Podcasts about Sindh

Nasir Mansoor comes on The Pakistan Experience for an important episode on Labour Rights in Pakistan.On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Jaffar Express, Federation of Pakistan, Ethnic Hatred, Movement against new Canals in Sindh, PPP, MQM, Baldia Town Fire, Nestle worker setting himself on fire, Labour Laws, Nationalization and Public Sector Schools and Hospitals.Nasir Mansoor is the General Secretary National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF) and the Former Labour Secretary of Labour Party Pakistan and also Awami Workers Party. He registered the first Agriculture General Workers Union in Sindh and Supported balida victims to form their association “Ali Enterprise Factory Fire Affectees Association” and filed a case against KIK (German Brand) and Rina (Italian Social Auditing Company) in Germany and Italy respectively.The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/joinChapters:0:00 Introduction2:00 Jaffar Express and Baloch Rights9:12 Federation of Pakistan, Punjabi and Ethnic hatred16:30 Why is there no mass class resistance in Pakistan?26:00 Canals movement in Sindh38:12 PPP, Sindh and alternatives49:20 Was MQM behind the Baldia town fire?58:10 Nestle worker burned himself1:01:58 Labour Laws in Pakistan1:07:00 Cheap Labour arbitrage of Pakistan1:12:40 Public Sector Schools and Hospitals1:20:00 Nationalization1:23:40 Audience Questions

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Naseer Memon comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss why Sindh is protesting the new Canal Project and why there should be no more new canals on Indus.On this deep dive podcast, we discuss the new six canals, the Cholistan Canal Projects, Water Availability, the Indus River System, Water Dispute with India, Karachi's issues, Mangroves, History of Resistance in Sindh, Kalabagh Dam, Sukkur barrage and more.Naseer Memon is a development professional and a consultant on climate change induced natural disasters, community resilience and public policy.Mr. Naseer Memon is the Chief Executive of Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) and the Chairperson of National Humanitarian Network (NHN). Mr. Memon is a renowned development professional, who has been working with prominent organizations in humanitarian and development sector, academia and corporate sector of Pakistan for more than 15 years. Mr. Memon has represented NHN on various important forums nationally and internationally i.e. Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) Network of Southern NGOs etc. He has also remained a member of the Review Committee of Central Emergency Response Fund of UNOCHA. Mr. Memon remained as a Member on the Technical Group for the development of a Core Humanitarian Standard and coherent standards architecture. The Group is convened by HAP, People In Aid and the Sphere Project on the development of a Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and a coherent standards architecture for the sector.The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Chapters:0:00 Introduction1:30 What are the six canals?5:25 Understanding the Cholistan Canal Project7:48 Water availability10:00 Understanding the indus River System19:24 Water dispute with India24:20 Quality of Water and Manchar Lake31:48 Canals ka issue Karachi ka bhi issue hay42:00 Kya Pani Samandar mai Zaya hojata hay?47:09 Mangroves55:30 Why does the state not care about Sindh?1:00:05 Sindh Card wala propaganda kyon maan leyte hain log?1:06:00 Why is there such a history of resistance in Sindh?1:20:00 Zardari, PPP and the future of this canal project1:25:45 Political alternatives to PPP in Sindh1:28:00 Kalabagh dam1:33:00 Indus Water Treaty1:36:30 Potential Solutions and Alternatives1:42:00 Sukkur Barrage1:45:12 Audience QuestionsJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Nasir Mansoor comes on The Pakistan Experience for an important episode on Labour Rights in Pakistan.On this deep dive podcast, we discuss Jaffar Express, Federation of Pakistan, Ethnic Hatred, Movement against new Canals in Sindh, PPP, MQM, Baldia Town Fire, Nestle worker setting himself on fire, Labour Laws, Nationalization and Public Sector Schools and Hospitals.Nasir Mansoor is the General Secretary National Trade Union Federation Pakistan (NTUF) and the Former Labour Secretary of Labour Party Pakistan and also Awami Workers Party. He registered the first Agriculture General Workers Union in Sindh and Supported balida victims to form their association “Ali Enterprise Factory Fire Affectees Association” and filed a case against KIK (German Brand) and Rina (Italian Social Auditing Company) in Germany and Italy respectively.The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/joinChapters:0:00 Introduction2:00 Jaffar Express and Baloch Rights9:12 Federation of Pakistan, Punjabi and Ethnic hatred16:30 Why is there no mass class resistance in Pakistan?26:00 Canals movement in Sindh38:12 PPP, Sindh and alternatives49:20 Was MQM behind the Baldia town fire?58:10 Nestle worker burned himself1:01:58 Labour Laws in Pakistan1:07:00 Cheap Labour arbitrage of Pakistan1:12:40 Public Sector Schools and Hospitals1:20:00 Nationalization1:23:40 Audience Questions

Pakistán, uno de los países más vulnerables ala crisis climática, es también el sexto país con mayor número de matrimonios adolescentes en el mundo. Esta tendencia ha seguido empeorando en los últimos años, en parte debido a la crisis climática. En la provincia sureña de Sindh, las niñas suelen ser obligadas a casarse tras los desastres climáticos para obtener beneficios económicos. 

In today's episode we discuss the attack on Jaffar Express, Foreign involvement in Balochistan, Sindh rejecting new Canals, Fight within PTI and the crackdown on Columbia University.Uzair Younus and Shehzad Ghias do the round up of this week's news in our new show 'This Week in Pakistan. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/joinChapters:0:00 Introduction3:00 Attack on Jaffer Express9:40 Is India behind BLA?15:30 Good Taliban failed policy18:30 America's involvement in Balochistan23:15 Iran's interest in Balochistan25:50 Increased terrorism in Pakistan28:50 Sindh rejects canals33:40 News Wrap up: Fight within the PTI?38:39 World Watch: Crackdown on Columbia University42:22 Absurd News of the week: Private Guard fires on Person49:00 Things to keep an eye on

