aspects of all of this is the fact that Amber's cord blood was taken on the day that Amber was born, and I'm interested to understand a little bit about how that baton was passed from the moment that you consented, Rachel, to make sure that that sample was taken. I know it sounds like Rachel; you were in hospital at a point that the staff were there so they actually popped down to your bedside to see you but that doesn't always happen. Our teams don't work 24/7 and babies do get born at 2:00 a.m. over a bank holiday weekend. But Tracie, how do you make sure that that kind of message is passed through at St. Michaels, and what's worked well and what have the challenges been?  Tracie: So, a bit like how did we get the message through, is there one way? And the answer is no. There are posters, there are emails, etc. What we do do is first and foremost we encourage our mum, like Rachel here, and the dad, it might be two mums coming in together, to advocate for themselves. To say, ‘I'm on the Generation Study.' We don't expect that to be the only signal however because if a mum is coming in in full labour having done that a couple of times myself, I might forget. Now Genomics England have made some great bag tags, some stickers, all sorts of different visual identifiers that some hospitals around England are using, some aren't. We in fact actually don't get our mums to carry them, that may change. There are lots of different ways of doing it and every hospital maternity unit will find their fit. So, visual clues that mum and dad, or mum and mum, advocating for themselves as they come in, but also making sure that we have spoken with the delivery suite midwives and the theatre midwives.   Because in our hospital, which it seems to be the same sort of ratio around the country, sometimes up to about 40% of deliveries are done in theatre. So, we need to make sure we talk to our theatre staff and the people there as much as our central delivery or labour ward, for listeners who aren't familiar with the terms. So, we make sure that we went and walked the floor in the delivery labour ward and theatre on a regular basis. So, the task for us was to make sure that our midwives, all 200 of them know that if a mum is in the Generation Study and coming in for delivery, that they know that she's on the study. So, ways we do that is research midwives are an absolute ally, they do walk the floor. They do pop down to delivery suite and they do alert the team that there is a potential that a mum might be coming in that week with a planned Caesarean section, that's one easy. That actually can be an email. But we still do that by word of mouth, or they have a big board up in the delivery suite, which I gather is quite often the way across a lot of the country. Also, really, really key and this once again fits with our NHS plans, analogue to digital. The majority of our sites now are taking on electronic records. So, we put a key flag on the electronic record to say that this mum is on a research study. Staff are used to that because it's not the only research study that is happening. Now it doesn't have to just be an electronic note, it can be done on the retro paper notes as well. So, for those of you that have got paper notes or if we've got mums who are holding paper notes, fear not, there is an area on the notes where we can put that too. So, it's basically anywhere where we know the delivery midwife has sight of the babies' notes we will put a sticker, we will say something. So, it's one size doesn't fit all. Jenna: Yeah, what you've described there is just so lovely and so true about it's got to be belt and braces. The research team, the study team and the hospital might be a small number of people working Monday to Friday. Your people you completely rely on are those huge numbers of delivery midwives that need to have that message transmitted to them potentially over a 20 week timespan from the time the consent has happened to that day that that baby is born. So, what was really key as my role as service designer was going to the sites. I'm still doing this to this day, onboarding new sites all the time. We go and we speak to the sites, help them envisage how they might deliver this, how it's actually going to work. What's the nitty-gritty of all that mechanism that's going to happen but making sure that what they really understand is, what's the outcome? What do we want to happen? We want as many babies as possible to have those cord bloods taken and not missed. How you actually send that message whether it's through a paper note, a sticker on a paper note, giving a pack to the family to bring in so they've got something physical to hand over to their delivery midwife as a physical memento. Magnets that are put on the handover boards, or any or all of these things, in lots of ways the hospitals that have still got paper notes actually find it easier because that can staple a bag with the bottle that we use for our cord blood samples and this mum is part of the Generation Study to the front of the notes. It's more obvious than it would be as a digital flag. Tracie: I totally agree with that, it's all about that visual cue that we were talking about earlier. We actually fund a midwifery support worker, her name's Lauren. Hello Lauren, if you're listening. And what Lauren does is actually she makes sure that in all the rooms where women deliver that there are little set bags with all the equipment needed to take that cord blood. She also came up with a brilliant idea and again, a visual clue and Genomics England help us to design it, a poster. We would put on the outside of the door of mum and dad when they said they were on the study. So, if you've got a changeover of midwives then those midwives know that they're going into a room to support and deliver a mum that's got a baby on the study. Jenna: And I think that's something that's really key is what you said there about Lauren and her bright idea to create that poster and things like that, and that's been really key to how we've worked from Genomics England as a kind of service design kind of wrapper if you like around all of these hospitals. I have taken on the role of chief pollinator, so I've flown from hospital to hospital taking all the best ideas. So, Lauren's idea of the poster, I came along and I took a photograph of that poster. That poster is in a slide and that slide gets shown when I go and do onboarding and training sessions with future hospitals. Bristol were really key because as our first site and as the first early days check in we did, the photographs I took at your hospital at Birmingham Women's and at the Rosie in Cambridge which were the first three hospitals, you still to this day make up a large percentage of what we show because you were the first to have all those great ideas and we share those out. But we don't go round all the other hospitals, and we have found new ideas all the time and they are put together in our service design manual which is all available for all the sites. Something that St. Michael's can refer back to to see what new things they could be thinking about. But basically, raising up the best and allowing hospitals to borrow from each other. Before we just move on from how it all works, I just want to ask Rachel, did you notice any of that or were you very busy having a baby? And did you remember to kind of advocate to yourself and mention the study? Rachel: I did remember to advocate for myself, also it was one of the jobs that I allocated to my husband as well as a, well, if I forget which is likely, can you make sure that you mention to them. I had a caesarean section. For other people who have had caesarean sections, there's quite a lot of waiting round time. So, when we were in the theatre getting ready, having a chat with the anaesthetist it was a nice opportunity to be able to take my mind off the impending surgical procedure and just mention about the Generation Study. But incidentally, they knew about it anyway. I think I remember seeing some kind of sticker or maybe the blood tubes or something on my theatre records. But see them taking the sample, I wasn't aware, I had other things on my mind at that point. Jenna: Absolutely. You were cuddling Amber for the first time probably. One of the things that you touched on Tracie, was you had to go round all of your delivery suite midwives and make sure they all knew how much blood to take, what tube to put it in. The fact that they had to invert it 10 times, put it in a particular fridge so that you knew where to find it. All of those are really important training messages that you had to pass on. But for you to be able to pass them on, we had to train you in the first place. So, my memory was that we came down to you one cold December day and spent a whole day with you down at St. Michaels trying our best to train you as seamlessly as we could. My memory of that day is it wasn't terribly slick because it was our first and we're always learning. I'd like to think we've got it a lot more slick now, but what do you remember about that day? And just in general kind of learning what you needed to do on the study and what kind of worked well for you, and what worked less well? Tracie: I do remember that day, it was very cold. I think what's changed Jenna is on that December day the whole team felt that they were having to take on the whole of the journey. They now as the work has developed, realise and learn the part of the journey that they need to be involved in and don't have to be concerned about the rest of the journey. Jenna: I learnt an awful lot and I think it's really true that it's really important that people who are taking the samples, they just need to know their role. But they do need to know a little bit about what the study is, why it's worthwhile, why this mum has signed up and what value it's going to bring to that family. I think the other thing that we learnt when we came to your training as well was in the same way that we went a bit too deep for some people in their role, we didn't go deep enough for your team that were actually going to be doing these consent conversations. At that, at end of that training day, you still felt trepidatious about doing those conversations and so we really took that on board and then developed our informed choice cards which are like scenario cards that allow teams to kind of practice, rehearse and think through how they're going to answer those common questions. And we've taken those into a session that allows people who are just doing the consent conversation to go even deeper, so we do that online in a webinar now which we run monthly and that allows any new members of staff to go that little bit deeper in terms of what is this consent conversation? What is it that I need to get people to understand and be fully informed about before they come into this study? A key objective of the Generation Study which after all is a research study, is to understand if the NHS and families would benefit if screening for conditions via whole genome sequencing was something that became part of NHS standard care. Rachel, can I ask you as a mum, is that something that you've reflected on at all and how would you feel about it?  Rachel: Yeah, I've thought about quite a bit. I think if whole genome sequencing can help families get answers earlier then from a parent perspective, I think anything that reduces a long and potentially stressful journey to a diagnosis is really valuable. If a disease is picked up earlier and treatment can start sooner, then that could make a real difference to a child or even Amber's health and development. So, I think that would be potentially very advantageous. I guess in a resource limited NHS that we have, there are, you know, clear challenges in rolling out whole genome sequencing for everyone. But I'm guessing that the Generation Study will provide the evidence to help understand if this is feasible or worthwhile. And clearly the Generation Study needs to show that the screening of these 200 or so conditions is as good as the existing screening that already exists. From a parent perspective, if it's shown to be equally as good at doing that, plus all these other disorders then it seems like a win-win.  