Urdu Literature Radio

About Urdu Literature Radio

*Reading excerpts from Urdu novels, literature. For educational purpose, reading Urdu prose for better pronunciation and aiming at drawing readers' attention towards books by reading a few lines. *My aim is that if I read one page from a 500 page novel i.e. just 0.2% of the book, and it rouses interest of person-listener and he or she is drawn towards buying reading the book, it would be a service for language and literature. If you like Urdu Literature Radio, do share the link with friends.and relatives who might be interested. Shukria.

Publisher

Shams Alavi

Category

society & culture

Language

ur

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jun 2020

Latest episode

23 Jul 2020

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Jul 2020

   Sirajuddaula and East India Company role in Bengal from Qurratul Ain Hyder's Aag Ka Darya

   Reading an excerpt about Sirajuddaula and East India Company role in Bengal from Qurratul Ain Hyder's Aag Ka Darya

2. 

   23 Jul 2020

   Boy carried Qazi's chilam, ran to keep it burning, later became Urdu poet.

   Excerpt from Mushtaq Ahmad Noori's article on Urdu poet Siddique Mujeebi, who belonged to Jharkhand.

3. 

   18 Jul 2020

   Poetry in memory of lynching victim Mohammad Akhlaq: Shams Ur Rehman Alavi's Urdu Nazm

   Shams Ur Rehman Alavi's Nazm read by him. This verse was written in memory of lynching victim Mohammad Akhlaq, who was killed by a mob including his neighbours over a rumour that his fridge had beef. The incident had occurred at Bisadha in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. The nazm was written soon after the incident.

4. 

   18 Jul 2020

   Dilemma of a Urdu loving Hindu man in Musharraf Alam Zauqi's novel Bayaan

   Excerpts from Musharraf Alam Zauqi's novel Bayaan that deals with the man who belongs in Urdu world and roots for composite culture but even his family opposes...

5. 

   17 Jul 2020

   Post-partition era in Uttar Pradesh from Salahuddin Parvez' novel Identity Card

   Reading a few lines about post-partition era in Uttar Pradesh from Salahuddin Parvez' Urdu novel Identity Card.

6. 

   15 Jul 2020

   Hasan Abidi's Urdu poem on Baghdad, the city of Alif Lailah and Marjeena.

   Hasan Abidi's Urdu poem on Baghdad that was written in the aftermath of US led invasion. It focuses on the destruction and cultural heritage, recalling Halaku Khan's sacking Baghdad centuries ago.

7. 

   28 Jun 2020

   Charm of Lucknow, battle against East India Company from Qurratul Ain Hyder's Aag Ka Darya

   Reading an excerpt from legendary Urdu author Qurratul Ain Hyder's book Aag Ka Darya.

8. 

   26 Jun 2020

   Reading a few lines from Qurratul Ain Hyder's famous Urdu novel 'Aag Ka Darya'

   Reading an excerpt from a chapter about a Calcutta man arriving in Awadh, from egendary author Qurratul Ain Hyder's's book