This episode we will finish up the travels of Xuanzang, who circumnavigated the Indian subcontinent while he was there, spending over a decade and a half travelings, visiting important Buddhist pilgrimage sites, and studying at the feet of learned monks of India, and in particular at Nalanda monastery--a true center of learning from this period. For more, check out our blogpost page:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-122 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 122:  Journey to the West, Part 3 The courtyard at Nalanda was quiet.  Although hundreds of people were crowded in, trying to hear what was being said, they were all doing their best to be silent and still.  Only the wind or an errant bird dared speak up.  The master's voice may not have been what it once was—he was definitely getting on in years—but Silabhadra's mind was as sharp as ever. At the front of the crowd was a relatively young face from a far off land.  Xuanzang had made it to the greatest center of learning in the world, and he had been accepted as a student of perhaps the greatest sage of his era.  Here he was, receiving lessons on some of the deepest teachings of the Mahayana Buddhist sect, the very thing he had come to learn and bring home. As he watched and listened with rapt attention, the ancient teacher began to speak….   For the last two episodes, and continuing with this one, we have been covering the travels of the monk Xuanzang in the early 7th century, starting around 629 and concluding in 645.  Born during the Sui dynasty, Xuanzang felt that the translations of the Buddhist sutras available in China were insufficient—many of them had been made long ago, and often were translations of translations.  Xuanzang decided to travel to India in the hopes of getting copies in the original language to provide more accurate translations of the sutras, particularly the Mahayana sutras.  His own accounts of his journeys, even if drawn from his memory years afterwards, provide some of our most detailed contemporary evidence of the Silk Road and the people and places along the way.  After he returned, he got to work on his translations, and became quite famous.  Several of the Japanese students of Buddhism who traveled to the Tang dynasty in the 650s studied under him directly and brought his teachings back to Japan with them.  His school of “Faxiang” Buddhism became known in Japan as the Hosso sect, and was quite popular during the 7th and 8th centuries.  Xuanzang himself, known as Genjou in Japan, would continue to be venerated as an important monk in the history of Buddhism, and his travels would eventually be popularized in fantastic ways across East Asia. Over the last couple of episodes we talked about Xuanzang's illegal and harrowing departure from the Tang empire, where he had to sneak across the border into the deserts of the Western Regions.  We then covered his time traveling from Gaochang, to Suyab, and down to Balkh, in modern Afghanistan.  This was all territory under the at least nominal control of the Gokturk empire.  From Balkh he traveled to Bamyan, and then on to Kapisa, north of modern Kabul, Afghanistan.  However, after Kapisa, Xuanzang was finally entering into the northern territories of what he knew as “India”, or “Tianzhu”. Here I would note that I'm using “India” to refer not to a single country, but to the entirety of the Indian subcontinent, and all of the various kingdoms there -- including areas now part of the modern countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.  The Sinitic characters used to denote this region are pronounced, today, as “Tianzhu”, with a rough meaning of “Center of Heaven”, but it is likely that these characters were originally pronounced in such a way that the name likely came from terms like “Sindhu” or “Induka”.  This is related to the name of the Sindh or Indus river, from which India gets its name.  Xuanzang's “Record of the Western Regions” notes that the proper pronunciation of the land should be “Indu”.  In Japan, this term was transmitted through the Sinitic characters, or kanji, and pronounced as “Tenjiku”.  Since it featured so prominently in the stories of the life of the Buddha and many of the Buddhist sutras, Tenjiku was known to the people of the Japanese archipelago as a far off place that was both real and fantastical. In the 12th century, over a thousand stories were captured for the “Konjaku Monogatarishu”, or the “Collection of Tales Old and New”, which is divided up into tales from Japan, China, and India.  In the famous 9th or 10th century story, “Taketori Monogatari”, or the “Bamboo-Cutter's Tale”, about princess Kaguya hime, one of the tasks the princess sets to her suitors is to go to India to find the begging bowl of the Buddha.  Records like those produced by Xuanzang and his fellow monks, along with the stories in the sutras, likely provided the majority of what people in the Japanese archipelago knew about India, at least to begin with. Xuanzang talks about the land of India as being divided into five distinct parts—roughly the north, south, east, west, and center.  He notes that three sides face the sea and that the Snow Mountains—aka the Himalayas—are in the north.  It is, he says, “Wide in the north and narrow in the south, in the shape of a crescent moon”.  Certainly the “Wide in the north and narrow in the south” fit the subcontinent accurately enough, and it is largely surrounded by the waters of what we know as the Indian Ocean to the west, the east, and the south.  The note about the Crescent Moon might be driven by Xuanzang's understanding of a false etymology for the term “Indus”, which he claims comes from the word for “moon”.  Rather, this term appears to refer to the Indus River, also known as the Sindh or Sindhus, which comes from an ancient word meaning something like “River” or “Stream”. Xuanzang also notes that the people of the land were divided into castes, with the Brahman caste at the top of the social hierarchy.    The land was further divided into approximately 70 different countries, according to his accounts.  This is known broadly as the Early Medieval period, in India, in which the region was divided into different kingdoms and empires that rose and fell across the subcontinent, with a total size roughly equivalent to that covered by the countries of the modern European Union.  Just like Europe, there were many different polities and different languages spoken across the land – but just as Latin was the common language in Europe, due to its use in Christianity, Sanskrit was the scholarly and religious language in much of India, and could also be used as a bridge language.  Presumably, Xuanzang understood Sanskrit to some extent as a Buddhist monk.  And, just a quick note, all of this was before the introduction of Islam, though there were other religions also practiced throughout the subcontinent, but Xuanzang was primarily focused on his Buddhist studies. Xuanzang describes India as having three distinct seasons—The hot season, the rainy season, and the cold season, in that order.  Each of these were four month long periods.  Even today, the cycle of the monsoon rains is a major impact on the life of people in South Asia.  During the rainy season, the monks themselves would retreat back to their monasteries and cease their wanderings about the countryside. This tradition, called “Vassa”, is still a central practice in many Theravada Buddhist societies such as Thailand and Laos today, where they likewise experience this kind of intensely wet monsoon season. Xuanzang goes on to give an in depth analysis of the people and customs of the Indian subcontinent, as he traveled from country to country. So, as we've done before, we'll follow his lead in describing the different locations he visited. The first country of India that Xuanzang came to was the country of Lampa, or Lamapaka, thought to be modern Laghman province in Afghanistan.  At the time it was a dependency of Kapisa.  The Snow Mountains, likely meaning the Hindu Kush, the western edge of the Himalayas, lay at its north, while the “Black Mountains” surrounded it on the other three sides.  Xuanzang mentions how the people of Lampa grow non-glutinous rice—likely something similar to basmati rice, which is more prevalent in South Asian cuisine, as compared to glutinous rice like more often used in East Asia. From Lampa he headed to Nagarahara, likely referring to a site near the Kabul River associated with the ruins of a stupa called Nagara Gundi, about 4 kilometers west of modern Jalalabad, Afghanistan.  This was another vassal city-state of Kapisa.  They were still Mahayana Buddhists, but there were other religions as well, which Xuanzang refers to as “heretical”, though I'm not entirely sure how that is meant in this context.  He does say that many of the stupas were dilapidated and in poor condition. Xuanzang was now entering areas where he likely believed the historical Buddha had once walked.  In fact, Lampa was perhaps the extent of historical Buddha's travels, according to the stories and the sutras, though this seems unlikely to have been true.  The most plausible locations for the Historical Buddha's pilgrimages were along the Ganges river, which was on the other side of the subcontinent, flowing east towards modern Kolkatta and the Bengal Bay.  However, as Buddhism spread, so, too, did stories of the Buddha's travels.  And so, as far as Xuanzang was concerned, he was following in the footsteps of the Buddha. Speaking of which, at Nagarahara, Xuanzang mentions “footprints” of the Buddha.  This is a Buddhist tradition found in many places.  Xuanzang claims that the Tathagatha, the Englightened One, or the Buddha, would fly, because when he walked the land itself shook.  Footprint shapes in rock could be said to be evidence of the Buddha's travels.  Today, in many Buddhist areas you can find footprints carved into rock conforming to stories about the Buddha, such as all the toes being of the same length, or other various signs.  These may have started out as natural depressions in the rock, or pieces of artwork, but they were believed by many to be the actual point at which the Buddha himself touched down.  There are famous examples of these footprints in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and China.  Of course there are also traditions of creating images of the footprint as an object of worship.  Images of footprints, similar to images of the Great Wheel of the Law, may have been some of the earliest images for veneration, as images of the Buddha himself did not appear until much later in the tradition.  One of the oldest such footprints in Japan is at Yakushiji temple, and dated to 753.  It was created based on a rubbing brought back by an envoy to the Tang court, while they were in Chang'an. Like Buddha footprints, there are many other images and stories that show up multiple times in different places, even in Xuanzang's own narrative.  For example, in Nagarahara Xuanzang also shares a story of a cave, where an image of the Buddha could be just barely made out on the wall – maybe maybe an old carving that had just worn away, or maybe an image that was deliberately placed in the darkness as a metaphor for finding the Buddha—finding enlightenment.  This is not an uncommon theme in Buddhism as a whole.  In any case, the story around this image was that it had been placed there to subdue a naga. Now a naga is a mythical snake-like being, and  we are told that this particular naga was the reincarnation of a man who had invoked a curse on the nearby kingdom, then threw himself from a cliff in order to become a naga and sow destruction.  As the story went, the man was indeed reborn, but before he could bring destruction, the Buddha showed up and subdued him, convincing him that this was not right.  And so the naga agreed to stay in the cave, where the Buddha left an image—a shadow—to remind the naga any time that its thoughts might turn to destruction. Later in his travels, at a place name Kausambi, Xuanzang mentions another cave where the Buddha had subdued a venomous dragon and left his shadow on the cave wall.  Allowing for the possibility that the Buddha just had a particular M.O. when dealing with destructive beings, we should also consider the possibility that the story developed in one region—probably closer to the early center of Buddhism, and then traveled outward, such that it was later adopted and adapted to local traditions.  From Nagarahara, Xuanzang continued to the country of Gandhara and its capital city of Purushapura, aka modern Peshwar.  This kingdom was also under vassalage to the Kapisan king.  Here and elsewhere in the journey, Xuanzang notes not only evidence of the historical Buddha, but also monasteries and stupas purported to have been built by King Kanishka and King Asoka.  These were important figures who were held in high regard for spreading Buddhism during their reign.  Continuing through the region of Gandhara, he also passed through Udakhand and the city of Salatura, known as the birthplace of the ancient Sanskrit grammarian, Daksiputra Panini, author of the Astadhyayi [Aestudjayi].  This work is the oldest surviving description of classical Sanskrit, and used grammatical and other concepts that wouldn't be introduced into Western linguistics for eons.  Daksiputra Panini thrived around the 5th or 4th century BCE, but was likely one of the reasons that Sanskrit continued to be used as a language of scholarship and learning even as it died out of usage as the day to day language of the common people.  His works and legacy would have been invaluable to translators like Xuanzang in understanding and translating from Sanskrit. Xuanzang continued on his journey to Kashmira, situated in the Kashmir Valley.  This valley sits between the modern states of Pakistan and India, and its ownership is actively disputed by each.  It is the namesake of the famous cashmere wool—wool from the winter coats of a type of goat that was bred in the mountainous regions.  The winter coat would be made of soft, downy fibers and would naturally fall out in the spring, which the goatherds harvested and made into an extremely fine wool.  In the 7th century and earlier, however, the region was known not as much for its wool, but as a center for Hindu and Buddhist studies.  Xuanzang ended up spending two years in Kashmira studying with teachers there.  Eventually, though, he continued on, passing through the country of Rajpura, and continuing on to Takka and the city of Sakala—modern day Sialkot in the Punjab region of modern Pakistan.  Leaving Sakala, he was traveling with a group when suddenly disaster struck and they were accosted by a group of bandits.  They took the clothes and money of Xuanzang and those with him and then they drove the group into a dry pond in an attempt to corral them while they figured out what they would do—presumably meaning kill them all.  Fortunately for the group, there was a water drain at the southern edge of the pond large enough for one man to pass through.  Xuanzang and one other went through the gap and they were able to escape to a nearby village.  Once they got there, they told the people what had happened, and the villagers quickly gathered weapons and ran out to confront the brigands, who saw a large group coming and ran away.  Thus they were able to rescue the rest of Xuanzang's traveling companions.  Xuanzang's companions were devastated, having lost all of their possessions.  However, Xuanzang comforted them.  After all, they still had their lives.  By this time, Xuanzang had certainly seen his fair share of life and death problems along the road.  They continued on, still in the country of Takka, to the next great city.  There they met a Brahman, and once they told him what had happened, he started marshalling the forces of the city on their behalf.  During Xuanzang's stay in Kashmira, he had built a reputation, and people knew of the quote-unquote “Chinese monk”.  And even though the people in this region were not necessarily Buddhist—many were “heretics” likely referring to those of Hindu faith—the people responded to this pre-Internet “GoFundMe” request with incredible generosity.  They brought Xuanzang food and cloth to make into suits of clothes.  Xuanzang distributed this to his travel companions, and ended up still having enough cloth for 50 suits of clothes himself.  He then stayed at that city a month. It is odd that they don't seem to mention the name of this location.  Perhaps there is something unspeakable about it?  Still, it seems that they were quite generous, even if they were “heretics” according to Xuanzang. From the country of Takka, he next proceeded to the kingdom of Cinabhukti, where he spent 14 months—just over a year—studying with the monks there.  Once he had learned what he could, he proceeded onwards, passing through several countries in northern India until he came to the headwaters of the sacred Ganges rivers.  The Indus and the Ganges rivers are in many ways similar to the Yellow River and Yangzi, at least in regards to their importance to the people of India.  However, whereas the Yellow River and Yangzi both flow east towards the Pacific Ocean, the Indus and Ganges flow in opposite directions.  The Indus flows southwest, from the Himalayas down through modern India into modern Pakistan, emptying into the western Indian Ocean.  The Ganges flows east along the base of the Himalayas and enters the eastern Indian Ocean at Kolkatta.   At the headwaters of the Ganges, Xuanzang found a Buddhist monk named Jayagupta and chose to spend the winter and half of the following spring listening to his sermons and learning at his feet. From there he continued his travels, and ended up being summoned by King Harshavardhana of Kanyakubja, known today as the modern city of Kannauj.  Harshavardhana ruled an immense state that covered much of the territory around the sacred Ganges river.  As word of this strange monk from a far off land reached him, the King wanted to see him for himself.  Xuanzang stayed in Kannauj for three months, completing his studies of the Vibhasha Shastra, aka the Abhidarmma Mahavibhasha Shastra, known in Japanese as the Abidatsuma Daibibasharon, or just as the Daibibasharon or the Basharon, with the latter two terms referring to the translations that Xuanzang performed.   This work is not a sutra, per se, but rather an encyclopedic work that attempted to speak on all of the various doctrinal issues of its day.  It is thought to have been authored around 150 CE, and was influential in the Buddhist teachings of Kashmira, when that was a center of Orthodoxy at the time.  This is what Xuanzang had started studying, and it seems that in Kannauj he was finally able to grasp everything he felt he needed to know about it in order to effectively translate it and teach it when he returned.  That said, his quest was not over.  And after his time in Kannauj, he decided to continue on. His next stop was at the city of Ayodhya.  This was—and is—a city of particular importance in Hindu traditions.  It is said to be the city mentioned in the epic tale known as the Ramayana, though many argue that it was simply named that later in honor of that ancient city.  It does appear to be a city that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, visited and where he preached.  It was also the home of a famous monk from Gandhara who authored a number of Buddhist tomes and was considered, at least by Xuanzang, a proper Boddhisatva.  And so Xuanzang spent some time paying homage to the places where the Buddha and other holy figures had once walked. “Ayodhya” appears in many forms across Asia.  It is a major pilgrimage center, and the city of “Ayutthaya” in Thailand was named for it, evoking the Ramayana—known in Thai as the Ramakien—which they would adopt as their own national story.  In Silla, there is a story that queen Boju, aka Heo Hwang-ok, wife to the 2nd century King Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, traveled to the peninsula all the way from the foreign country of “Ayuta”, thought to mean Ayodhya.  Her story was written down in the Gaya histories and survives as a fragment found in the Samguk Yusa.  Members of the Gimhae Kim, Gimhae Heo, and Incheon Yi clans all trace their lineage back to her and King Suro. From Ayodhya, Xuanzang took a trip down the Ganges river.  The boat was packed to bursting with some 80 other travelers, and as they traveled towards a particularly heavily forested area, they were set upon by bandits, who rowed their ships out from hiding in the trees and forced the travelers to the shore.  There the bandits made all the travelers strip down and take off their clothing so that the bandits could search for gold or valuables.  According to Xuanzang's biography, these bandits were followers of Durga, a Hindu warrior-goddess, and it is said that each year they would look for someone of particularly handsome features to sacrifice to her.  With Xuanzang's foreign features, they chose him.  And so they took him to be killed.  Xuanzang mentioned that he was on a pilgrimage, and that by interrupting him before they finished he was worried it might be inauspicious for them, but he didn't put up a fight and merely asked to be given time to meditate and calm his mind and that they perform the execution quickly so that he wouldn't even notice. From there, according to the story, a series of miracles occurred that ended up with Xuanzang being released and the bandits worshipping at his feet.  It is times like this we must remember that this biography was being written by Xuanzang's students based on stories he told them about his travels.  While being accosted by bandits on the river strikes me as perfectly plausible, we don't necessarily have the most reliable narrators, so I'm going to have to wonder about the rest.  Speaking of unreliable narration, the exact route that Xuanzang traveled from here on is unclear to me, based on his stated goals and where he was going.  It is possible that he was wandering as opportunities presented themselves —I don't know that he had any kind of map or GPS, like we've said in the past.  And it may be that the routes from one place to another were not always straightforward.  Regardless, he seems to wander southeast for a period before turning again to the north and eventually reaching the city of Shravasti. Shravasti appeared in our discussion of the men of Tukhara in Episode 119.  With the men of Tukhara there was also mentioned a woman from Shravasti.  While it is unlikely that was actually the case—the names were probably about individuals from the Ryukyuan island chain rather than from India—it is probably worth nothing that Shravasti was a thriving place in ancient times.  It was at one time the capital city of the kingdom of Kosala, sharing that distinction with the city of Ayodhya, back in the 7th to 5th centuries BCE.  It is also where the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, was said to have spend many years of his life.  This latter fact would have no doubt made it a place of particular importance to Xuanzang on his journeys. From there he traveled east, ending up following the foothills of the Himalayas, and finally came to some of the most central pilgrimages sites for followers of the historical Buddha.  First, he reached Lumbini wood, in modern Nepal, said to have been the birthplace of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.  And then he visited Kushinagara, the site where the Buddha ascended to nirvana—in other words, the place where he passed away.  From there, he traveled to Varanasi, and the deer park monastery, at the place where the Buddha is said to have given one of his most famous sermons.  He even visited the Bodhi tree, the tree under which Siddhartha Gautama is said to have attained enlightenment.  He spent eight or nine days there at Bodhgaya, and word must have spread about his arrival, because several monks from the eminent Nalanda Monastery called upon him and asked him to come to the monastery with them. Nalanda Monastery was about 80 km from Bodhgaya.  This was a grand monastery and center of learning—some say that it was, for a time, the greatest in the world.  It had been founded in the 5th century by the Gupta dynasty, and many of the Gupta rulers and others donated to support the monastery, which also acted as a university.  After the fall of the Gupta dynasty, the monastery was supported by King Harsha of Kannauj, whom Xuanzang had visited earlier.  It ultimately thrived for some 750 years, and is considered by some to be the oldest residential university—meaning that students would come to the temple complex and stay in residence for years at a time to study.  According to Xuanzang, Nalanda hosted some 10,000 monks. Including hosts and guests.  They didn't only study Buddhist teachings, but also logic, grammar, medicine, and divination.  Lectures were given at more than 100 separate places—or classrooms—every day.  It was at Nalanda, that Xuanzang would meet the teacher Silabhadra, who was known as the Right Dharma Store.  Xuanzang requested that he be allowed to study the Yogacharabhumi Shastra—the Yugashijiron, in Japanese.  This is the work that Xuanzang is said to have been most interested in, and one of the works that he is credited with bringing back in one of the first full translations to the Tang dynasty and then to others in East Asia.  It is an encyclopedic work dedicated to the various forms of Yogacara practice, which focuses on the mental disciplines, and includes yoga and meditation practices.  It has a huge influence on nearly all Mahayana schools, including things like the famous Zen and Pure Land schools of Buddhism.  The Yogacharabhumi Shastra is the earliest such encyclopedic work, compiled between the 3rd and 5th centuries—so even if the monk Faxian had brought portions of it back, it was probably not in the final form that Xuanzang was able to access. Silabhadra, for his part, was an ancient teacher—some put his age at 106 years, and his son was in his 70s.  He was one of the few at Nalandra who supposedly knew all of the various texts that they had at the monastery, including the Yogacarabhumi Shastra.  Xuanzang seems to have been quite pleased to study under him.  Xuanzang stayed at the house of Silabhadra's son, Buddhabhadra, and they welcomed him with entertainment that lasted seven days.  We are told that he was then given his own lodgings, a stipend of spices, incense, rice, oil, butter, and milk, along with a servant and a Brahman.  As a visiting monk, he was not responsible for the normal monastic duties, instead being expected to spend the time in study.  Going out, he was carried around by an elephant.   This was certainly the royal treatment. Xuanzang's life at Nalandra wasn't all books: south of the monastery was the city of Rajagrha, the old capital of the kingdom of Magadha, where the ancient Gupta kings had once lived, and on occasional breaks from his studies, Xuanzang would venture out to see the various holy sites.  This included the famous Mt. Grdhrakuta, or Vulture Peak, a location said to be favored by the historical Buddha and central to the Lotus Sutra, arguably the founding document of Mahayana Buddhist tradition. After all, “Mahayana” means “Greater Vehicle” and it is in the Lotus Sutra that we see the metaphor of using different vehicles to escape a burning house.   We've already talked a bit about how the image of Vulture Peak had already become important in Japanese Buddhism: In Episode 112 we talked about how in 648, Abe no Oho-omi had drums piled up at Shitennoji in the shape of Vulture Peak. But although the sightseeing definitely enhanced his experience, Xuanzang was first and foremost there to study.  He spent 15 months just listening to his teacher expound on the Yogacarabhumi Shastra, but he also heard expositions on various other teachings as well.  He ended up studying at Nalandra Monastery for 5 years, gaining a much better understanding of Sanskrit and the various texts, which would be critically important when it came to translating them, later. But, Xuanzang was not one to stay in any one place forever, and so after 5 years—some 8 years or more into his journey, he continued on, following the Ganges east, to modern Bangladesh.  Here he heard about various other lands, such as Dvarapati—possibly referring to Dvaravati, in modern Thailand, as well as Kamalanka and Isanapura.  The latter was in modern Cambodia, the capital of the ancient Chenla kingdom.  Then Mahacampa—possibly referring to the Champa region of Vietnam—and the country of Yamanadvipa.  But there was still more of India for Xuanzang to discover, and more teachings to uncover, and so Xuanzang decided instead to head southwest, following the coast.  He heard of the country of Sinhala, referring to the island of Sri Lanka, but he was urged not to go by ship, as the long journey was perilous.  Instead he could stay on relatively dry land and head down to the southern tip of the subcontinent and then make a quick hop from there across to the island.  He traveled a long distance, all the way down to Kancipuram, the seat of the Pallava dynasty, near modern day Chennai.  From the seaport near Kancipuram, it was only three days to Sinhala—that is to say Sri Lanka—but before he could set out, he met a group of monks who had just arrived.  They told him that the king of Sinhala had died , and there was a great famine and civil disturbances.  So they had fled with some 300 other monks. Xuanzang eventually decided not to make the journey, but he did talk with the monks and gathered information on the lands to the south, on Sri Lanka, and on the islands south of that, by which I suspect he may have meant the Maldives.  While Sri Lanka is an area important to Buddhist scholarship, particularly to the Theravada schools, this likely did not impress Xuanzang, and indeed he seemed to feel that his studies in Nalanda had more than provided him what he needed.  Sri Lanka, however, is the source of the Pali canon, one of the most complete early canons of Buddhism, which had a huge influence on Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. So Xuanzang took plenty of notes but decided to forego the ocean voyage and headed northwest, instead.  He traveled across the breadth of India to Gujarat, and then turned back east, returning to pay respects once more to his teacher in Nalanda.  While there he heard of another virtuous monk named Prajnabhadra at a nearby monastery.  And so he went to spend several months with him, as well.  He also studied with a layman, Sastrin Jayasena, at Stickwood Hill.  Jayasena was a ksatriya, or nobleman, by birth, and studied both Buddhist and non-Buddhist texts.  He was courted by kings, but had left to continue his studies.  Xuanzang studied with him for another couple of years. Xuanzang remained at Nalanda, learning and teaching, expounding on what he had learned and gathering many copies of the various documents that he wished to take back with him, though he wondered how he might do it.  In the meantime, he also acquired quite the reputation.  We are told that King Siladitya had asked Nalanda for monks who could refute Theravada teachings, and Xuanzang agreed to go.  It isn't clear, but it seems that “Siladitya” was a title, and likely referred to King Harsha of Kannauj, whom we mentioned earlier.  Since he was a foreigner, then there could be no trouble that was brought on Nalanda and the other monks if he did poorly.  While he was waiting to hear back from Siladitya's court, which was apparently taking time to arrange things, the king of Kamarupta reached out to Nalanda with a request that Xuanzang come visit them.  While Xuanzang was reluctant to be gone too long, he was eventually encouraged to go and assuage the king. Kamarupta was a kingdom around the modern Assam region, ruled by King Bhaskaravarman, also known as King Kumara, a royal title.  This kingdom included parts of Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal.  Bhaskaravarman, like so many other regents, seems to have been intrigued by the presence of this foreign monk, who had traveled all this way and who had studied at the famous Nalanda Monastery in Magadha. He invited Xuanzang to come to him.  Xuanzang's teacher, Silabhadra, had exhorted him to spread the right Dharma, and to even go to those non-Buddhists in hopes that they might be converted, or at least partially swayed. King Bhaskaravarman was quite taken with Xuanzang, wining and dining him while listening to him preach.  While there, Xuanzang learned about the country of Kamarupta.  He also learned about a path north, by which it was said it was a two month journey to arrive at the land of Shu, in the Sichuan Basin, on the upper reaches of the Yangzi – a kind of shortcut back to the Tang court.  However, the journey was treacherous—possibly even more treacherous than the journey to India had been. Eventually word reached the ears of King Siladitya that Xuanzang was at the court of King Bhaskaravarman, and Siladitya got quite upset.  Xuanzang had not yet come to *his* court, so Siladitya demanded that Bhaskaravarman send the monk to him immediately.  Bhaskaravarman refused, saying he'd rather give Siladitya his own head, which Siladitya said he would gladly accept.  Bhaskaravarman realized he may have miscalculated, and so he sailed up the Ganges with a host of men and Xuanzang to meet with Siladitya.  After a bit of posturing, Siladitya met with Xuanzang, who went with him, and eventually confronted the members of the Theravada sect in debate.  Apparently it almost got ugly, but for the King's intervention.  After a particularly devastating critique of the Theravada position, the Theravada monks are blamed for trying to use violence against Xuanzang and his fellow Mahayana monks from Nalanda, who were prepared to defend themselves.  The King had to step in and break it up before it went too far. Ultimately, Xuanzang was a celebrity at this point and both kings seem to have supported him, especially as he was realizing it was about time to head back to his own country.  Both kings was offered ships, should Xuanzang wish to sail south and then up the coast.  However, Xuanzang elected to take the northern route, hoping to go back through Gaochang, and see that city and its ruler again.  And so the Kings gave him money and valuables , along with wagons for all of the texts.  They also sent an army to protect all of the treasures, and even an elephant and more – sending him back in style with a huge send-off. So Xuanzang retraced his earlier steps, this time on an elephant.  He traveled back to Taxila, to Kashmir, and beyond.  He was invited to stay in Kashmira, but because of his retinue, he wasn't quite at leisure to just go where he wanted.  At one point, near Kapisa—modern Bagram, north of Kabul—they had to cross a river, and about 50 of the almost 700 documents were lost.  The King of Kapisa heard of this and had his own monks make copies to replace them based on their own schools.  The King of Kasmira, hearing that he was in Kapisa, also came to pay his respects. Xuanzang traveled with the King of Kapisa northwest for over a month and reached Lampaka, where he did take some time to visit the various holy sites before continuing northwest.  They had to cross the Snow Mountains—the outskirts of the Himalayas, and even though it wasn't the highest part of the range it was still challenging.  He had to dismount his elephant and travel on foot.  Finally, after going over the high mountains and coming down, he arrived back in the region of Tukhara, in the country of Khowst.  He then came to Kunduz, and paid his respects to the grandson of Yehu Khan.  He was given more guards to escort him eastward, traveling with some merchants.  This was back in Gokturk controlled lands, over a decade later than when he had last visited.  He continued east to Badakshan, stopping there for a month because of the cold weather and snow.  He eventually traveled through the regions of Tukhara and over the Pamir range.  He came down on the side of the Tarim Basin, and noted how the rivers on one side flowed west, while on the other side they flowed east.  The goings were treacherous, and at one point they were beset by bandits.  Though he and the documents were safe, his elephant panicked and fled into the river and drowned.  He eventually ended up in the country of Kashgar, in modern Xinjiang province, at the western edge of the Taklamakan desert. From there he had two options.  He could go north and hug the southern edge of the Tianshan mountains, or he could stay to the south, along the northern edge of the Himalayan range and the Tibetan plateau.  He chose to go south.  He traveled through Khotan, a land of wool and carpets.  This was a major trade kingdom, and they also grew mulberry trees for silkworms, and were known for their jade.  The king himself heard of Xuanzang and welcomed him, as many others had done.  While he was staying at the Khotanese capital, Xuanzang penned a letter to the Tang court, letting them know of his journey, and that he was returning.  He sent it with some merchants and a man of Gaochang to deliver it to the court. Remember, Xuanzang had left the Tang empire illegally.  Unless he wanted to sneak back in his best hope was that the court was willing to forgive and forget all of that, given everything that he was bringing back with him.  The wait was no doubt agonizing, but he did get a letter back.  It assured him that he was welcome back, and that all of the kingdoms from Khotan back to the governor of Dunhuang had been made aware and were ready to receive him. With such assurances, Xuanzang packed up and headed out.  The king of Khotan granted him more gifts to help see him on his way.  Nonetheless, there was still a perilous journey ahead.  Even knowing the way, the road went through miles and miles of desert, such that in some places you could only tell the trail by the bleached bones of horses and travelers who had not been so fortunate.  Eventually, however, Xuanzang made it to the Jumo River and then on to Dunhuang, from whence he was eventually escorted back to the capital city. It was now the year 645, the year of the Isshi Incident in Yamato and the death of Soga.  Xuanzang had been gone for approximately 16 years.  In that time, the Tang had defeated the Gokturks and taken Gaochang, expanding their control over the trade routes in the desert.  Xuanzang, for his part, was bringing back 657 scriptures, bound in 520 bundles carried by a train of some 20 horses.  He was given a hero's welcome, and eventually he would be set up in a monastery where he could begin the next part of his journey:  Translating all of these books. This was the work of a lifetime, but it is one that would have a profound impact on Buddhism across East Asia.  Xuanzang's translations would revolutionize the understanding of Mahayana Buddhist teachings, and students would come from as far away as the Yamato court to study under him and learn from the teacher who studied and taught at none other than Nalanda monastery itself.  His school would become popular in the Yamato capital, and the main school of several temples, at least for a time.  In addition, his accounts and his biography would introduce many people to the wider world of central and south Asia.  While I could go on, this has already been a story in three parts, and this is, after all, the Chronicles of Japan, so we should probably tune back into what is going on with Yamato.  Next episode, we'll look at one of the most detailed accounts we have of a mission to Chang'an. Until then, I hope that this has been enjoyable.  Xuanzang's story is one of those that isn't just about him, but about the interconnected nature of the entire world at the time.  While his journey is quite epic, there were many people traveling the roads, though most of them didn't write about it afterwards.  People, artifacts, and ideas traveled much greater distances than we often consider at this time, well before any kind of modern travel.  It was dangerous, but often lucrative, and it meant that various regions could have influence well beyond what one might expect. And so, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan

Shehzad Malik aka Theshehzadshow is a content creator and an indie filmmaker.Shehzad Malik comes on for a mad fun episode of The Pakistan Experience where we discuss Ducky Bhai vs Shaam Idrees, the Youtube community, Daily Vlogging, Gen Z, Story telling, Instagram vs Youtube, Shehzad Roy, Sindh's Got Latent, Ghazals and more.The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/joinChapters0:00 Introduction2:30 Ducky Bhai vs Shaam Idrees7:19 Youtube community14:17 Daily Vlogging and Structure of the Vlog17:00 Gen Z and Mental Health22:10 Personal Story Telling and Consistent24:14 Instagram vs Youtube35:00 Quality of Content39:00 Do what you want46:30 Gary Vee and Motivational Speakers51:59 Shehzad Roy55:00 Gatekeeping and Pretentiousness in Art1:03:00 What made Shehzad start Vlogging1:08:30 Kids on TV and the Internet is a dark place1:18:30 Being vulnerable online1:22:24 Seeing everything as content1:30:00 Daily Vlogging1:36:30 Branding and Marketing1:40:52 Society cannot say anything to me1:45:20 Favourite Ghazal1:48:44 Heartbreak Talk and Relationships1:57:36 Ranjish hee sahee and Bollywood songs2:07:30 Audience Questions