I think for me the main advantage and the main reason why I was keen to enter for Amber was if she were at risk of getting one of these rare disorders then there's an advantage to picking that up earlier for her. Because I'm aware that lots of people if they have a rare disorder, it can take a long time to get to that diagnosis and that can be really stressful for you as the parent but also for the child. Anything I think to minimise their suffering is worthwhile. So, it sounds fantastic, if it works. Jenna: Absolutely and I think that's what's really nice about being involved in something like this is that the study itself is set out to find out those things. It's not set out to find out how we could do whole genome sequencing in the NHS, it's whether we should. As part of the study, you also consented to have Amber's data go through into the National Genomic Research Library which leads us to one of the secondary objectives of the Generation Study which is to understand the implications of keeping a baby's genomic data over their childhood, or even over their lifetime. Amber will be contacted when she is 16 by Genomics England to find out whether she herself is happy for her data to be kept. But keeping that data for that length of time offers up opportunities for further screening for other conditions later in Amber's life. Or using that data with your consent of course, to do further research into genes and health. And so over the next few years you may be contacted by Genomics England to invite you to take part in future studies. And, I was just wondering about how much you have been told about the potential for that and again, how you feel about that kind of aspect of being part of this study. Rachel: Yeah, that was definitely discussed quite a lot in the consent conversation that I had with Siobhan, and we were told that Amber's data would be stored long term and that there might be future opportunities for the team to kind of get in touch or do additional testing. And I think from a parent's point of view I guess that's the hardest thing to consent for in terms of you having to make a decision on behalf of your unborn child. But I think why we thought that was worthwhile was that could potentially benefit Amber personally herself, or if not, there's a potential it could benefit other children. So, I think that whole kind of for the greater good, that kind of prevailed. And I think the other, not concern as it were, but other thing we wanted to discuss with that consent was the security of that data. And certainly, when I was discussing it with my husband that was his kind of main point to kind of clarify, if the data is being stored long term and if that was safe. And in terms of the safety, thinking about could future employers or can insurance companies, you know, get hold of that data? As a parent, the last thing you want to do is accidentally prevent your daughter from getting a job that she wants to get. But it was all explained that that wouldn't happen, but I think that was something that was us for us personally important to clarify. Jenna: I think that's really where that depth of the consent conversation is so key and why we do that sort of additional training to allow staff who may be very used to doing research and doing research consent, but never before have done a genomic consent where it's about keeping genomic data and the implications of keeping it for that really long time. What else do you remember about that consent conversation, Rachel? Is there anything else that kind of stands out that you had to sort of really dig into with Siobhan on that day?  Rachel: I'm just trying to think back because it was a little while ago. The main kind of points that I want to discuss was the security of the data and then what would happen if for whatever reason the umbilical cord blood sample wasn't taken and if that meant that we could still be part of the study or not. It was explained that yes, there is a way, they would do an initial heel prick blood sample. But that was reassuring to know that if for whatever reason if there was some kind of emergency and it didn't happen the way we wanted. So, I think that was the other kind of practical thing that was discussed.  Jenna: It sounds like Siobhan sort of had by that point all of the answers at her fingertips, but that kind of links back I guess to how important it is for all the training and all of the materials, because quite a lot of the answers to those questions are in the participant information sheet. Quite a few of them are covered in the participant video which is a sort of a four-minute-long video, it's meant to make the understanding a little bit more accessible. But it's not relying on one route of information, it's the conversation and that face to face you have with someone. It's the written information and it's those videos and other materials. So, we need to go as far as we can to kind of get the word out. One of the limitations that we had, certainly back in the day when we just had St. Michael's and a couple of other hospitals on board was that trying to get the word out about the study widely was also going to disappoint quite a lot of people who weren't able to take part because their hospital wasn't in it. We've talked a lot about this consent conversation, and I think something that's really important, underpinning for the whole study is the ethics that's been involved and all the work that's been done around that area. As the study is free and optional and taking part involves a commitment from families to have babies' data held for at least 16 years, the consent conversation and getting that right is so vital. We touched upon this in a previous episode with my colleague Mathilde Leblond where we talked about all the design research that our team did in the build up to launching this study, so that we could really deeply understand what families wanted and needed as part of their experience. So, Tracie, we've heard from Rachel the things that she was concerned around, but what were your reflections as a team in St. Michaels around the ethical aspects of the study? And what has been particularly tough about that in relation to you guys in Bristol? Tracie: I would say informed consent is something that we all take as healthcare professionals, and we all hold dearly the governance. So, I was mentioning earlier that actually consent may not be a one-off situation. So, for example, Rachel had forty minutes with Siobhan. That was the conversation that she had where Rachel felt that she was enabled and informed enough to take consent, and Siobhan listening to her having that conversation with Rachel felt that that was appropriate at the time. So, consent was achieved between the two of them. Now, that wasn't the only part of Rachel's consent is Rachel was telling us there's the patient information leaflet that she read, so that's also part of the informed consent. And we have to be sure that our mums and the other parent of the baby have read that information. And one of the things that I was very worried especially about at the beginning was it's a superb information leaflet, it's quite long, it needs to be. It signposts the parents of the unborn baby to a website which is fantastic. Do they all look at it? Not always. Would I? Probably not. So, there's no criticism of the parents here. So, one of the things that I was really concerned about from the genomics perspective of this and the data protection because this is not a one-off, this is a longitudinal study. Amber when she's 16 years old will decide whether or not she wants to continue, so it's not a one-off moment that her lovely mum and dad have consented her for. There's a lot that's been consented for. All great and all appropriate and all future-proofing for future Ambers. But my concern was actually, are we getting that information across to all the mums and dads as they sign up? So, it was really important that when we were training our midwives and our genomic practitioners, those that were consenting, to make sure that they were really cognisant of the enormity of the wealth of science we were signing our parents and their babies' futures up to. Jenna: Indeed, and very well said and I think you touched on something that is really close to our hearts as well that we've thought a lot about but still continue to do work to get right, which is the patient information leaflet if you have the health literacy and written language literacy to be able to sit and read a 16-page document, great, but not everybody does. As I've gone place to place and hospital to hospital, I'm always struck by the different communities that surround different hospitals and the different challenges that they might have. So, if you compare somewhere like Royal London which is in the heart of Whitechapel, I think around 40% of their birthing parents there are first generation Bengali women who have little to no English. Also, whose health literacy is quite low as well. So, engaging them takes a very different approach to an approach you might take elsewhere. So, it's definitely not a one size fits all. Tracie, how have you adapted some of your approaches to your local communities in Bristol? Tracie: So, we have a fairly diverse population, not as diverse as the Whitechapel example that you gave, but in fact we were aware, a bit like the team in London that we have a population of Somali potential birthing parents. What we've done is we've worked with community leaders and elders from the Somali population to develop a day, or it might be a couple of mornings, for us to talk about and workshop to explain about the study. So, we have all of the information. We have the translations that have been done by Genomics England. And hat we are doing is we are working with the community elders for them to tell us the right fit. Should it be a whole day? Probably not. Should it be a coffee morning or a tea morning? Probably. Should it be where we get a guest speaker in? That was their idea. What is the key condition suspected, one of those 200 conditions that the study is looking at that is prevalent in that community? Let's ask the community elders what they think, and we'll do what we're told. So, it's been fabulous actually doing that. Jenna: It's really, really great to hear about that. I think we've got little pockets of work like that popping up all over the country now which is really exciting to start seeing. I think at first, we were very much about getting the study up running and out there. And now we're starting to make sure we get that reach and we get that equity, and the opportunity for all pregnant people to decide whether this is right or wrong for their family. It's about informed choice and you can't make an informed choice whether that's an informed yes or an informed no if you don't have the information. We are proud that we go further than most research studies in terms of our accessibility, in terms of translations and we know that not English speaking is not the only barrier to access, there's lots of cultural barriers as well. But with the translated materials we support 10 languages as far as our professionally translated participant information leaflet. I was also really pleased when I found out at first that our website team had built the website in such a way that it worked not only with screen readers. So, somebody with a visual impairment could ‘read', in inverted commas, the website but that also it translates via Google into the 160 languages that Google support, which we know Google translations aren't perfect but they're better than nothing. And going back to what Tracie sort of said, the website doesn't have to do everything, it's about a conversation at the end of the day. It's a consent conversation that can be supported by a professional interpreter but it's about getting that initial message out there so they even get as far as having that conversation with an interpreter. We heard from Rachel around her reflections for the future, Tracie, about the study potentially becoming NHS standard care and about that potential of us having Amber and 99,999 other babies' data in the National Genomic Research Library and the potential that gives us for further research. Or for potentially re-screening those children as they grow up. When you look to the future and think about the Generation Study and what it might pave the way for, what are your hopes or perhaps fears? Tracie: So, my belief working in the genomics field is genomics is everybody's business. So, it's the 3 of us talking today, we're all very keen about genomics but there is a fear around genomics. Actually, I feel that this landmark study is absolutely fantastic. It makes genomics everybody's business. And it actually helps the whole healthcare community looking after these parents and the unborn babies as they go through the journey learn about the positivity of genomics. I think this landmark study is an absolutely win-win. It speaks to the whole family. Jenna: Thank you, Tracie. I'm also particularly excited about what the future could hold. I think as the service designer that's been working so closely with the hospitals, I'm really excited around what we've learned through this study in terms of reaching families and getting genomic information and options out to them. As you say, it is everybody. I continue to enjoy meeting new hospitals and seeing their kind of innovative take on that and kind of pollinating that back to other trusts so that we can reach as many families as possible and get that equity of access for everybody. I'm also particularly excited that we're moving into a phase where we're going to be learning more from the parents themselves that are taking part.  So, I think we'll wrap up there. Thank you to our guests Rachel, Tracie for joining me today as we discuss the rollout and impact of the Generation Study at St. Michael's Hospital in Bristol. If you'd like to hear more about this, please subscribe to Behind the Genes on your favourite podcast app. Thank you for listening. I've been your host Jenna Cusworth-Bolger. This podcast was edited by Bill Griffin at Ventoux Digital and produced by Deanna Barac.

