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Qissa Yun Hai
Qissa Yun Hai
Author: Azmat Bashir Khan
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This podcast is an attempt to share learnings in the field of literature, language, cinema, music and more. Ritesh & I, Azmat, have been in continuous discussion for many years now. We recently decided that our discussions need to be shared with the world, so that more like-minded people get access to this repository and can also add to our knowledge base.
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In this episode, we celebrate some of the first Indian women achievers in some fields usually considered as male dominated.
In this episode we try to explain the meaning and relevance of the names of some important characters in Mahabharat.
In this episode we try to explain the meaning and relevance of the names of some important characters in Ramayana.
It’s a matter of pride to be able to publish this episode on the eve of our 75th Independence Day Celebration. In this episode, we talk about some interesting trivia related to our Independence Day.
In this episode, we talk about pseudonyms that are so popular that they became larger than life.
In this episode, we bring to you revelations about the origin of dishes extremely popular in India, however they are not Indian.
In this episode, we share with you some interesting trivia about Indian geography, politics, etc.
We all know that many Hindi words are today a part of the English dictionary, however, did you know that there many words in Hindi, which are borrowed from other foreign languages.
In this episode, we bring you some interesting similarities between Greek and Indian mythologies.
Before we move on to our new season, here are some interesting incidents related to the life of Dilip Kumar. May his soul rest in peace.
Filmfare awards are not only the oldest awards in the history of Indian Film Industry, but are also considered to be most prestigious and glamorous. In this episode, we unveil some interesting facts about Filmfare awards in Hindi Film Music.
In this episode of our podcast, we share with you, some interesting trivia about Hindi film music and its legends.
The place of female Hindi poets may be of lofty heights in Hindi literature, yet not many ventured in the field of lyrics writing in the Hindi/Indian film music. Today, we salute the ladies who penned some beautiful songs.
In today’s episode, we highlight the achievements of female music directors in an otherwise male-dominated industry.
In this episode we discuss about the lesser know music director duos of the Hindi film industry who have done some remarkable work.
In the Hindi film industry, there have been lyricists who were probably not hugely popular, yet they penned some remarkable songs. Today, we talk about such maestros.
In an earlier episode, we talked about Hindi songs with their Antaras of different tunes. Today, we discuss Hindi songs, which do not have a demarcation of Antara & Mukhda.
Qawaalis have been an integral part of Hindi film music, the sub-genre is dying though. Today, we are discussing qawwalis in Hindi films sung by professional qawwals.
Usually duets have both the singers sing equally, however, some duets have one of the singers sing just a few words, hum or make a sound.
Usually the antaras of a song have similar tunes. In this episode, we are presenting you with some songs where, the antaras sound different from each other.