Pakistan, one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, is also the sixth country with the highest number of teenage marriages in the world. A trend that has continued to worsen in recent years, partly due to climate change. In the southern province of Sindh, which is hit every summer by violent monsoon rains and record temperatures, young girls are often married off by their parents following climate disasters for financial gains. Among the surviving families of villages destroyed in the severe floods of 2022 that plunged a third of the country under water, child marriages have surged. Report by Shahzaib Wahlah and Sonia Ghezali, with the collaboration of Aftab Memon.

In today's episode we discuss the Opposition conference in Islamabad, Maulana Abdul Aziz threatening the state, the blast in Dar-ul-uloom Haqqaniya, Protests in Sindh, Full page ads by Maryam Nawaz, Donald Trump vs Zelensky, Russia's strategy for Ukraine and Pakistan's performance in the Champions Trophy.Uzair Younus and Shehzad Ghias do the round up of this week's news in our new show 'This Week in Pakistan. Chapters:0:00 Islamabad kee hawayain3:15 Opposition Conference8:30 Global Threats10:30 Maulana Abdul Aziz threatens the State14:00 Blast on Dar-ul-uloom Haqqaniya18:00 Protests in Sindh22:32 COAS Lectures Students25:00 Full page ads by Maryam Nawaz28:30 Trump vs Zelensky42:00 Pakistan's performance in the Champions Trophy43:50 Babar Azam debateThe Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Alya Bakshal is the Womens Secretary at Awaami Workers Party and the Federal President of the Women's Democratic Front, we got a chance to talk to her on the sidelines of the AWP protest against the plan to build canals on the Indus River.Chapters:0:00 Introduction and Water Issues2:30 Issues of Farmers4:50 Why vote for PPP then7:00 Politics9:00 Resistance in Sindh13:00 We all need to Unite15:30 Awaam kee awaazThe Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Today on TPE we go to Hyderabad and Wan ki Wasi to find out why is Sindh protesting against the canals on the Indus River.The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

We hear from businesses in California, Fiji and the UK that have been hit hard by natural disasters like floods, wildfires and extreme storms - followed by rising insurance premiums - or companies refusing to insure them at all. An alternative type of cover, parametric insurance, is being offered as a way of giving people some cover. But does it work for everyone? If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: businessdaily@bbc.co.ukPresented and produced by Lexy O'Connor(Image: A view of flash flood in Daddu district southern Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 07, 2022. Credit: Farhan Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

In Episode 2 of Sindh ka Shehzad, we go to Hyderabad to explore what it means to belong.The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Why Pakistan Can't Survive Much Longer? | Balochistan, Sindh Break Away? | AadiAchint, Col AjayRaina

This podcast episode is on Kot Diji Fort, an 18th century fort in Sindh province, Pakistan. It is built upon an ancient Harappan site.

(0:00) Intro(1:31) Mufti sb ke bayanat mein ye Ayat aur Hadith zyada kyun?(2:13) Anbia VS Ulama(3:12) Bayan se khateeb aur listeners ka faida(5:57) Molana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (RA) ka qoul(6:38) Mtm's temperament on someone's bad handwriting(7:27) Baba parast kehne walon ko jawab(8:46) Label ka dhoka: Sabse bara fitna(9:00) Women NGOs vs women rights in Islam(12:09) Mard: Ghar ka sarbarah(14:21) Result of individual life in the West(16:35) Divorce suggestions by psychologists?(17:22) Europe ki taraqqi se mutasir log(18:43) Mufti sb ke Google head office jany par comments(19:46) Kya Islam khawateen par zulm karta hai?(24:49) Aurat ki aazadi: Mardon ki ayyashi(30:56) Jamiatur Rasheed par darbari mulla ka label(32:46) Allah walon ki mohabbat + bayan topic change hone ki wajah?(34:20) Mufti Rasheed Ahmed sb DM ka khwab aur Saudia mein Allah ki mohabbat mein shayari ka waqia(36:00) Logon ko baba less hone ka mashwara dene walon ko jawab(40:57) Buzurgi concept par Mufti sb se sawal(42:45) Molana Abdil Ghani Phoolpuri RA ka waqia(43:01) Agar Allah ki mohabbat mein zehan kaam na kare to?(44:27) Imam Malik ki Nabi ﷺ se mohabbat(46:15) Sindh ka Islam se rishta?(46:31) Mufti Rasheed Ahmed Sahab DM ki Sindh se raghbat(46:57) Sindh mein firqa parasti khatam karne wale?(47:41) Sindhi aqeedat: Waqia(49:08) Sindh ko tabah karne wale?(50:04) Molana Ashraf Ali Thanvi RA ka qoul (Aise mauqe par chup na raho jab…)(50:49) Doosron ko takleef dene ka aisa tareeqa? (Bathroom mein takleef)(51:35) Doctor's handwriting + medical store mein takleef(53:57) Danton ke khalal mein takleef(54:16) Kanon ki meil mein takleef(54:55) Ghalat jagah parking mein takleef(55:10) Masjid Al Falahia Anda Morr North Karachi: Solar plates, AC, charity(59:15) Ghalat parking mein takleef(1:00:11) Biwi/shohar ke taaluqat mein takleef(1:02:41) Mtm's temperament on someone's writing(1:03:48) Mufti Sahab ke malik makan ki audio, Mufti sb ke bare mein?(1:09:25) Dua(1:13:51) Nashta badshahon jaisa kab khaain?(1:19:48) Nabi ﷺ ki diet kaisi thi?(1:20:58) Injeer aur zaitoon ke faide(1:21:58) Oont/dumba charbi: Allah ka tohfa(1:26:51) Benefits of olive oil(1:27:36) Benefits of organic milk(1:35:41) Mufti Sahab ka hassas gala aur meda(1:36:24) New manjan: Coffee mein coconut oil mila kar peena(1:39:17) Achhi sehat ki zamin: (Best anaj, anar, khajoor, honey, desi anday, exercise)(1:43:27) Maut ki zamin: Meetha, cigarette, gutka(1:44:36) Hijama karna kaisa hai?(1:47:00) Universities mein raising atheism mein ulama ka kirdar?(1:53:18) Char shadi ki motivation in women?(1:55:34) Baghair topi ke namaz?(1:55:46) Seerat-un-Nabi ﷺ ko Montessori - PhD syllabus mein shamil karne ka mashwara! Msg to govt by Mufti sb(1:59:21) Mtm's invitation for Skardu University(2:00:01) Mtm's message to admin (Q&A background pic + wrong Urdu on thumbnails)(2:01:15) Gender selection by IVF?(2:01:43) Rukhsati se pehle talaq ki iddat? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PTI's Final Call Failed - Protesters Shot at in Islamabad - PTI vs The Establishment - What happend? #TPE Daily The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 Why I am making this video 3:00 PTI Youthtubers create an alternate reality 9:50 PTI's Strategy and The State's strategy 15:10 PTI's history 22:09 Truth of Youtubers 24:25 How Revolutions happen 27:00 PTI's Protests, Parachinar and PTI in KP 32:17 PTI creating Chaos 37:03 PTI supporters only care about Khan 39:00 Poor people die on both sides 49:00 PTI doesn't support Baloch and Sindh causes 52:00 How change will come in Pakistan 54:00 Conclusion