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pWotD Episode 3062: Zubeen Garg Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 338,849 views on Friday, 19 September 2025 our article of the day is Zubeen Garg.Zubeen Garg (born Zubeen Borthakur (Assamese pronunciation: [zubin bɔɹtʰakuɹ]; 18 November 1972 – 19 September 2025) was an Indian musician who primarily worked and sang in the Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi-language film and music industries. He had also sung in 40 other languages and dialects, including Bishnupriya Manipuri, Adi, Boro, English, Goalpariya, Kannada, Karbi, Malayalam, Marathi, Mising, Nepali, Odia, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Tiwa. Garg was a multi-instrumentalist and played 12 instruments including anandalahari, dhol, dotara, drums, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard, tabla, and various percussion instruments. He was regarded as one of the most influential musician in Assam, and was also the highest-paid singer.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:53 UTC on Saturday, 20 September 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Zubeen Garg 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 Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Ruth.

In this Cyrus Says AMA Special, Cyrus is joined by comedian Shamik Chakrabarti for an hour of unfiltered banter, scams, sports, and sheer nonsense. From fake celebrity frauds (Keanu Reeves & Abraham Lincoln?!) to haunted houses charging rent, horror movie trauma, scam-crazy India, and why cricket feels pointless against UAE — nothing is spared. They also dive into:-Reading texts in Parsi & Bengali accents

 S6E29 || ইয়াহুদী ও নাসারাহ্ বলেঃ আমরা আল্লাহর পুত্র ও তাঁর প্রিয়পাত্র || সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ১৮-১৯ ইয়াহুদী ও নাসারাহ্ বলেঃ আমরা আল্লাহর পুত্র ও তাঁর প্রিয়পাত্র। তুমি তাদের বলে দাও, আচ্ছা তাহলে তিনি তোমাদেরকে তোমাদের পাপের দরুণ কেন শাস্তি প্রদান করবেন? বরং তোমরাও অন্যান্য সৃষ্টির ন্যায় সাধারণ মানুষ মাত্র, তিনি যাকে ইচ্ছা মার্জনা করবেন এবং যাকে ইচ্ছা শাস্তি দিবেন, আর আল্লাহর কর্তৃত্ব রয়েছে আকাশসমূহে ও যমীনে এবং এতদুভয়ের মধ্যস্থিত সবকিছুতেও; আর সবাইকে আল্লাহর দিকেই প্রত্যাবর্তন করতে হবে। হে আহলে কিতাব! রাসূলদের আগমন দীর্ঘকাল বন্ধ থাকার পর তোমাদের নিকট আমার রাসূল এসে পৌঁছেছে, যে তোমাদেরকে স্পষ্টভাবে (আল্লাহর হুকুম) বলে দিচ্ছে, যেন তোমরা (কিয়ামাত দিনে) বলতে না পার যে, তোমাদের নিকট কোন সুসংবাদদাতা ও ভয় প্রর্দশনকারী আগমন করেনি। (এখন তো) তোমাদের নিকট সুসংবাদদাতা ও ভয় প্রর্দশনকারী এসে গেছে, আর আল্লাহ সকল বস্তুর উপর পূর্ণ ক্ষমতাবান। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ১৮-১৯ 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

 S6E30 || 5: 20-26 || আপনি ও আপনার রাব্ব (আল্লাহ) চলে যান এবং উভয়ে যুদ্ধ করুন || সূরা আল মায়েদা সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ২০-২৬ আর যখন মূসা স্বীয় সম্প্রদায়কে বললঃ হে আমার সম্প্রদায়! তোমাদের প্রতি আল্লাহর নি'আমতকে স্মরণ কর, যখন তিনি তোমাদের মধ্যে বহু নাবী সৃষ্টি করলেন, রাজ্যাধিপতি করলেন এবং তোমাদেরকে এমন বস্তুসমূহ দান করলেন যা বিশ্ববাসীদের মধ্যে কেহকেও দান করেননি। হে আমার সম্প্রদায়! এই পুণ্য ভূমিতে প্রবেশ কর যা আল্লাহ তোমাদের জন্য লিখে দিয়েছেন, আর পিছনের দিকে ফিরে যেওনা, তাহলে তোমরা সম্পূর্ণ রূপে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হবে। তারা বললঃ হে মূসা! সেখানেতো পরাক্রমশালী লোক রয়েছে। অতএব তারা যে পর্যন্ত সেখান হতে বের হয়ে না যায় সে পর্যন্ত আমরা সেখানে কখনও প্রবেশ করবনা। হ্যাঁ, যদি তারা সেখান হতে বেরিয়ে যায় তাহলে নিশ্চয়ই আমরা যেতে প্রস্তুত আছি। সেই দুই ব্যক্তি (যারা আল্লাহকে ভয়কারীদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত ছিল এবং যাদের প্রতি আল্লাহ অনুগ্রহ করেছিলেন) বললঃ তোমরা তাদের উপর আক্রমণ চালিয়ে (নগরের) দ্বারদেশ পর্যন্ত যাও, অনন্তর যখনই তোমরা দ্বারদেশে পা রাখবে তখনই জয় লাভ করবে; এবং তোমরা আল্লাহর উপরই নির্ভর কর, যদি তোমরা মু'মিন হও। তারা বললঃ হে মূসা! নিশ্চয়ই আমরা কখনও সেখানে পা রাখবনা যে পর্যন্ত তারা সেখানে বিদ্যমান থাকে। অতএব আপনি ও আপনার রাব্ব (আল্লাহ) চলে যান এবং উভয়ে যুদ্ধ করুন, আমরা এখানেই বসে থাকব। মূসা বলল- হে আমার রাব্ব! আমি শুধু নিজের উপর ও নিজের ভাইয়ের উপর অধিকার রাখি, সুতরাং আপনি আমাদের উভয়ের এবং এই অবাধ্য সম্প্রদায়ের মধ্যে মীমাংসা করে দিন। তিনি (আল্লাহ) বললেনঃ (তাহলে মীমাংসা এই যে) এই দেশ চল্লিশ বছর পর্যন্ত এদের হস্তগত হবেনা, এ রূপেই তারা ভূ-পৃষ্ঠে উদভ্রান্ত হয়ে ফিরবে, সুতরাং তুমি অবাধ্য সম্প্রদায়ের জন্য (একটুও) বিষন্ন হয়োনা। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ২০-২৬ 0:00-7:30 - Introduction 7:30-19:54 - Recitation 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

