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Kitne Dur Kitne Paas
by Priyam Moonka
A series of cross-border dialogues and dialogues around cross-border peace and love attempting to talk about all things that the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent failed to divide. At the center of these conversations lies everything that has continued to transcend one of the most heavily militarized borders of the world – from the collective nature of our individual experiences to shared cultural legacies and syncretic traditions that go back hundreds of years. This Podcast is an ode to unbordered memories, shared culture, identity, folklore, history, heritage, and languages.
Episodes
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Revisiting the Lost Heer of Undivided Punjab
In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Harleen Singh - a storyteller between Delhi, Toronto, and Lahore, researcher, historian, and author of the book The Lost Heer: Women in Colonial Punjab (2025). He speaks about his journey from documenting oral histories of Partition to studying...
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Memory, Nationalist Politics and People's Histories: With Anam Zakaria on Partition, 1971 and the Power of Dialogue
In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Canada-based Pakistani Writer, Oral historian and Educator Anam Zakaria. Anam speaks about the personal yet deeply political nature of her work and her own positionality as is reflected in her books - 1971: A People’s History from Bangladesh…
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Despite the Burden of the Border - In Conversation with Aanchal Malhotra
“This is the burden of the border. Ki Humein pata hi nahi ki woh kaise hai; unhe nahi pata hum kaise hai. When we meet, we are almost mirror reflections of each other. We are not antonyms.” In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in conversation with oral historian and writer Aanchal Malhotra. They…
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Sarhad Paar: From Tagore’s Songs to Stardust Magazine
In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in conversation with Fatma Shah, a Lahore-based curator and writer with a keen interest in art, literature, and cultural heritage. They discuss a wide range of themes including the division of Muslim families between India and Pakistan caused by Partition,...
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Duja Des Ikko Bhes - With Laraib Asdaf of Purana Pakistan
In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Laraib Asdaf, founder and curator of Purana Pakistan - a public digital archive dedicated to the side of Pakistan and its people that most today are oblivious to. Laraib speaks about the Muhajir Community in Karachi, and how Partition has shaped the...
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With Love, To Lahore
In this episode, Priyam is in conversation with Amy Singh, a poet, writer, storyteller, facilitator, and advocate of cross-border peace from Chandigarh. Amy is the host and producer of the Partition Podcast - Agla Warqa and the founder of the initiative: Daak: to Lahore with Love. Amy talks about...
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In Conversation with Haroon Khalid on Syncretism in Punjabi Folk Religiosity
In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in a cross-border conversation with Haroon Khalid. Haroon speaks about the genesis of his work on religious syncretism in Pre-Partition and Pre-Colonial Punjab and non-Muslim history and heritage in Pakistan. He unpacks the homogenization and crystallization of...
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Yours or Mine? Yours and Mine
In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in a cross-border conversation with Hussain Khalid, an independent creative practitioner based in Karachi, Pakistan. They discuss everything from childhood memories of Garmi ki Chutti at Nani Ghar, Ekta Kapoor Serials, the sitcom Shararat, Sanju's magic pencil in...
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The Collective Cultural memory and Nostalgia of the Pre-Cable times
In this episode, Priyam Moonka is in a cross-border conversation with Umair Hashmi, a British-Pakistani filmmaker and photo-journalist based in Lahore. They discuss a wide range of nostalgic experiences from the Pre-Cable times common to those on both sides of the Indo-Pak Border, in the 1990s,...
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Ek Umeed ki Kashti - An Introduction
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A series of cross-border dialogues and dialogues around cross-border peace and love attempting to talk about all things that the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent failed to divide. At the center of these conversations lies everything that has continued to transcend one of the most heavily militarized borders of the world – from the collective nature of our individual experiences to shared cultural legacies and syncretic traditions that go back hundreds of years. This Podcast is an ode to unbordered memories, shared culture, identity, folklore, history, heritage, and languages.
HOSTED BY
Priyam Moonka
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A series of cross-border dialogues and dialogues around cross-border peace and love attempting to talk about all things that the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent failed to divide. At the center of these conversations lies everything that has continued to transcend one of the most heavily...
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