Urdu Bagh

Urdu Bagh

Urdu Bagh (اُردُو بَاغ - उर्दू बाग़) is a podcast series of anecdotal history, celebrating the life and work of Urdu’s literary giants, mainly through the memories of their family members, friends, historians and activists. The series ‘Urdu Bagh’ is available on all major podcast networks. Presented and produced by Pervaiz Alam for London-based, Cine Ink, a hub of podcasts in Hindi and Urdu languages, the series is also available on major social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Linked in. You can find all Cine Ink podcasts on its website www.cineink.com.

Episodes

June 6, 2025 115 mins
In this episode of the Cine Ink podcast series Urdu Bagh, Professor Anisur Rahman is in conversation with broadcaster Pervaiz Alam, focussing on his latest book, The Essential Ghalib, published by HarperCollins India.

The book is a compilation of the timeless poetry of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797–1869), one of Urdu literature’s most celebrated poets, brought to English readers. It features 200 meticulously chosen Urdu couplets...
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Noor Zaheer is a well known writer, researcher, translator and theatre activist based in London. Married to legendary broadcaster Yavar Abbas, she is the youngest daughter of legendary writers Sajjad Zaheer and Razia Sajjad Zaheer, founders of Progressive Writers Association (PWA) in the 1930s. 

Noor Zaheer is in conversation with broadcaster Pervaiz Alam, discussing her books, politics, PWA, Urdu’s most controversial book Angarey, ...
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Renowned writer, critic, translater and literary historian, Rakhshanda Jalil is in conversation with Pervaiz Alam. Recorded in London, the podcast 'Urdu Bagh' covers a range of topics, including memories of her Naana - the legendary Prof. Ale Ahmed Suroor, critic, academic, literary historian and poet. She fondly remembers her Naani, Zahida Suroor who used to regale children with her quintessential idioms and proverbs such as ‘main...
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Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) is called ‘Khuda e Sukhan’ (The God of Poetry) by Urdu scholars. To mark his 300th birth anniversary, Vipin Garg has compiled and edited a book entitled “Chalo Tuk Mir Ko Sunne” enlisting more than 8,500 couplets of Mir in Hindi, published by Rajkamal Prakashan. This is for the first time that such  an ambitious work has been carried out in Devnagri script, contextualising each couplet with its meanings. Th...
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Renowned broadcaster Raza Ali Abidi, formerly with the BBC Urdu Service in London, is in conversation with Pervaiz Alam, sharing his life and work on Cine Ink podcast series ‘Urdu Bagh’.

Known for his hugely popular radio programmes such as Kutub Khana, Jarnaili Sadak, Sher Darya and Rail Kahani, Raza Ali Abidi, is still active on social media where he posts regularly on YouTube and Facebook, attracting hundreds of comments to his ...
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Huma Khalil and Sumaiya Kamal Siddiqui are in conversation with broadcaster Pervaiz Alam. Both of them are first cousins, and daughters of eminent Urdu poets, Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi and Kamal Ahmed Siddiqi, respectively. Another Urdu legend, Shahryar, is also their family. They share intimate details, memories and anecdotes associated with their fathers and Chacha, Shahryar.

Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi:
Huma’s father, Khaleel-Ur-Rehman A...
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