 S6E26 || তোমরা বলেছিলে, আমরা শুনলাম ও মেনে নিলাম || সূরা আল মায়েদা আর তোমরা তোমাদের প্রতি বর্ষিত আল্লাহর অনুগ্রহকে স্মরণ কর এবং তাঁর ঐ অঙ্গীকারকেও স্মরণ কর, যে অঙ্গীকার তিনি তোমাদের নিকট থেকে গ্রহণ করেছিলেন। তোমরা বলেছিলে, আমরা শুনলাম ও মেনে নিলাম। আর তোমরা আল্লাহকে ভয় কর, নিশ্চয়ই তিনি অন্তরের কথাগুলিরও পূর্ণ খবর রাখেন। হে মু'মিনগণ! তোমরা আল্লাহর উদ্দেশে বিধানসমূহ পূর্ণ রূপে প্রতিষ্ঠাকারী ও ন্যায়ের সাথে সাক্ষ্যদানকারী হয়ে যাও, কোন বিশেষ সম্প্রদায়ের শক্রতা যেন তোমাদেরকে এর প্রতি প্ররোচিত না করে যে, তোমরা ন্যায়বিচার করবেনা। তোমরা ন্যায়বিচার কর, এটা আল্লাহ-ভীতির অধিকতর নিকটবর্তী। আল্লাহকে ভয় কর, নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ তোমাদের কৃতকর্ম সম্বন্ধে পূর্ণ ওয়াকিফহাল। যারা ঈমান এনেছে ও ভাল কাজ করেছে তাদেরকে আল্লাহ প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েছেন যে, তাদের জন্য ক্ষমা ও মহান পুরস্কার রয়েছে। পক্ষান্তরে যারা কুফরী করেছে এবং আমার বিধানসমূহকে মিথ্যা জেনেছে তারাই হচ্ছে জাহান্নামের অধিবাসী। হে মু'মিনগণ! তোমাদের প্রতি যে আল্লাহর অনুগ্রহ রয়েছে তা স্মরণ কর, যখন এক সম্প্রদায় এই চিন্তায় ছিল যে, তোমাদের দিকে তাদের হস্ত প্রসারিত করবে, কিন্তু আল্লাহ তাদের হাতকে তোমাদের দিক থেকে থামিয়ে দিয়েছেন, তোমরা আল্লাহকে ভয় কর, এবং মু'মিনদের আল্লাহর উপরই ভরসা করা উচিত। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ৭-১১ #Quran #Islamicreminders #Islamicquotes #Islamicchannel #Muslim #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 S6E27 || প্রতিশ্রুতি ভঙ্গের কারণেই আমি তাদেরকে স্বীয় অভিশপ্ত করলাম || সূরা আল মায়েদা আর আল্লাহ বানী ইসরাঈলের নিকট থেকে অঙ্গীকার নিয়েছিলেন, আমি তাদের মধ্য হতে বারো জন দলপতি নিযুক্ত করেছিলাম; এবং আল্লাহ বলেছিলেনঃ আমি তোমাদের সাথে রয়েছি, যদি তোমরা সালাত সুপ্রতিষ্ঠিত কর ও যাকাত দিতে থাক এবং আমার রাসূলদের উপর ঈমান আন ও তাদেরকে সাহায্য কর এবং আল্লাহকে উত্তমরূপে কর্জ দিতে থাক; তাহলে আমি অবশ্যই তোমাদের পাপগুলি তোমাদের থেকে মুছে দিব এবং অবশ্যই তোমাদেরকে এমন উদ্যানসমূহে দাখিল করব যার তলদেশে নহরসমূহ বইতে থাকবে, অতঃপর যে ব্যক্তি এরপরও কুফরী করবে, নিশ্চয়ই সে সোজা পথ থেকে দূরে সরে পড়ল। বস্তুতঃ শুধু তাদের প্রতিশ্রুতি ভঙ্গের কারণেই আমি তাদেরকে স্বীয় অভিশপ্ত করলাম এবং অন্তরকে কঠোর করে দিলাম। তারা কালামকে (তাওরাত) ওর স্থানসমূহ হতে পরিবর্তন করে দেয় এবং তাদেরকে যা কিছু উপদেশ দেয়া হয়েছিল তারা তার মধ্য হতে এক বড় অংশকে বিস্মৃত হতে বসেছে, আর আগামীতেও (অবিরত) তাদের কোন না কোন খিয়ানতের সংবাদ তোমার নিকট আসতে থাকবে, তাদের অল্প কয়েকজন ব্যতীত। অতএব তুমি তাদেরকে ক্ষমা করতে থাক এবং তাদেরকে মার্জনা করতে থাক; নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ সদাচারী লোকদেরকে ভালবাসেন। আর যারা বলেঃ ‘আমরা নাসারাহ,' আমি তাদের নিকট থেকেও ও‘য়াদা নিয়েছিলাম, অনন্তর তাদেরকেও যা কিছু উপদেশ দেয়া হয়েছিল তার মধ্য হতে তারা নিজেদের এক বড় অংশ বিস্মৃত হয়েছে। সুতরাং আমি তাদের পরস্পরের মধ্যে হিংসা ও শক্রতা সঞ্চার করে দিলাম কিয়ামাতের দিন পর্যন্ত এবং অচিরেই আল্লাহ তাদেরকে তাদের কৃতকর্ম সম্বন্ধে সংবাদ দিবেন। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ১২-১৪ #Quran #Islamicreminders #Islamicquotes #Islamicchannel #Muslim #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 S6E28 || তোমাদের কাছে আমার রাসূল এসেছে || সূরা আল মায়েদা হে আহলে কিতাব! তোমাদের কাছে আমার রাসূল এসেছে, তোমরা কিতাবের যে সব বিষয় গোপন কর তন্মধ্য হতে বহু বিষয় সে তোমাদের সামনে পরিস্কারভাবে ব্যক্ত করে, আর বহু বিষয় (প্রকাশ করা) বর্জন করে, তোমাদের কাছে আল্লাহর নিকট থেকে এক আলোকময় বস্ত্ত এসেছে এবং তা একটি স্পষ্ট কিতাব (কুরআন)। তা দ্বারা আল্লাহ এরূপ লোকদেরকে শান্তির পন্থাসমূহ বলে দেন যারা তাঁর সন্তুষ্টি অম্বেষণ করে এবং তিনি তাদেরকে নিজ তাওফীকে (ও করুণায়) কুফরীর অন্ধকার থেকে বের করে (ঈমানের) আলোর দিকে আনয়ন করেন এবং তাদেরকে সরল (সঠিক) পথে প্রতিষ্ঠিত রাখেন। নিশ্চয়ই তারা কাফির যারা বলেঃ নিশ্চয়ই আল্লাহ স্বয়ং হচ্ছেন মসীহ্ (ঈসা) ইবনে মারইয়াম! তুমি বলঃ যদি আল্লাহ মসীহ্ (ঈসা) ইবনু মারইয়ামকে ও তার মাতাকে এবং ভূ-পৃষ্ঠে যারা আছে তাদের সবাইকে ধ্বংস করার ইচ্ছা করেন তাহলে এরূপ কে আছে যে তাদেরকে আল্লাহ হতে এতটুকু রক্ষা করতে পারে? আল্লাহরই কর্তৃত্ব নির্দিষ্ট রয়েছে আকাশসমূহে ও যমীনে এবং এতদুভয়ের মধ্যস্থিত যাবতীয় কিছুর উপর; তিনি যা ইচ্ছা করেন তাই সৃষ্টি করেন, আর আল্লাহ সকল বস্তুর উপর পূর্ণ ক্ষমতাবান। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ১৫-১৭ #Quran #Islamicreminders #Islamicquotes #Islamicchannel #Muslim #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on September 19th, 2025 (audio)