Shehzadi Rai is a Trans activist and the head of Sindh Moorat March. Shehzadi Rai comes on for an explosive episode of The Pakistan Experience where we discuss Trans Rights, Hatred against Trans people, Maria B, Mishi Khan, Youtube, Shaktiman, demands of the Sindh Moorat March, Imane Khelif and more. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:15 Prison Reforms after Podcast 4:25 Are things improving for the Trans community? 6:30 Western Trans movement vs Pakistani Khwaja Sira community 12:20 Sex Work and Stereotyping 19:00 Shehzadi Rai visiting a Mosque 21:00 Recent hate and violence against the Trans Community 26:20 Maria B's hate campaign, Mishi Khan and Ahmad Ali Butt 40:00 Trans Community in Sindh, Tradition and Culture 44:00 Sindh Moorat March is in Hyderabad this year 50:41 Demands of the Sindh Moorat March 1:03:00 Gender surgeries on children 1:06:00 Audience Questions 1:08:30 Difference of opinion in the Trans Community 1:17:50 Assault and abuse in the Trans Community 1:26:00 Audience Questions 1:29:30 Imane Khalif and Trans in Sports The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Jami Chandio comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the History and Philosophy of Sindh. On this deep dive podcast we discuss the Sindh Rawadari March, Sindh's stand against religious extremism, the historic injustices against Sindh, the separation of Karachi from Sindh, the Sindhi Language, the creation of Pakistan, partition, One-unit movement, Federalism, the 18th Amendment and more. Mr. Jami Chandio is an author, literary critic, scholar and public intellectual having more than 20 published books on his literary and academic account. He delivers lectures and conducts academic trainings in Universities and public spaces across the country and abroad on political philosophy/theories, democratic federalism, federal history of British India and Pakistan, Tasawwuf, political Islam and pure literature. He has been delivering lectures and trainings to Parliamentarians, politcal cadres, civil servants and academia in Pakistan since 2004. He serves as a resource person with many national educational institutions, international think tanks based in Pakistan and South Asia. As a visiting scholar he delivers lectures on federalism at National Institute of Management (NIM) to the batches of senior civil servants from across the country. He was awarded 5-month academic democracy fellowship in Washigton DC in 2008-9. He represented south Asian and did research fellowship in European Parliament in 2004 on European federalism. He has been conducting research and writing critical studies on curriculum reforms and text books in Pakistan. In 2022 he conducted review and critical analysis of curriculum and textbooks as an independent consultant by UNESCO Pakistan on “ Integrating Culture and Heritage in Curriculum and Textbooks in Sindh, Pakistan”, which was widely appreciated and acknowledged by the UNESCO and Government institutions as well as civil society and academia. He has worked with higher educational institutions on educational reforms, policy frameworks and setting strategic outlines as an academic scholar and expert. His books and research papers are included in curriculum in higher education in many Universities in Pakistan federalism and literary criticism. He is a widely travelled scholar, author and researcher. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Sindh Rawadari March 6:50 Religious Organizations were against the creation of Pakistan 10:00 Federalism and the Creation of Pakistan 15:15 Was Pakistan created as an Islamic Country? 20:00 Was Pakistan created through the Assemblies? 25:00 Constitution, Federation and Religious Parties 35:27 PMLN and PPP 40:00 Separating Karachi from Sindh 50:00 Imposition of Identity and the Urdu Language 1:01:00 Languages are dying in Pakistan 1:04:56 Interfaith Harmony and the Sindhi Language 1:12:40 Culture and Demography of Karachi 1:23:00 Sindh vs One Unit 1:32:30 NFC Award 1:35:00 Audience Questions And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Our first vlog and the first episode of our new series, "Sindh ka Shehzad" looks at how Hindus celebrate Diwali in Mithi, Sindh. A story of coexistence, love and harmony - the story of Sindh. Hindus living in Pakistan - Celebrating Diwali in Mithi, Sindh- Sindh ka Shehzad 001 #TPE Created by: Shehzad Ghias Shaikh Taha Tunio The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Nov 18,2024 Monday : Evening : Sandhya Satsang - Evening Sindh Ke Parumal Aise Bane Parushah

(0:00) Intro(0:55) Qur'ani Ayat, Hadith, Dua(2:03) Tauhid: Har Peghambar ka Dawah(3:55) Mufti Sahab par aitraaz ka jawab(6:18) Hazrat Ayesha (رضي الله عنها) ko Nabi ﷺ ka jawab(8:32) Molvi aur mehkhana?(9:30) Mix gathering mein bayan?(10:19) Mufti Sahab ne mandir mein kya khaya + MTM's message to India

In Pakistan, polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign. Violence targeting health workers has also hurt years of efforts toward making the country polio-free. 在巴基斯坦，在新的疫苗接种活动之前，脊髓灰质炎病例正在上升。针对卫生工作者的暴力行为也损害了该国多年来为消除脊髓灰质炎所做的努力。 The World Health Organization says polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus. The disease largely affects children under age five. The virus is transmitted from person to person and spread mainly through contact. It invades the nervous system and causes a person to be unable to move arms, legs or muscles, a condition called paralysis. Among those paralyzed, up to 10 percent die when their breathing muscles become immobilized. 世界卫生组织表示，脊髓灰质炎是一种由病毒引起的高度传染性疾病。这种疾病主要影响五岁以下的儿童。该病毒在人与人之间传播，主要通过接触传播。它侵入神经系统，导致人无法移动手臂、腿或肌肉，这种情况称为瘫痪。在瘫痪者中，高达 10% 的人因呼吸肌肉无法活动而死亡。 Since January, health officials have confirmed 39 new polio cases in Pakistan, compared to only six last year, said Anwarul Haq. He is with the National Emergency Operation Center for Polio Eradication. Eradication means getting rid of something completely. 安瓦尔·哈克 (Anwarul Haq) 表示，自 1 月份以来，卫生官员已确认巴基斯坦新增 39 例脊髓灰质炎病例，而去年仅为 6 例。他在国家根除脊髓灰质炎紧急行动中心工作。根除意味着彻底消除某物。The new nationwide campaign starts on October 28. The campaign aims to vaccinate at least 32 million children. 新的全国性运动将于 10 月 28 日开始。该运动旨在为至少 3200 万儿童接种疫苗。 “The whole purpose of these campaigns is to achieve the target of making Pakistan a polio-free state,” Haq said. 哈克说：“这些活动的全部目的是实现让巴基斯坦成为无脊髓灰质炎国家的目标。” Pakistan regularly launches campaigns against polio despite attacks on the workers and police assigned to protect them. 尽管负责保护他们的工人和警察遭到袭击，巴基斯坦仍定期开展针对脊髓灰质炎的运动。 Militants falsely claim that the vaccination campaigns are a Western attempt to sterilize children. To sterilize means to make someone unable to produce children. 武装分子错误地声称疫苗接种运动是西方对儿童进行绝育的尝试。绝育意味着使某人无法生育孩子。 Most of the new polio cases were reported in the southwestern Balochistan and southern Sindh provinces. The next two areas with the most cases are Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and eastern Punjab. 大多数新增脊髓灰质炎病例发生在俾路支省西南部和信德省南部。接下来的两个病例最多的地区是开伯尔-普赫图赫瓦省和旁遮普省东部。 The locations worry officials since previous cases were from the northwest areas bordering Afghanistan. In September, this is where the Taliban government suddenly stopped a house-to-house vaccination campaign. 这些地点令官员们感到担忧，因为之前的病例都来自与阿富汗接壤的西北地区。9月，塔利班政府在这里突然停止了挨家挨户的疫苗接种活动。Afghanistan and Pakistan are the two countries in which the spread of the possibly deadly, paralyzing disease has never been eradicated. Officials in Pakistan have said that the Taliban's decision will have major effects beyond the Afghan border. People from both sides frequently travel to each other's country. 阿富汗和巴基斯坦是可能致命的瘫痪疾病的传播从未被根除的两个国家。巴基斯坦官员表示，塔利班的决定将对阿富汗边境以外地区产生重大影响。双方人员经常往对方国家旅游。 The WHO has confirmed 18 polio cases in Afghanistan this year. All but two of these cases were in the south of the country. That number is up from six cases in 2023. 世界卫生组织今年已确认阿富汗有 18 例脊髓灰质炎病例。除两例外，所有这些病例都发生在该国南部。这一数字比 2023 年的 6 起有所增加。 In June, Afghanistan started a house-to-house vaccination campaign for the first time in five years. The campaign has helped to reach the majority of children targeted, officials at the WHO said. 6月，阿富汗五年来首次开展挨家挨户的疫苗接种活动。世界卫生组织官员表示，这项运动帮助覆盖了大多数目标儿童。Health officials in Pakistan say they want both sides to hold anti-polio campaigns at the same time. 巴基斯坦卫生官员表示，他们希望双方同时开展反脊髓灰质炎运动。

Saif Samejo is a musician and founder, lead vocalist and songwriter of the Pakistani Sufi folk band The Sketches. Saif Samejo comes on The Pakistan Experience for a detailed discussion on Sindhu Culture, Rawadari, Sufism, Music, Sindhi Poetry, Religious Extremism, the Rawadari March and Folk Stories of Pakistan. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 Trailer 2:50 Introduction and Namaste 4:42 Sindh Rawadari March 12:53 Sindh vs Religious Extremism 19:24 Actions of Sindh Police 21:40 PPP, TLP and Religious Extremism 28:56 Sindh kee Saqafat and Sindhu Culture 33:30 Daarya-e-Sindh and Water management 45:22 Sindh ka Sufi Khayal 52:54 Bulleh Shah ka Punjab 56:14 Zia ul Haq tried to suppress local languages 1:02:00 Indigenous Cultures and Languages 1:05:30 Shehzad's severed connection with Sindh 1:13:00 Language Politics in Pakistan 1:15:20 Saif Samejo, Music and Singing in Sindhi 1:23:00 Learning from other Sindhi villages and Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai 1:25:25 The Story of Moomal Rano 1:29:33 - Story of Sohni Mahiwal 1:38:50 Sindhi Shayaree 1:45:00 Audience Questions

Sindh Police attacks protest in Karachi against Religious Extremism - #ReleaseAllPrisoners #TPE The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join

Why do people vote for PPP? Today on TPE we look at the history of Sindh and PPP. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 Am I a Jiyala? 1:30 Kyon Bhutto Zinda hay 12:00 Jin ki 2022 mai aankhain khuli hay 16:48 History of marginalization of Sindh 24:50 Birth of PPP 29:23 1970 elections and military vs PPP 32:30 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's murder and his policies 38:30 Movement for the Restoration of Democracy 40:24 Is PPP just a Sindhi party? 43:40 PPP represented democracy and the 1990s 48:30 Benazir Bhutto's murder, Asif Ali Zardari's PPP and Feudals 56:40 PPP co-opting Sindhi Nationalism and Floods 1:04:08 Do I support PPP? 1:06:42 PPP's Policies

Today on TPE we discuss the murder of Dr. Shahnawaz, the blasphemy campaign against Mufti Tariq Masood, Sindh fighting back against extremism and Qazi Faez Isa's donuts. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join Chapters: 0:00 Culture of Silence 1:30 Jacobabad incident vs Kolkata incident 4:30 Mob Lynchistan 6:30 Campaign against Mufti Tariq Masood 11:15 Dr Shahnawaz Incident 15:00 Pakistan State Ideology, TLP and Historic culture of Sindh 28:30 Sindh fighting back against extremism 38:40 Sindh's history of Resistance

“Why do people migrate?” was the question Ritu Hemnani's daughter posed to her one day. A deeper look at her own family's story of migration from Sindh to Hong Kong led this educator to explore the history of the Partition and to share this story with her family and beyond. Author of ‘Lion of the Sky' a beautiful, middle grade novel in verse, Ritu joins me on this episode to discuss her family's story of resilience. We chat about the Sindhi language, life in Hong Kong, her experience teaching in an urban British school, and so much more.Listen now on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you enjoyed this, PLEASE SHARE THE EPISODE WITH A FRIEND!SHOWNOTES for Ep. 95:Connect with Ritu through her website and InstagramBuy Lion of the SkyVeera Hiranandani's books on the Partition The Night Diary and Amil & the AfterOther books and other tips we discussed on the show:Restart by Gordon KormanCharlotte's Web by E.B. WHiteLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderInside Out and Back Again by Thanhha LaiThe Forgettery by Rachel IpArirang Korean restaurantSupport the show via Patreon!Questions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgardenSpecial thanks to Sudipta Biswas and the team at The Media Tribe for audio-post production!

