Program 8 catches up with some news from the last week, covering a bomb blast in Lahore a week ago and then discussing the case of the British citizen whose death sentence was commuted by the President of Pakistan and discussing the more general difference in how people from developed and developing countries experience life. iFaqeer presents some more news from the world, around the Internet and the Urdu social scene.
The program mentions, amongst other things:
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Technorati tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast - Moderate Muslims - Progressive MuslimsProgram 7 covers the US elections in some detail, discussing international implications, and some local issues. Cemendtaur then discusses the issue of provincial autonomy in Pakistan, and iFaqeer presents some more news from the world, around the Internet and the Urdu social scene.
The program mentions, amongst other things:
- Aligarians.com
- The Mushaira season for 2006-2007, most of which is organized by Aligarh Old Boys Associations.
- Begum Nawazish Ali and diaspora netizens "discovering" the artist because of a BBC piece.
The audio file for directly downloading and listening to
the seventh program is here.
This program is now listed on the iTunes Music Store; just search on "Azad Karachi Radio"; or just "Urdu". And as always, you can also access the program in one of the following ways:
If you are in Pakistan or elsewhere where you have difficulty accessing the Blogspot domain due to censorship, etc., please use:
http://www.pkblogs.com/AzadKarachiRadioFormally speaking, Azad Karachi Radio is produced out of Silicon Valley and is a service of Azad South Asia, a collaborative media effort initiated by yours truly and Cemendtaur. You can reach the team at iFaqeer@gmail.com or leave comments on either this blog or at Azad Karachi Radio.
Again, please leave comments, feedback, suggestions, and other input by posting comments on our blog pages or via email at
iFaqeer@gmail.com.
Technorati tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Keith Ellison - US Elections - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast - Moderate Muslims - Progressive MuslimsProgram 6 covers the US elections, discussing the Muslim Vote in the US and Canada and the possibility of Keith Ellison becoming the first Muslim Congressman in the US, and then the sentence for Saddam Hussain. It also discusses the recent military action in Bajaur, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan and the Dengue fever epidemic in Pakistan, along the way mentioning a speech Pakistan's first Prime Minister gave in San Francisco and a
recent speech by Sarah Chase at the same forum. The program ends with comments on
the political situation in Bangladesh.
The audio file for directly downloading and listening to
the sixth program is here.
This program is now listed on the iTunes Music Store; just search on "Azad Karachi Radio"; or just "Urdu". And as always, you can also access the program in one of the following ways:
If you are in Pakistan or elsewhere where you have difficulty accessing the Blogspot domain due to censorship, etc., please use:
http://www.pkblogs.com/AzadKarachiRadioFormally speaking, Azad Karachi Radio is produced out of Silicon Valley and is a service of Azad South Asia, a collaborative media effort initiated by yours truly and Cemendtaur. You can reach the team at iFaqeer@gmail.com or leave comments on either this blog or at Azad Karachi Radio.
Again, please leave comments, feedback, suggestions, and other input by posting comments on our blog pages or via email at
iFaqeer@gmail.com.
Technorati tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast - Bangladesh - Sarah Chase - Moderate Muslims - Progressive Muslims