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

Zindagi… ek ajeeb si journey hai. Kabhi ups, kabhi downs. Hum sab kabhi na kabhi down feel karte hain… Main aur Rupali bhi. Lekin maine ek baat samjhi hai — "Hum zindagi ko celebrate kar sakte hain, har haal mein!"Main past mein ulajhta nahi… main hamesha poochhta hoon — "What next?"Aur jab dil bhaari hota hai, toh Rupali aur main ek simple formula follow karte hain —"Apne aap par hasso, thoda sa waqt chura lo khud ke liye… aur apni life ka rhythm badal do!"Iss video mein, hum share kar rahe hain woh chhoti-chhoti baatein jo hum dono ko cheerful banaye rakhti hain…Humare conversations, humare lamhe, aur ek soch — “Zindagi ko seriously nahi, dil se jeeyo.”Toh agar aap bhi kabhi low feel karte ho, yeh video aapke liye ek nudge ho sakta hai…Aaiye, milkar thoda sa muskuraate hain Fifty Plus Zindagi... Add Life to your Age!Because Zindagi Ghazab Hai ️#AshishVidyarthi #RupaliBarua #CheerfulLiving #ZindagiGhazabHai #Motivation #LaughAtYourself #CelebrateLife-----Subscribe and be a part of My YouTube Family ️️ Ashish Vidyarthi Podcast -    / @ashishvidyarthipodcast  ️ Ashish Vidyarthi Actor Vlogs -    / ashishvidyarthiactorvlogs  ️ Food Khaana With Ashish Vidyarthi -    / foodkhaanawithashishvidyarthi  ️ Anbudan Ashish Vidyarthi -    / anbudanashishvidyarthi   ️ KAHAANI KHATARNAAK GOI WITH ASHISH VIDYARTHI -    / kahaanikhatarnaakgoibyashishvidyarthi   Press the bell icon to be the first one to get notified each time I upload a new video.--------Come, be a part of my online family : https://linktr.ee/Ashishvidyarthiअगर आपको मेरे वीडियो पसंद आए हैं तो कृपया सब्सक्राइब करें Iमेरे साथ जुड़ें, मेरे ऑनलाइन परिवार का हिस्सा बनें : https://linktr.ee/Ashishvidyarthi--------About: Namaskar, I am Ashish Vidyarthi. Namasker, I am Ashish Vidyarthi. As an Indian film actor, I have worked in over 200 films across 12 languages (Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, English, Marathi, Odia/Oriya, Assamese and Bhojpuri cinema) to name a few: Govind Nihalani's celebrated crime drama, Drohkaal (1994); Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996), Ziddi (1997), Dhill (2001, Tamil), Bichhoo (2000), C.I.D. Moosa (2003, Malayalam), Ghilli ( 2004, Tamil), Pokiri (2006, Telugu), Kanthaswamy (2009, Tamil), Barfi (2012), Minugurulu (2013, Telugu), Haider (2014), Teenkahon (2014, Bengali), and many more.I am also a traveler and a motivational speaker. Since then, I have been on a journey of self-exploration.That was how the Avid Miner was born about six years ago, to engage in pathway conversations with fellow travelers. This is my personal space where I engage with you in a conversation about "Yourself".Come sit and chat with me. Bring along some snacks and chai, if you may.....Aaiye dil khol ke baat cheet karte Hai.

Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on September 5th, 2025 (audio)

Two adult men and one teenage man gather around to polythene'e bomi koira rastai falai dewaSupport the podcast through Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/duhabpor Ko-fi - https://ko-fi.com/duhabpDiscord server - https://discord.gg/X94h4XWKMQTimestamps00:00:00 Preamble00:00:35 Intro00:05:30 Supershop theke dekhe shune product kinun00:14:05 Rabies paikhana00:27:40 GTA Vice City or San Andreas00:50:00 Why pirated games show up as "Space War" in Steam and other places01:11:50 Things we hate corner01:41:20 OutroThings MentionedSpace War (Video game) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_WarClash of Clans (Video game) - https://clashofclans.fandom.com/wiki/Clash_of_Clans_WikiSlay the Spire (Video game) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slay_the_SpireMarvel's Midnight Suns (Video game) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel's_Midnight_SunsBangla Anime Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@BangladeshAnimePodcastSolo Leveling (Anime) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/52299/Ore_dake_Level_Up_na_Ken?q=solo%20leveling&cat=animeDemon Slayer (Anime) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/38000/Kimetsu_no_Yaiba?q=demon%20slayer&cat=animeJujutsu Kaisen (Anime) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/40748/Jujutsu_Kaisen?q=jujutsu%20kaisen&cat=animeSplit Fiction (Video game) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_FictionOur Mouthwashing gameplay - https://youtu.be/33nwwMuSmWI?si=YgZl1hJF_4QMOwub 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

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Bengali translation of Friday Sermon delivered by Khalifa-tul-Masih on August 22nd, 2025 (audio)

Remember those days when bodyboarding was king? When names like Mike Stewart, Jeff Hubbard, and Kainoa McGee dominated our conversations and magazine covers?  Hana Ahn certainly does – and he's bringing it all back through the So Stoked Boogie Series and Triple Crown of Bodyboarding.What started as a pandemic pivot has blossomed into a full-fledged movement. When COVID-19 shut down the football programs Ahn coached, his focus shifted to the ocean. "We turned to the water and while doing the water, the boys started to get good at bodyboarding," Ahn explains. This organic return to the waves sparked something bigger – a mission to revitalize a beloved water sport that had faded from prominence.Today, the Triple Crown of Bodyboarding encompasses competitions at legendary spots including Sandy Beach and Pipeline, featuring six divisions from keiki (10-13 years) to professionals. Beyond traditional divisions, Ahn has introduced creative categories like synchronized bodyboarding, where two riders perform identical tricks on the same wave. This comprehensive approach isn't just about competition – it's about rebuilding an entire ecosystem that once supported professional bodyboarding, complete with sponsors, events, and pathways to professional careers.The vision extends internationally too. Ahn has taken groups of young Hawaiian riders to Portugal for the IBC World Tour, where several reached quarterfinals and beyond. "We're trying to build the sport for the youngins," Ahn shares, "so if this is their dream and their passion, they can actually make money off of it." It's a mission to ensure this generation of bodyboarders has the same opportunities – and more – than previous ones.Beyond the waves, Ahn is reviving the cultural scene that once surrounded bodyboarding. Through concert events featuring local artists, he's reconnecting the sport with the vibrant community atmosphere that made bodyboarding not just a sport, but a lifestyle in Hawaii.Ready to catch this wave of bodyboarding revival? Follow @SoStokedBoogieSeries to stay updated on upcoming events, competitions, and how you can support this remarkable resurgence of Hawaii's water culture. Join us at Jolene's Bar and Grill at Kaneohe Bayview Golf Course on Friday, August 11th, for live music featuring Bengali from Innavision, Brotherhood, One Session, and Poi Bo. Tickets available on Eventbrite for $20, or $30 at the door.

This week we're talking with two outstanding filmmakers from this year's 2025 Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival. Lee Ott discusses their journey to filmmaking and stop-motion animation, which led them to their directorial debut, Dragfox. A wildly impressive short film loaded with heart, design, and a fox in… you guessed it, DRAG! The short also features the voice-over work of Sir Ian McKellan. We also interview Bijon, a remarkable filmmaker from Bangladesh. Bijon chats about the Bengali film community and his jaw-dropping short film, A Thing About Kashem. His approach to direction, and the brilliant use of color in his film, are all subjects of conversation. Both Lee and Bijon also partake in a Gimme Three segment, where they each share three film recommendations!Join us at LADFF 2025, where you can see both of these fantastic films. Tickets are on sale now at LADFF.com❗️SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE ❗️Support the showSign up for our Patreon for exclusive Bonus Content.Follow the podcast on Instagram @gimmethreepodcastYou can keep up with Bella on Instagram @portraitofacinephile or Letterboxd You can keep up with Nick: on Instagram @nicholasybarra, on Twitter (X) @nicholaspybarra, or on LetterboxdShout out to contributor and producer Sonja Mereu. A special thanks to Anselm Kennedy for creating Gimme Three's theme music. And another special thanks to Zoe Baumann for creating our exceptional cover art.

This episode covers the next part of chapter 23 from:  " Thinking over the examination in English literature, I realized...”  to “...I could not have passed the Bengali examination.” Summary: As Mukunda expounds spiritual and educational themes, we share our own exam experiences, readings about divine intervention, and the importance of following intuition and guidance from gurus. Mukunda and Romesh demonstrated trust in divine will and inner guidance during challenging situations, while also emphasising the role of human effort in decision-making processes. Ben from Normandy makes a brief special guest appearance. 0:00 Prior Episode; 1:54 Cheer Up; 12:53 The Divine Altar; 27:51 The Hunch; 38:12 Thanksgiving; 55:20 Looking Ahead. Links discussed in the episode:  https://yssofindia.org/spiritual/intuition https://yogananda.org/blog/solving-your-problems-with-guidance-from-within-by-sri-daya-mata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar https://yogananda.org/blog/paramahansa-yogananda-on-practicing-gratitude-and-thanksgiving Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the last part of chapter 23 from:  " The second instruction on the sheet read...”  to the end of the chapter.   #autobiographyofayogi  #autobiographylinebyline  #paramahansayogananda Autobiography of a Yogi awake.minute Self-Realization Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Society of India #SRF #YSS 

India is expelling Bengali Muslims - stripping citizenship, detaining and deporting them to Bangladesh. The crackdown has spread nationwide, prompted by years of BJP propaganda and a news media all too willing to sell the story of a Muslim "enemy within". Contributors:  Shoaib Daniyal - Political editor, Scroll Fatima Khan - Political journalist Vaishna Roy - Editor, Frontline magazine Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Journalist and filmmaker On our radar: The images of starving Palestinians in Gaza have provoked global outrage. Israel has launched a PR campaign to deflect blame. Ryan Kohls reports. An interview with Alex Shephard Alex Shephard of The New Republic explains how Donald Trump is putting unprecedented pressure on US media outlets. After CBS was forced to settle out of court with the president, Trump is now suing the Wall Street Journal and its owner - Rupert Murdoch - as well as politicising the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Featuring: Alex Shephard - Senior editor, The New Republic