In 2019, the Ratodero scandal broke out in Pakistan. The town in the country's southern Sindh province was suddenly in the spotlight after a doctor revealed that thousands of children had been infected with HIV. An investigation showed that dangerous and illegal hygiene practices of doctors such as reusing disposable syringes for injections were at the origin of the outbreak. The scandal is Pakistan's biggest healthcare scandal and the largest HIV epidemic among children in Asia. Five years on, those affected are discriminated against and treated like outcasts. Our correspondents report, with the collaboration of Sameer Mandhro. 

Le Pakistan est confronté à une vague de chaleur avec des températures qui dépassent les 52°C dans la province du Sindh, dans le sud. Une température proche du record national établi à 54°C. Dans le Pendjab, la province la plus peuplée, les autorités ont décidé de fermer les écoles. La population est appelée à rester chez elle et à éviter les déplacements inutiles. Le Pakistan est le cinquième pays le plus vulnérable au changement climatique. De notre correspondante à Lahore, avec la collaboration de Shahzaib Wahlah,À bord de leur tracteur, les fermiers labourent leurs champs de maïs à Chappa, une localité du Pendjab. Il est 11 h, le soleil est presque à son zénith, le thermomètre affiche 47°C. Malgré la chaleur étouffante, Mohammad Imran, un linge mouillé sur la tête, retourne la terre asséchée avec sa pelle : « Vous voyez ici que les graines ont germé, mais ici rien n'a poussé, c'est à cause de la chaleur. 40 % de cette parcelle est devenue stérile. »Le fermier âgé d'une trentaine d'années est éreinté : « Nous transpirons beaucoup, nous avons des courbatures partout et nous sommes épuisés. Avant de dormir, je prends du paracétamol, mais le lendemain matin, nous ressentons encore la fatigue. Il fait si chaud. Nous devons prendre un relaxant musculaire avant de commencer le travail. Et on doit travailler plus, car nous devons arroser davantage nos cultures en raison des fortes chaleurs. »Les températures dépassent de six à huit degrés les normales saisonnières dans le Pendjab. Dans la vieille ville de Lahore, la capitale provinciale, la population qui vit dans la promiscuité suffoque. La situation est d'autant plus difficile pour un cinquième de la population qui vit sous le seuil de pauvreté.Waheed est métallier. « Nous n'avons pas d'eau courante, explique-t-il. Elle ne vient que quelques heures par jour et nous la conservons dans des seaux et des bidons. » Il vit dans une pièce unique avec sa femme et leurs trois enfants : « C'est très dur, surtout la nuit. Souvent, je me réveille au milieu de la nuit, transpirant et suffocant. Je dois sortir dehors pour prendre l'air. Je n'ai pas d'argent pour acheter un climatiseur ni même pour payer l'électricité. »« Survivre dans cette chaleur est si dur »Son épouse Fouzia épluche des légumes sur le lit double qui occupe presque toute la pièce : « C'est très difficile de dormir. Nous sommes cinq à dormir dans cette pièce. La nuit, il fait tellement chaud qu'on suffoque ici, mais que pouvons-nous faire ? On ne peut pas aller dehors. La moindre activité est si dure. Cuisiner est si difficile. Survivre dans cette chaleur est si dur. »Dans les hôpitaux, les médecins sont alarmés. Ils reçoivent chaque jour des centaines de patients aux symptômes identiques, tels que la déshydratation, les nausées, les étourdissements, l'extrême fatigue. À l'hôpital général, de Lahore, le docteur Syed Jaffar Hussian est catastrophé face aux canicules récurrentes : « Comme notre pays est pauvre, la plupart des gens n'ont pas les moyens de s'offrir des installations adéquates comme la climatisation. Et cette situation ajoute un fardeau au secteur de la santé. Avec les coups de chaleur, les hôpitaux déjà surchargés sont encore plus sollicités. »Le thermomètre n'a pas fini de grimper au Pakistan. C'est le cinquième pays le plus vulnérable au changement climatique. Il devrait être confronté à d'autres vagues de chaleurs extrêmes dans les prochaines semaines comme dans le reste de l'Asie.À lire aussiLe Pakistan tout proche de son record national en matière de chaleur

Neil Saavedra & Amy King join Bill for Handel on the News. U.S officials say deadly Rafah airstrike did not cross Biden's ‘Red Line.' NY vs Trump trial: Jury begins deliberations after marathon closing arguments. Robert De Niro shows up for Biden campaign at Trump trial courthouse. Metro launches ‘tap to exit' pilot program at North Hollywood B Line station. Venice canals attacks: Anthony Francisco Jones charged with murder after woman's death. Pakistan: temperatures cross 125 degrees as heat wave hits Sindh.

Three news stories summarized & contextualized by analytic journalist Colin Wright.Egyptian soldier killed in Israel border incidentSummary: An Egyptian soldier stationed near the country's border with Rafah was shot and killed during a cross-border exchange of fire between Egyptian and Israeli soldiers; both countries' militaries are investigating what happened.Context: This is notable in part because it's occurring at a moment in which much of the international community is turning on Israel due to the nature of their invasion of the Gaza Strip, and because Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace deal with Israel 45 years ago; on the day of the shooting, just hours previous, Israel's military launched a strike on Rafah that they say killed two senior Hamas officials, but which also killed at least 45 people when it set a tent camp ablaze.—BBC NewsOne Sentence News is a reader-supported publication. To support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Brazil floods produce hundreds of thousands of climate refugeesSummary: More than 160 people have been confirmed killed, and hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes, many of them permanently, following significant floods that surged through cities in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul last month.Context: Entire cities are still submerged even a month later, and the few areas that didn't flood, or only flooded briefly, are now struggling to house tens or hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced by rising waters; climate migration is becoming increasingly common and a bigger and bigger strain on regional resources, and many people who would have previously left temporarily are deciding to permanently evacuate flood-prone areas, because those floods are becoming more common and more devastating as average global temperatures increase; the past few years have seen several substantial floods that have resulted in large numbers of climate refugees, including floods in Pakistan in 2022, which displaced around 8 million people, and floods in Ethiopia and Kenya in 2023 and earlier this year, respectively, each of which resulted in hundreds of thousands of newly homeless, displaced people.—The Washington PostPakistan temperatures cross 52 C in heatwaveSummary: Pakistan's southern province, Sindh, recorded nearly historic temperatures for the region over the past month, this week hitting 52.2 degrees Celsius, which is about 126 Fahrenheit—and the heatwave is still ongoing.Context: The area that's seeing the highest temperatures in Pakistan right now is known for extremely hot summers, but this year's heatwave is hitting the economy especially hard, as people are staying indoors and avoiding going outside as much as possible, and the heat feels worse than usual because of local weather conditions conditions made more prominent by human-amplified climate change.—ReutersAfter decades of decline, summer teen labor-market participation is seeing an upswing, in part because the jobs available to teens are increasing pay proportionally more than other sorts of jobs, and in part to help their families cover the costs of price-inflated goods.—Axios56Number of new warships the Indian Navy will add to its fleet in the next ten years, according to the Chief of Naval Staff.That number includes six submarines and an aircraft carrier.The Indian fleet currently claims 132 vessels, alongside 32 that are being built or under contract to be built.—The PrintTrust Click Get full access to One Sentence News at onesentencenews.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 181 of the #AskAbhijit show: Ask me interesting questions in the live chat, and I shall answer them. OUTLINE: 0:00 Countdown- Intro Music 1:00 Introduction - Hello Everybody 3:10 What are sir's thoughts on PM Modi ji turning into a dictator? 7:56 What is sir's opinion on death of Iran president, is it planned by US or Israel 12:02 Will there be any adverse impact on India-Iran relation after the demise of the president? 13:50 Why are most western academic circles woke and any tips on dealing with it? 18:40 How would you reform the Indian political system 19:52 Why physicists look down upon engineers, and someone says he hears that same from him to? 22:49 What happens if India and USA simultaneously rejects one China policy and recognize Taiwan as a country 26:34 Why is modern art so weird or make no sense 30:00 Are the Macedonians and Romans genetically related? 35:32 How not to worry for a person, as someone says he would give his last attempt for a government exam 38:21 What is sir's take on New Caledonia? 40:10 Should someone do BA in international relations or do BA LLB? 42:20 One more river behind nile, which was used to transport building material? 46:19 When will kalki avatar come? 46:45 Have sir read "The hunt for the red October" and does sir think we may find our self in a similar situation? 50:44 Which the best geopolitics book for complete beginners? 51:18 Why delhi metro has flat face why not aerodynamic peak head like rrts, vandebharat 53:30 What are the white spots on ceres? 56:13 Why do southern part of India marry their cousins when it is wrong in Hinduism when they know it can cause genetic problems? 58:24 What is charismatic personality?How to develop it? 1:02:10 Someone is a Christian by birth and learning about tactics played by French, and asks for suggestions for him? 1:05:45 When will we see nuclear powered vehicles? 1:09:40 Can US print unlimited dollars? 1:12:44 Why is the global map showing in most places a distorted version of the actual geographical map? 1:15:29 There is a serious amount of foreign interference on social media, what can the govt do about this in their next term? 1:20:48 Why alexander the tyrant did not face any resistance in Egypt?was darius and other achemedian kings cruel towards them? 1:25:41 Opinion on true boundaries of Akhand Bharat? 1:30:29 About intellectual migration of german scientists during post WW2 period especially Von Braun who contributed to American dominance in science and technology 1:34:41 Is it a good step that 6 build aircraft carrier will be taken for India, where submarines are principle ship of 21st century? 1:40:00 Which all nations in India's neighbourhood should we have strong relations to control Indian ocean regions? 1:43:13 When is Dr Niraj Rai's paper coming out? 1:43:32 Why is the biggest genocide in known history The Hindu Holocaust ignored by whole world? 1:46:43 Which system is better, for family structure, patriarchy or matriarchy in a society 1:50:03 Could giant lake formed by metero fall at lonar site be reason behind formation of Himalayas and other mountain ranges? Can meteors effect shift in tectonic plates? 1:56:30 Why no research not done on topic where Mughals destroyed great native classical dance forms and musical system from Gujarat, Sindh, Maharashtra, Bengal, etc? 1:59:36 Why billionaires are funding wokism...? 2:01:06 How was diet of ancient Indians different from Indians today? 2:05:15 Opinion on River Saraswati? Is Ghaghara really saraswati? 2:07:09 Someone says he hates carbs and hates it as it being starvation food 2:08:24 Why Indians are obsessed with degrees?... 2:10:32 Conclusion- Thanks Everybody