 S6E25 || আহলে কিতাবের মধ্যকার সতী-সাধ্বী নারীরাও (তোমাদের জন্য হালাল) || সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৬ 6:55 - https://youtu.be/hwiuXApF3N4 19:38 - https://youtu.be/t5pvm_yNX1c 24:30 - https://youtu.be/wl6vWy_o7lw 31:10 - https://youtu.be/hwiuXApF3N4 হে মু'মিনগণ! যখন তোমরা সালাতের উদ্দেশে দন্ডায়মান হও তখন (সালাতের পূর্বে) তোমাদের মুখমন্ডল ধৌত কর এবং হাতগুলিকে কনুই পর্যন্ত ধুয়ে নাও, আর মাথা মাসাহ কর এবং পা'গুলিকে টাখনু পর্যন্ত ধুয়ে ফেল। যদি তোমরা অপবিত্র হও তাহলে গোসল করে সমস্ত শরীর পবিত্র করে নাও। কিন্তু যদি রোগগ্রস্ত হও কিংবা সফরে থাক অথবা তোমাদের কেহ পায়খানা হতে ফিরে আস কিংবা তোমরা স্ত্রীদেরকে স্পর্শ কর (স্ত্রী-সহবাস কর), অতঃপর পানি না পাও তাহলে পবিত্র মাটি দ্বারা তায়াম্মুম করে নাও, তখন তোমরা তা দ্বারা তোমাদের মুখমন্ডল ও হাত মাসাহ কর, আল্লাহ তোমাদের উপর কোন সংকীর্ণতা আনয়ন করতে চাননা, বরং তিনি তোমাদেরকে পবিত্র করতে ও তোমাদের উপর স্বীয় নি‘আমাত পূর্ণ করতে চান, যেন তোমরা কৃতজ্ঞতা প্রকাশ কর। - সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৬ 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 #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 S6E22 || ইসলামকে তোমাদের দ্বীন হিসেবে কবূল করে নিলাম || সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৩ আলোচনার আয়াত: আজ কাফিরগণ তোমাদের দ্বীনের বিরোধিতা করার ব্যাপারে পুরোপুরি নিরাশ হয়ে গেছে, কাজেই তাদেরকে ভয় করো না, কেবল আমাকেই ভয় কর। আজ আমি তোমাদের জন্য তোমাদের দ্বীনকে পূর্ণাঙ্গ করে দিলাম, তোমাদের প্রতি আমার নিআমাত পূর্ণ করে দিলাম এবং ইসলামকে তোমাদের দ্বীন হিসেবে কবূল করে নিলাম। তোমাদের জন্য হারাম করা হয়েছে মৃতজন্তু, (প্রবাহিত) রক্ত, শূকরের মাংস, আল্লাহ ছাড়া অন্যের নামে যবহকৃত পশু, আর শ্বাসরুদ্ধ হয়ে মৃত জন্তু, আঘাতে মৃত জন্তু, উপর থেকে পতনের ফলে মৃত, সংঘর্ষে মৃত আর হিংস্র জন্তুতে খাওয়া পশু- তবে জীবিত পেয়ে যা তোমরা যবহ করতে পেরেছ তা বাদে, আর যা কোন আস্তানায় (বা বেদীতে) যবহ করা হয়েছে, আর জুয়ার তীর দ্বারা ভাগ্য নির্ণয় করা (এগুলো তোমাদের জন্য হারাম করা হয়েছে)। এসবগুলো পাপ কাজ। আজ কাফিরগণ তোমাদের দ্বীনের বিরোধিতা করার ব্যাপারে পুরোপুরি নিরাশ হয়ে গেছে, কাজেই তাদেরকে ভয় করো না, কেবল আমাকেই ভয় কর। আজ আমি তোমাদের জন্য তোমাদের দ্বীনকে পূর্ণাঙ্গ করে দিলাম, তোমাদের প্রতি আমার নিআমাত পূর্ণ করে দিলাম এবং ইসলামকে তোমাদের দ্বীন হিসেবে কবূল করে নিলাম। তবে কেউ পাপ করার প্রবণতা ব্যতীত ক্ষুধার জ্বালায় (নিষিদ্ধ বস্তু খেতে) বাধ্য হলে আল্লাহ বড়ই ক্ষমাশীল, পরম দয়ালু। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৩ 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। ইসলামে হারাম এবং হালাল দুটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ধারণা। হালাল মানে হলো আল্লাহর নির্দেশ ও শরীয়তের নিয়মাবলী অনুযায়ী বৈধ ও অনুমোদিত বস্তু বা কাজ, যা মুসলিমদের জন্য গ্রহণযোগ্য। এর মধ্যে রয়েছে নির্দিষ্ট খাদ্য, আচার-আচরণ ও কার্যকলাপ। অপরদিকে, হারাম হলো সেই সব বিষয় বা কাজ যা ইসলামে নিষিদ্ধ, যেমন মৃতজন্তু, শূকরের মাংস, রক্ত, এবং অন্যের নামে যবহকৃত পশু। হারামের কাজগুলো পরিত্যাগ করা মুসলিমদের জন্য অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ, কারণ এগুলো তাদের ঈমান ও নৈতিকতার ওপর প্রভাব ফেলে। ইসলাম বিশ্বাস করে যে, হালাল ও হারামের বিধান মানলে একজন মুসলিম সঠিক পথ অনুসরণ করতে পারে এবং আল্লাহর সন্তুষ্টি অর্জন করতে সক্ষম হয়। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #Islamicreminders #Islamicquotes #Islamicchannel #Muslim #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla #হালাল #হারাম #ইসলাম #কোরআন #শরীয়ত

 S6E21 || হারাম করা হয়েছে মৃতজন্তু || সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৩ তোমাদের জন্য হারাম করা হয়েছে মৃতজন্তু, (প্রবাহিত) রক্ত, শূকরের মাংস, আল্লাহ ছাড়া অন্যের নামে যবহকৃত পশু, আর শ্বাসরুদ্ধ হয়ে মৃত জন্তু, আঘাতে মৃত জন্তু, উপর থেকে পতনের ফলে মৃত, সংঘর্ষে মৃত আর হিংস্র জন্তুতে খাওয়া পশু- তবে জীবিত পেয়ে যা তোমরা যবহ করতে পেরেছ তা বাদে, আর যা কোন আস্তানায় (বা বেদীতে) যবহ করা হয়েছে, আর জুয়ার তীর দ্বারা ভাগ্য নির্ণয় করা (এগুলো তোমাদের জন্য হারাম করা হয়েছে)। এসবগুলো পাপ কাজ। আজ কাফিরগণ তোমাদের দ্বীনের বিরোধিতা করার ব্যাপারে পুরোপুরি নিরাশ হয়ে গেছে, কাজেই তাদেরকে ভয় করো না, কেবল আমাকেই ভয় কর। আজ আমি তোমাদের জন্য তোমাদের দ্বীনকে পূর্ণাঙ্গ করে দিলাম, তোমাদের প্রতি আমার নিআমাত পূর্ণ করে দিলাম এবং ইসলামকে তোমাদের দ্বীন হিসেবে কবূল করে নিলাম। তবে কেউ পাপ করার প্রবণতা ব্যতীত ক্ষুধার জ্বালায় (নিষিদ্ধ বস্তু খেতে) বাধ্য হলে আল্লাহ বড়ই ক্ষমাশীল, পরম দয়ালু। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৩ 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। ইসলামে হারাম এবং হালাল দুটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ধারণা। হালাল মানে হলো আল্লাহর নির্দেশ ও শরীয়তের নিয়মাবলী অনুযায়ী বৈধ ও অনুমোদিত বস্তু বা কাজ, যা মুসলিমদের জন্য গ্রহণযোগ্য। এর মধ্যে রয়েছে নির্দিষ্ট খাদ্য, আচার-আচরণ ও কার্যকলাপ। অপরদিকে, হারাম হলো সেই সব বিষয় বা কাজ যা ইসলামে নিষিদ্ধ, যেমন মৃতজন্তু, শূকরের মাংস, রক্ত, এবং অন্যের নামে যবহকৃত পশু। হারামের কাজগুলো পরিত্যাগ করা মুসলিমদের জন্য অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ, কারণ এগুলো তাদের ঈমান ও নৈতিকতার ওপর প্রভাব ফেলে। ইসলাম বিশ্বাস করে যে, হালাল ও হারামের বিধান মানলে একজন মুসলিম সঠিক পথ অনুসরণ করতে পারে এবং আল্লাহর সন্তুষ্টি অর্জন করতে সক্ষম হয়। Quranic Thoughts in Bangla Dr. Abdul Baqi Sharaf কুরআনের চিন্তাধারা। ডঃ আব্দুল বাকী শরফ। #Quran #Islamicreminders #Islamicquotes #Islamicchannel #Muslim #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla #হালাল #হারাম #ইসলাম #কোরআন #শরীয়ত #মৃতজন্তু #শূকরেরমাংস #রক্ত #ইবাদত #আল্লাহ #জীবন #পাপ #নিষিদ্ধ #খাবার #নিয়ম #ফিকহ #কাফির #ভয় #নিয়মিত #দ্বীন #নিয়মাবলী #মুসলিম #ইসলামীনীতি #নিরাপত্তা #মানবতা #আধ্যাত্মিকতা #শান্তি #সম্প্রীতি #দয়া #ক্ষমা #সৎ #পবিত্রতা #উপাসনা #মাহফিল #সুখ #শান্তি #অলীক #আধ্যাত্মিকতা #বিশ্বাস #বিশ্বাসী #অন্যেরনামে #যবহ #হালালখাদ্য #মাংস #রক্তাক্ত #মৃতপ্রাণী #আঘাত #নিষেধ #শ্বাসরুদ্ধ #পতন #সংঘর্ষ #জুয়া #ভাগ্য #অন্যজন #আল্লাহরনিয়ম #শুদ্ধ #সৎকর্ম #নিরাশ #পরিত্রাণ #উপদেশ #নিষিদ্ধবস্তু #বাহ্যিক #আত্মশুদ্ধি #আল্লাহররহমত #মানসিকশান্তি #জীবনযাপন #বিচার #আত্মা #আধ্যাত্মিকজীবন #সচেতনতা #অহংকার #শুদ্ধতা #ন্যায় #আত্মবিশ্বাস #ইসলামিক #হালালজীবন #মুসলিমজীবন #দ্বীনেরপথ #আল্লাহরসাথী #সাবধানতা #ভীতি #আত্মশুদ্ধি #ধর্ম #শ্রদ্ধা #প্রেম #সন্তুষ্টি #আত্মসমর্পণ #অবসাদ #ভক্তি #মুর্শিদ #শিক্ষা #নেতৃত্ব #সমাজ #আধ্যাত্মিকমূল্য #প্রত্যেকজন #উন্নতি #স্বাস্থ্য #পবিত্র #পরিপূর্ণতা #মুক্তি #দুঃখ #বেদনাবিহীন #মানবিকতা #সহানুভূতি #আত্মদর্শন #পার্থিব #আধ্যাত্মিকবোধ #অলৌকিক #দার্শনিকতা #সাফল্য #আবেগ #আলোরপথ #শান্তি ও সংহতি #আলহামদুলিল্লাহ #শরীয়ত #শুদ্ধপন্থা #মহৎ #বিবেক #মুক্তচিন্তা #সংস্কৃতি #পবিত্রতা #সদাচরণ #নির্দেশনা #জ্ঞান #বুদ্ধিমত্তা #প্রজ্ঞা #বিবেচনা #পরিস্কার #অভিজ্ঞান #বিজ্ঞান #অনুশীলন #উন্নত #শ্রেষ্ঠতা #মানবিকমূল্য #আশা #অনুপ্রেরণা #প্রেরণা #দীক্ষা #শিক্ষিত #প্রবুদ্ধ #আবেগী #বিশ্বাসযোগ্য #উন্নয়ন #শৃঙ্খলা #শান্তিপ্রিয় #স্বতন্ত্র #সম্ভাবনা #ঈমান #ইচ্ছা #সতর্কতা #অন্যায়েরবিরোধিতা #জাগরণ #হৃদয় #মমতা #বিশ্বাসযোগ্যতা #আত্মবিশ্লেষণ #সংগ্রাম #আসুন #একতা #সমবায় #গঠন #প্রগতি #আসক্তি #দীর্ঘকাল #ইতিহাস #নবী

 S6E24 || আহলে কিতাবের মধ্যকার সতী-সাধ্বী নারীরাও (তোমাদের জন্য হালাল) || সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৫ আজ তোমাদের জন্য পবিত্র বস্তুগুলি হালাল করা হল। আহলে কিতাবের যবাহকৃত জীবও তোমাদের জন্য হালাল এবং তোমাদের যবাহকৃত জীবও তাদের জন্য হালাল। আর সতী সাধ্বী মুসলিম নারীরাও এবং তোমাদের পূর্ববর্তী আহলে কিতাবের মধ্যকার সতী-সাধ্বী নারীরাও (তোমাদের জন্য হালাল), যখন তোমরা তাদেরকে তাদের বিনিময় (মোহর) প্রদান কর, এ রূপে যে, তোমরা (তাদেরকে) পত্নী রূপে গ্রহণ করে নাও, না প্রকাশ্যে ব্যভিচার কর, আর না গোপন প্রণয় কর; আর যে ব্যক্তি ঈমানের সাথে কুফরী মিশ্রিত করবে তার ‘আমল নিস্ফল হয়ে যাবে এবং সে আখিরাতে সম্পূর্ণ রূপে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হবে। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৫ 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 #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

 S6E23 || কী কী হালাল করা হয়েছে || সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৪ লোকেরা তোমাকে জিজ্ঞেস করছে তাদের জন্য কী কী হালাল করা হয়েছে। বল, যাবতীয় ভাল ও পবিত্র বস্তু তোমাদের জন্য হালাল করা হয়েছে, আর শিকারী পশু-পক্ষী- যাদেরকে তোমরা শিক্ষা দিয়েছ যেভাবে আল্লাহ তোমাদেরকে শিক্ষা দিয়েছেন- সুতরাং তারা যা তোমাদের জন্য ধরে রাখে তা তোমরা ভক্ষণ করবে আর তাতে আল্লাহর নাম উচ্চারণ করবে, আর আল্লাহকে ভয় করবে, আল্লাহ হিসাব গ্রহণে ত্বরিৎগতি। সূরা আল মায়েদা, আয়াতঃ ০৪ 15:13 - সূরা আল বাকারাহ, আয়াত: ২৯ https://youtu.be/np1A68jBGz0 https://youtu.be/PMDtdv1K3BU https://youtu.be/thkHEPMtAhA 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 #Bangla #Bangladesh #QuranicThoughtsInBangla

In The Hindu Self and its Muslim Neighbors, the author sketches the contours of relations between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal. The central argument is that various patterns of amicability and antipathy have been generated towards Muslims over the last six hundred years and these patterns emerge at dynamic intersections between Hindu self-understandings and social shifts on contested landscapes. The core of the book is a set of translations of the Bengali writings of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976), and Annada Shankar Ray (1904-2002). Their lives were deeply interwoven with some Hindu-Muslim synthetic ideas and subjectivities, and these involvements are articulated throughout their writings which provide multiple vignettes of contemporary modes of amity and antagonism. Barua argues that the characterization of relations between Hindus and Muslims either in terms of an implacable hostility or of an unfragmented peace is historically inaccurate, for these relations were modulated by a shifting array of socio-economic and socio-political parameters. It is within these contexts that Rabindranath, Nazrul, and Annada Shankar are developing their thoughts on Hindus and Muslims through the prisms of religious humanism and universalism. 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

In The Hindu Self and its Muslim Neighbors, the author sketches the contours of relations between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal. The central argument is that various patterns of amicability and antipathy have been generated towards Muslims over the last six hundred years and these patterns emerge at dynamic intersections between Hindu self-understandings and social shifts on contested landscapes. The core of the book is a set of translations of the Bengali writings of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976), and Annada Shankar Ray (1904-2002). Their lives were deeply interwoven with some Hindu-Muslim synthetic ideas and subjectivities, and these involvements are articulated throughout their writings which provide multiple vignettes of contemporary modes of amity and antagonism. Barua argues that the characterization of relations between Hindus and Muslims either in terms of an implacable hostility or of an unfragmented peace is historically inaccurate, for these relations were modulated by a shifting array of socio-economic and socio-political parameters. It is within these contexts that Rabindranath, Nazrul, and Annada Shankar are developing their thoughts on Hindus and Muslims through the prisms of religious humanism and universalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

In The Hindu Self and its Muslim Neighbors, the author sketches the contours of relations between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal. The central argument is that various patterns of amicability and antipathy have been generated towards Muslims over the last six hundred years and these patterns emerge at dynamic intersections between Hindu self-understandings and social shifts on contested landscapes. The core of the book is a set of translations of the Bengali writings of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976), and Annada Shankar Ray (1904-2002). Their lives were deeply interwoven with some Hindu-Muslim synthetic ideas and subjectivities, and these involvements are articulated throughout their writings which provide multiple vignettes of contemporary modes of amity and antagonism. Barua argues that the characterization of relations between Hindus and Muslims either in terms of an implacable hostility or of an unfragmented peace is historically inaccurate, for these relations were modulated by a shifting array of socio-economic and socio-political parameters. It is within these contexts that Rabindranath, Nazrul, and Annada Shankar are developing their thoughts on Hindus and Muslims through the prisms of religious humanism and universalism. 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