Somewhere in the south of France hides a festive oasis that, isolated from the world, comes to life every single year under the warm June sun. Organized since 2016 by Melifera Records, the aim of La Vallée Électrique festival is to bring together a community of artists and cultural stakeholders. For a weekend, electronic music & projections enhance the song of cicadas and the dancers the movements of nature in perfect harmony. An intimate experience in the heart of La Drôme Provençale, bringing together more than 600 electronic music enthusiasts from all over Europe for a timeless moment of nature, music, and discovery. The 2024 edition of this festival will take place from 14 to 16 June. This year, the line-up includes exclusive encounters with Feral & Ntogn, figureheads of Italian label Hypnus, and German duo Dycide & MTRL, representing IO Records. Clarence Rise and Café de la Jungle will also be on board, alongside some of France's finest electronic talents: Hewan Aman, Tauceti, Sindh, and many more. Throughout the day, live music and exclusive performances will take centre stage, with two showcases from rdg tribe and Polën, featuring artists such as Timnah, F-On and Javier Salazar. An immersive, eco-designed scenography frames the event, supported by interactive installations and creative workshops to create a seamless fusion between Human, nature and technology. The project is a dream world, a utopia. This is what Shani and Heliopora, one of the organizers of the festival, said about the mix: “The aim of this podcast is to take you through the different vibes of the La Vallée Électrique 2024 festival. In fact, the tracklist on this recording represents the timetable. We've carefully chosen a track from each artist to reflect the atmosphere of their set, and for those who don't produce their own music, we've selected tracks that would fit in perfectly with their forthcoming performance.” Tracklist: 01. Hewan Haman "Bukkha - Dub Envelope [Modern Hypnosis]" 02. Ntogn - Trollslöjd [Tome] 03. Feral - Chiromanzia 3 [Aube Rouge] 04. Minù Jr - Cure [Monochrome Records] 05. Timnah "Space Afrika - Uwem Creation [Sferic]" 06. REA "Monolake - Ionized [Self-released]" 07. Paul Rêve - Etmos [Forthcoming Polën] 08. Sindh - Hinam [a-biotic] 09. Shani & Heliopora "Cousin & Priori - 2 [NAFF]" 10. Cafe de la Jungle - Blind Forest [QEONE] 11. Artos Eleven - Decayed Tree [Melifera Records] 12. Tauceti - Cherry Tree [Non Series] 13. Clarence Rise - Sumptorium (Anders Hellberg Remix)[Indefinite Pitch] 14. F-ON "Linkwood - Love Lost [Night Theatre]" 15. Javier Salazar - Ital [Unreleased] 16. Dycide x MTRL - Talos [Fur:ther Sessions] 17. Hidolas - Tilia [Forthcoming Polën] Tickets: https://shotgun.live/festivals/la-vallee-electrique-2024 @heliopora @shanidvh https://soundcloud.com/melifera_records https://www.instagram.com/heliopora_/ https://www.instagram.com/shanidvh/ https://www.instagram.com/meliferarecords/

What happens to families AFTER they've survived a traumatic historical event? Veera Hiranandani set out to explore this question in her sequel to the beloved Newbery-honor winning middle-grade novel ‘The Night Diary'. ‘Amil and the After' now finds Nisha and Amil navigating a new life in Mumbai following their family's migration from Sindh during the Partition of India in 1947. Join me as Veera chats about her new book, and listen and rate us on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this, please leave a star rating wherever you listen! And if you'd like to hear Veera's whole journey leading up to ‘The Night Diary', please check out Ep. 34!SHOWNOTES FOR Mini-Edit 3:Connect with Veera through her website and InstagramBuy her books here, including Amil and the AfterOther books we discussed on the show:The Partition Project by Saadia FaruqiLion of The Sky by Ritu HemnaniThe Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition by Shirin ShamsiQuestions? Comments? Get in touch @theindianeditpodcast on Instagram ! Want to talk gardens? Follow me @readyourgardenSpecial thanks to Sudipta Biswas, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!

April episode out in April! New horizons with old features, new features with old sounds and a WHOLE lot of Coke Studio! Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro, post Ramadan releases and collaborative playlists 03:24 Aleem expands his scope! Our Tortured Poet's Department king! 07:49 Faris Shafi - the pedestal he is put on and why it's likely justified 14:59 Pet Peeve: putting “the band” next to band names, why! 19:22 Music economics - is rock just more expensive to pursue vs hiphop in Pakistan? 22:55 How are we supposed to feel about Imran Khan's new music 25:18 Kaavish is back back?? Coke Studio Season 15 29:36 The boycott conversation 40:32 Ayi Ayi - Spotlight on Sindh, comparisons with Kana Yaar, Pasoori and the past 53:11 How are people getting on Coke Studio? New vs famous vs relevant names 57:47 2AM - trying to figure out how it was put together, the appeals people found in it 1:06:41 Crazy sets, how the BTSs differ, summarising thoughts 1:12:56 Talking numbers, marketing approach, react videos etc 1:18:28 Outro LINKS: Hamnawa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamnawa_net/ The Apr'24 Select Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Tnp5oioZ6JyHOnn0nAMnb Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)! Find all our previous episodes on Spotify, Google Podcasts & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6NTk4Njg2MDE1L3NvdW5kcy5yc3M?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihxe677uKCAxUMKcAKHQSxC8oQ9sEGegQIARAD Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tprpod/support

Secretary General of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Harris Khalique comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss Art, Power, Poetry, Misogyny, Education, Zia-ul-Haq, Language, Politics, PTI, Aesthetics, Memories of Karachi, I.A. Rehman and More. Harris Khalique is a Pakistani poet in Urdu, English and Punjabi. Khalique has authored ten collections of poetry and two books of non-fiction. In March 2018, he received the Presidential Pride of Performance Award from the state of Pakistan as an acknowledgement of his contributions to poetry.He is also the author of Crimson Papers (2017), a book of essays on the political and social history of Pakistan. Khalique has participated in labor, women, and minority rights movements and has published papers and spoken at conferences on South Asian history and culture, politics, and issues around human rights and international development. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Vulgarity, Art and Aesthetics 6:30 Misogyny, Social Subversion and Power 14:00 Education, Zia-ul-Haq and Polarization 30:00 Urdu, Hindustani and Colonialism 44:00 Colonialism, India and Sanskrit History 56:00 Sindh, Karachi and Heroes in Pakistan 1:06:00 Memories of Karachi 1:15:24 I.A. Rehman 1:19:40 Audience Questions 1:36:00 Poetry

Deepti joins us to speak about the organization she runs with a dedicated group of volunteers called CHINGARI. The organization aims to bring awareness to the world about the Hindu girls who are kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, forcefully married, and who face countless other atrocities in Sindh, Pakistan each day. Through informative advocacy, CHINGARI seeks to make local U.S. representatives aware of the unstable religious situation in Pakistan. Join us to speak to Deepti about her work, to understand how this could be such a common phenomenon, and to learn what must be done to protect the girls.

Javed Hanif comes on The Pakistan Experience to talk about rethinking the Population of Pakistan as an asset, Developing Karachi, Local Governments, Housing, Public Policy, Census, Digital Economy, Urbanization and more. Muhammad Javed Hanif Khan is a retired Grade 20 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, who later joined politics and served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 to August 2023. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:30 Census and Karachi 5:45 Population, Owning Karachi and Youth Bulge 12:30 Satellite Towns and the Digital Economy 21:01 Developing Karachi and Pakistan 26:00 Resources, Urbanization, and Public Policy 39:00 KMC and Local Governments 43:30 Housing Problems, Provincial and Local Governments 50:00 SMOG 54:00 Jobs and Schools 59:30 Population Dividend, Health and treating Pakistanis as an asset 1:06:00 Women Emancipation 1:10:00 Climate Resilience

Drum filled rumblings abound, through the sounds of Alpak and our premiere for today. Evoking scenes of smoke filled rooms, dancers rhythmically swaying too and fro, embracing the swing like nature of the percussion. "Tipa" is a half-time track that's able to captivate listeners on the dance floor or in headphones, with its fusion of genres, complex rhythms, and a rich sonic palette that invites the audience to explore its depth and intricacy. Tipa is joined by two other originals, as well as being remixed by the French producer, Sindh to round out the EP being released on Melifera Records, the 16th of February. @orbinnun @melifera_records www.instagram.com/alpak_music www.instagram.com/meliferarecords Follow us on social media: @itsdelayed linktr.ee/delayed www.itsdelayed.com www.facebook.com/itsdelayed www.instagram.com/_____delayed/ www.youtube.com/@_____delayed

A BBC Africa Eye investigation has found evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the late TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, which has followers around the world. The team was supported by Nigerian investigative journalist Adejuwon Soyinka, who tells us when the pastor first came to his attention and what he discovered about him.Secret trains and Russian prisoners The disappearance of imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and his reappearance three weeks later in the so-called 'Polar Wolf' Arctic penal colony, has shed light on Russia's long history of secret trains and penal colonies, as BBC Russian's Oleg Boldyrev reports. Election protests in Serbia: the bigger picture Serbia has seen weeks of protests after alleged voting irregularities during parliamentary and local elections last month, won by the ruling party. President Aleksandar Vučić has rejected calls for an international probe, but the opposition coalition Serbians Against Violence continues to dispute the results, as BBC Serbian's Aleksandar Miladinović explains. Sindh's sibling rappers Two siblings from Sindh in Pakistan have been using rap to tackle taboo topics rarely discussed in their communities, including menstruation, domestic violence and religion. Shumaila Khan of BBC Urdu met them.Presented by Irena Taranyuk.(Photo: Nigerian pastor TB Joshua. Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Asma Faiz comes on the podcast to discuss Sindhi Nationalism, Punjabi Nationalism, PPP, The Mohajir Identity, GM Syed, 18th Amendment, MRD, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and more. Dr. Asma Faiz is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She did her Ph.D. in Political Science from Sciences Po, Paris (2017) and M.Sc. in Political Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011). Dr. Faiz's research focuses on ethnic nationalism, populism, ethnic parties and federalism. She is the author of the book In Search of Lost Glory: Sindhi Nationalism in Pakistan (Hurst Publishers, 2021). Dr. Faiz also edited a volume Making Federation Work: Federalism in Pakistan After the 18th Amendment (2015). Dr. Faiz is recipient of several fellowships including the Fulbright fellowship, Campus France Fellowship and the Rangoonwalla fellowship. Dr. Faiz also worked with international think tanks such as Forum of Federations and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Writing a book on Sindhi Nationalism as a Punjabi 10:00 Meanings of Nationalism and the Language Issue 23:30 Sindhi Nationalism and Identity Forming 29:44 Mohajir Identity as a Political Identity 33:30 Sindh's historical under development 36:00 Birth of Sindhi Nationalism and State's obsession with One-Unit 40:40 18th Amendment 46:30 GM Syed and Ethnic Parties and Movements 52:24 Is PPP a Sindhi Nationalist Party? 1:01:00 Federal Structure of Pakistan 1:03:50 The Ghost of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and MRD Movement 1:10:55 Benazir Bhutto's return and PPP 1:17:00 Audience Questions

Mark-Anthony Falzon is a social anthropologist. He is a professor at the University of Malta and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. His books include Cosmopolitan Connections (Oxford, 2005), Multi-Sited Ethnography (Ashgate, 2009), The Examined Life (2019), The University of Malta (2020) and Birds of Passage (Berghahn, 2020). His book examines the social and cultural infrastructure that sustains Sindhi business and its trade networks. It provides a rich historical context to the narrative by tracing the origin of Sindhi trade to the annexation of Sindh in 1843, when it was incorporated into an expanding global economy. The book also locates Sindhi business within the dynamics of the contemporary Indian diaspora and features several success stories both from India and outside. Furthermore, it emphasizes the commercial inventiveness, spatial mobility, and adaptability of Sindhis—-the qualities crucial to building successful cosmopolitan businesses. The book features an arresting introduction by best-selling author and commentator, Gurcharan Das.

Shehzadi Rai, a Trans Human Rights Activist, comes back on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the demands of the Sindh Moorat March 2023 The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89

ASIP is going on fifteen years of existence now (as a website and blog at least), and a few things have remained a constant over the years helping keep us going. One of them has been the support of Juno and in particular, Milo Bragg, who was the first distributor to take us on as a label back in 2013. As many labels and musicians will know, it's pretty hard to get your start in this world, and Juno can be held up as one of only a few who have kept an open ear to our style of music and given it a home (and subsequently many other labels like us). Over these past ten years or so, Milo and I have gotten to know each other relatively well, and more recently Milo has stepped into the label game with Future Primitive Records and can be found putting together some sublime vinyl-forward mixes. I'm excited to find our worlds overlap here in the isolatedmix series, as Milo recorded a vinyl-only set a few months back and sent it my way, (after a long delay - sorry Milo - Good things come… etc etc.). Featuring several tracks and albums that have been on high rotation for me, it's a superb trip that I think many of you will enjoy. ~You've worked at Juno for many years now, how has this shaped you musically? For example, I imagine getting exposed to a great amount of music over the years... It's definitely helped me find what I do and don't like for myself. When I first started in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s I'd sit and listen through a massive pile of records at the end of each day and didn't have to pay attention to press or DJs like most people back then, I could find the good shit for myself! Listening to the new releases in an office environment shaped my taste to be more chilled too. It just suits the environment, when I first started I was predominantly into hard club bangers :)I'm interested to know a bit about your view on record labels within your role and what you think it takes to succeed as a label nowadays. Everyone knows pressing vinyl is hard, and securing a great distributor like Juno is just as hard and critical for further exposure. How have you seen things change for labels since you started at Juno all those years ago? It's so tough for vinyl labels now especially the new smaller ones doing really interesting stuff sadly. The visual side of things has become so important with stores using Instagram so much they need the record to look good. I think the “anti-marketing” days of just putting some clips up on Soundcloud are over sadly, I'm always so stoked on DJs/artists/labels that aren't on Instagram but I don't think you can escape it anymore, especially if you're just starting out. Silent Season · Campfire Stories 79 (A New Dawn) by Milo Bragg Juno has always been a great supporter of ambient music in general, giving a platform to many small labels such as ourselves over the years. What does it take in your opinion to secure a distributor like Juno? Yeah, my boss Richard (one of Juno's founders) loves his ambient :) If you're not going to get a well-known artist involved at the early stages to help bring attention and get the label off the ground, the music (and artwork) had better be bloody good! You've got your own projects going on too, with the Club Rooted mix series and the Future Primitive label, can you give us a brief intro into these? Club Rooted was a product of listening to records in the Juno office with Matthew Kent (Blowing Up The Workshop/Mana) and suddenly realising they weren't dance music anymore but still very much rooted in club culture. I got really excited about that zone and thread that runs through electronic music's history. There are so many good labels pushing stuff that rides this line, and events too like Absurde Lustre (& more recently A New Wave) in Berlin run by Sa Pa & Blume.How or why did you decide to start Future Primitive? (Did seeing labels at Juno all those years make you want to do something similar?!) I've always been obsessed with vinyl labels so of course I'd want my own and it was a way of contributing to the scene without being a producer + I came across a lot of music through work by artists like Murcof & DJ Guy that was CD or tape only the label was a way of me getting those tracks onto wax! The original of The Leo Anibaldi track “Aeon Fusion I” from FPR001 was super fast too and the label enabled me to work with the artist to slow it down and to get it DJ-friendly for the vinyl heads :)This mix came out of nowhere and (for everyone here) took a while for me to actually publish it since you sent it last year! What was the inspiration behind it? I got excited about recording an ambient mix. It felt challenging, I wanted to capture something in between the old chill-out room sets and a modern-sounding warm-up. It only takes a couple of good records to inspire me to start piecing a mix together, it's often their juxtaposition I get a real kick out of. I love beat-matching records that shouldn't work together on paper and have always found DJs that make a new sound by mixing old records very inspiring, it's not a million miles from producing really. Konduku is definitely someone I think finds a new thread in old records that inspires me a lot. Club Rooted · Club Rooted #3 / Konduku Given you get the pick of the bunch at Juno and get to listen to so many records in advance, who are some musicians or labels that might be relatively new or unheard of that excite you when landing on your desk? PVAS, Kosmogonik (check their ambient stuff!), Purelink, Cousin, Yushh, Mu Tate, Sindh, X Or Size, Rat Heart + love the Luck Of Access and Doo labels.I've followed your mixes for years now, but see you're also DJing out quite a bit more now. What are some records that never leave your bag?Money Morning - Corporate Karma, Drux – Transe Deep Version, 3 Chairs - 3 Chairs, Alka Rex - Shapes to Phases, Bluetrain - Babylon Paralysis.~ astrangelyisolatedplace · isolatedmix 124 - Milo Bragg Listen on Soundcloud the ASIP Podcast or the 9128.live iOS and Android appDownload MP3Tracklist:01. Dwig - Keep Us outro (Dwig)02. Leo Anibaldi - Evocation Part II (Future Primitive)03. Benjamin Brunn - Life Cycle (Black Wall)04. Deadbeat - Right As Rain (~scape)05. UD - Adapter (Kimochi)06. Alexx A-Game - Braver (Swing Ting Smooth Version)(Swing Ting)07. CN - Adrift (Future Primitive)08. Satoshi & Makoto - Crepescule Leger (Safe Trip)09. Bauri - Have No Fear (Expanding Records)10. Sindh - Ayaka System (Sindh)11. Being - I Can't Look At It Though (Firecracker Recordings)12. The Detroit Escalator Co. - Float (Peacefrog Records)13. Leo James - Lonely (Mind Dance)14. Money Morning - Therah (Acting Press)15. Mike Paradinas - Hi-Q (Interdimensional Transmissions)16. John Heckle - Where The Wild Ones Go (Mathematics Recordings)17. Tongues Of Light - Awakening outro (Pre-Cert Home Entertainment)18. Design A Wave - Weird F (No 'Label')~Artwork photo by JethroFuture Primitive | Web | Soundcloud | Bandcamp | Discogs

*Trigger Warning* Discussion of GBV Barrister Haya Emaan Zahid, CEO of the Legal Aid Society. Haya comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss the Pakistan Legal System, Delays in cases, The Legal Aid Society, Fatima's case, GBV, Recordings of FIRs, Cases of Assault, and how they are dealt with, Jails, and Legal Reform. (The Camera stopped recording my angle after 25-30 minutes so we only have one angle for this podcast. Apologies for the mishap) Haya Emaan Zahid is a Barrister-at-Law with more than 13 years of experience working as a legal empowerment professional. She is nominated by the Government of Sindh as a legal expert for the Committee for the Welfare of Prisoners ( a committee that has been providing legal aid, assistance and empowerment to prisoners in Sindh since 2004). She has been working within the prison landscape both at the grass roots and policy level having made key contributions to reforming prison legislation in Sindh in 2019. Haya has worked as a special assistant/ co-opted member for federal government committees notified to improve the situation of prisoners across Pakistan. Haya has remained a member of the Sindh Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission , National Commission on the Status of Women and is currently serving as Board Member of the Legal Aid and Justice Authority. She is a founding member of the Legal Aid Society where her she oversees programming on legal empowerment, strengthening the state's response to sexual and gender based violence, protection of minorities and building resilience in flood affected communities. The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperience To support the channel: Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912 Patreon.com/thepakistanexperience And Please stay in touch: https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1 https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperience https://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperience The podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikh Facebook.com/Shehzadghias/ Twitter.com/shehzad89 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 3:30 Legal Journey of Haya Emaan Zahid 9:00 Legal Aid and the journey of Legal Aid Society 19:00 Police stopping people and the role of Freedom 23:20 The Fatima case, Delaying Tactics and Issues in the System 33:50 Litigation against the State and Protection of Religious Minorities 42:00 Floods and The priorities of the State 49:30 Opportunities for reform and hope in the system for change 1:00:00 Pakistanis losing hope and time for the system to change 1:07:00 How other provinces can use the Legal Aid model 1:11:00 Delays in cases and Frivolous Litigation 1:18:00 Recording of FIRs and Cases of GBV 1:23:00 Trigger Warning: Cases of Assault 1:35:30 Building consensus in the system around issues 1:39:30 Trigger Warning: System, Punishment and Deterrence 1:44:00 Audience Questions

Ismailis from South Asia find their origins in Gujarat, Sindh and Punjab. Their ancestors belonged to various castes such as the Lohana and Bhatia communities, who found themselves drawn to the teachings of Muslim saints, known as pirs or sayyids. According to community tradition, Ismaili pirs were sent from Persia by the Imams – or spiritual leaders – to spread knowledge of who the Ismaili Imams are, and the notion of the Imam as the guide to spiritual enlightenment.  The pirs did this through ginans, one thousand or more religious hymns that are assumed to date as far back as the thirteenth century. The people that accepted these teachings came to be known as Satpanthis: those who followed Satpanth, or the True Path. On this episode, Ali Asani, professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University, speaks to us about ginans, and the fascinating evolution of this particular Ismaili tradition over the past 800 years.

In August 1947 when India finally won its independence from the British Raj after a struggle of almost 300 years. It left in it's wake a nation divided into two states: Hindu majority India & Muslim majority Pakistan. Immediately, there began one of the greatest migrations in human history & one that is the least discussed in the West. Growing up it was a paragraph in a history book at best. Grossly misrepresenting a monumental crux of the South Asian identity.    Across the subcontinent people who had coexisted for centuries attacked each other. Hindus and Sikhs on one side, Muslims on the other. There are endless stories of families separated, women & children slaughtered, people pushed out of their homes, abandoned in refugee camps with nowhere to go in an unknown land.    My maternal grandmother lived through the partition and throughout her life shared stories with me about where she was born & her childhood home in a faraway land called Sindh. At the time it sounded like some exotic place I would never visit. According to Nani's passport she was born in 1921. At the time of partition that would've made her approximately 25 years old. Her birth records could never be found.    The Sindhi identity is perhaps the largest collateral damage of partition. Sindhis migrated to India with no state to call their own. They left behind their beloved Sindhu Darya, their friends, the only home they'd known - and were removed from it forever. Some will argue that this displacement proved fruitful. With no attachments to the new land they were free to move around the world, which they did. And went on to create a new identity in foreign lands as successful business tycoons often spinning their fortunes from nothing.    But did that leave them with a fractured identity? Do they still long for the homeland of their forefathers? Have they recovered from the intergenerational trauma? Is peace in South Asia possible? Is it time for a new narrative?   In today's episode we explore these questions and many more with our guests Sunayna Pal and Beena Sarwar.    Sunayna, author of the book Refugees In Their Own Country, a collection of poems about the partition based on conversations Sunayna had with her Chacha - her only connection to Sindh, the land of her forefathers.  Beena Sarwar, a renowned journalist and activist, is curator & founder of the South Asia Peace Action Network (SAPAN) and was Editor of Aman Ki Asha, a joint initiative by Jang News PK and Times Of India to foster peace between the two countries.    New Background Music by: The Cold Battle by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hajjaj ibn Yusuf sends his young cousin, Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, east to capture Sindh.