In The Hindu Self and its Muslim Neighbors, the author sketches the contours of relations between Hindus and Muslims in Bengal. The central argument is that various patterns of amicability and antipathy have been generated towards Muslims over the last six hundred years and these patterns emerge at dynamic intersections between Hindu self-understandings and social shifts on contested landscapes. The core of the book is a set of translations of the Bengali writings of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976), and Annada Shankar Ray (1904-2002). Their lives were deeply interwoven with some Hindu-Muslim synthetic ideas and subjectivities, and these involvements are articulated throughout their writings which provide multiple vignettes of contemporary modes of amity and antagonism. Barua argues that the characterization of relations between Hindus and Muslims either in terms of an implacable hostility or of an unfragmented peace is historically inaccurate, for these relations were modulated by a shifting array of socio-economic and socio-political parameters. It is within these contexts that Rabindranath, Nazrul, and Annada Shankar are developing their thoughts on Hindus and Muslims through the prisms of religious humanism and universalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

The magic of South Asian cinema, fashion, and culture returns to Dallas this summer for the 8th annual Bengali Film Festival of Dallas. It will be taking over the Angelika Film Center this weekend starting Friday August 1st through 3rd. You can expect red carpet glamour, award-winning films, and a historic fashion event to North Texas. Joining us today is Dr. Tariq Yasin, Festival Director, Bengali Film Festival of Dallas to talk about what audiences can expect from this prestigious celebration.

This episode covers the next part of chapter 23 from:  "One night about eleven o'clock, as I was putting on my shoes in preparation...”  to “... which had been arranged by the faculty of Calcutta University.” Summary: This section of the book explores the tug of war between spiritual pursuit and academic exams through Mukunda's experiences. We share personal reflections about exams and divine interventions in our own lives, while examining how the spiritual journey can intersect with material achievements. Paramahansa Yogananda ultimately succeeds by following Sri Yukteswar's wishes time and time again. 0:00 Prior Episode; 1:30 Looming examinations; 11:05 Seek ye first the Kingdom of God; 24:22 Romesh to the rescue; 55:20 Looking Ahead. Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes the next part of chapter 23 from:  "Thinking over the examination in English literature, I realized...”  to “...I could not have passed the Bengali examination.” #autobiographyofayogi  #autobiographylinebyline  #paramahansayogananda Autobiography of a Yogi awake.minute Self-Realization Fellowship Yogoda Satsanga Society of India #SRF #YSS

The Unlikely Missionary #RTTBROS #Nightlight The Unlikely Missionary God:uses ordinary people"But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty." (1 Corinthians 1:27William Carey was just a shoemaker. He had little education, came from a poor family, and worked with his hands for a living. But he had a heart for the lost and a desire to take the gospel to places where it had never been heard.When Carey shared his burden for missions with his fellow ministers, one of them famously said, "Young man, sit down. When God pleases to convert the heathen, He will do it without your aid or mine." But Carey wouldn't sit down. He kept studying, kept praying, and kept preparing.In 1793, Carey sailed for India where he would spend the next 41 years without ever returning home. He translated the Bible into Bengali, Sanskrit, and parts of 35 other languages. He started schools, fought against the practice of widow burning, and saw thousands come to Christ. He became known as the "Father of Modern Missions."But it all started with a shoemaker who believed God could use him.I love Carey's story because it reminds me that God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called. He doesn't look for the smartest, the most talented, or the most educated. He looks for the willing.Think about it: God used a shepherd boy named David to defeat a giant. He used a teenage girl named Mary to bring the Savior into the world. He used fishermen to become apostles. He used a former persecutor of the church named Paul to become the greatest missionary who ever lived.And He wants to use you too, right where you are, with whatever skills and abilities you have.Carey's motto was "Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God." He expected God to work through an ordinary shoemaker, and God did extraordinary things.What's God calling you to attempt for Him? What burden has He placed on your heart? What need have you seen that you keep thinking someone should do something about?Maybe that someone is you. Maybe God wants to use your ordinary life to do something extraordinary for His kingdom. Don't disqualify yourself because you feel unworthy or unqualified. God specializes in using unlikely people to do impossible things.After all, history is just HIS story, and He's looking for ordinary people who are willing to let Him write their chapter.Be sure to Like, Share, Follow and subscribe it helps get the word out.https://linktr.ee/rttbros

As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait – were bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the ‘Indian Empire', or more simply as the Raj. It was the British Empire's crown jewel, a vast dominion stretching from the Red Sea to the jungles of Southeast Asia, home to a quarter of the world's population and encompassing the largest Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities on the planet. Its people used the Indian rupee, were issued passports stamped ‘Indian Empire', and were guarded by armies garrisoned in forts from the Bab el-Mandeb to the Himalayas. And then, in the space of just fifty years, the Indian Empire shattered. Five partitions tore it apart, carving out new nations, redrawing maps, and leaving behind a legacy of war, exile and division. Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia (William Collins and HarperCollins India, 2025) by Sam Dalrymple, for the first time, presents the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. How a single, sprawling dominion became twelve modern nations. How maps were redrawn in boardrooms and on battlefields, by politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, by kings in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches. Its legacies include civil war in Burma and ongoing insurgencies in Kashmir, Baluchistan and Northeast India, and the Rohingya genocide. It is a history of ambition and betrayal, of forgotten wars and unlikely alliances, of borders carved with ink and fire. And, above all, it is the story of how the map of modern Asia was made. Dalrymple's stunning history is based on deep archival research, previously untranslated private memoirs, and interviews in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Konyak, Arabic and Burmese. From portraits of the key political players to accounts of those swept up in these wars and mass migrations, Shattered Lands is vivid, compelling, thought-provoking history at its best. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. 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

As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait – were bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the ‘Indian Empire', or more simply as the Raj. It was the British Empire's crown jewel, a vast dominion stretching from the Red Sea to the jungles of Southeast Asia, home to a quarter of the world's population and encompassing the largest Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities on the planet. Its people used the Indian rupee, were issued passports stamped ‘Indian Empire', and were guarded by armies garrisoned in forts from the Bab el-Mandeb to the Himalayas. And then, in the space of just fifty years, the Indian Empire shattered. Five partitions tore it apart, carving out new nations, redrawing maps, and leaving behind a legacy of war, exile and division. Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia (William Collins and HarperCollins India, 2025) by Sam Dalrymple, for the first time, presents the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. How a single, sprawling dominion became twelve modern nations. How maps were redrawn in boardrooms and on battlefields, by politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, by kings in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches. Its legacies include civil war in Burma and ongoing insurgencies in Kashmir, Baluchistan and Northeast India, and the Rohingya genocide. It is a history of ambition and betrayal, of forgotten wars and unlikely alliances, of borders carved with ink and fire. And, above all, it is the story of how the map of modern Asia was made. Dalrymple's stunning history is based on deep archival research, previously untranslated private memoirs, and interviews in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Konyak, Arabic and Burmese. From portraits of the key political players to accounts of those swept up in these wars and mass migrations, Shattered Lands is vivid, compelling, thought-provoking history at its best. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

“Chai is amazing — it should be right alongside a good cup of coffee, espresso, or cappuccino. This business helped me reconcile my American upbringing and my Indian heritage — that push and pull, that beautiful combination of everything.” Ayan Sanyal is Co-founder of Kolkata Chai Company, which if you're in NY, you should stop by sometime soon (or order some online) — it's something special. I've been going for a couple of years, and more than a few others do to, including frieMMd of the pod Rajiv, and his bud Hasan Minhaj, who's become a big investor and advocate. Chai is something special — and good, REAL chai is something transcendent (just don't call it chai tea). Good chai takes time. It takes people. And it creates friendship. Ayan and his brother founded Kolkata Chai Co. in 2018 to bring authentic masala chai to New York City. Growing up to Bengali parents in Amherst, MA, the brothers navigated tea times, rock bands, and trips back to India (street food FTW) - finding different inspirations along the way. The two built a career and background in digital advertising and media, but quickly challenged themselves to take a side passion - brewing chai at home - to farmers markets and beyond — redefining how chai and culture can be experienced in the city, and further into America. Hearing Ayan's journey, from Amherst, MA to Kolkata and back again — and all the comic books and rock music in between - you'll be inspired to do more, and have a great cup along the way. LEARN MORE: kolkatachai.co instagram.com/kolkatachaico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices