Azad Karachi Radio

Program 10, the first of 2008 has guest Mehdi Hasnain join iFaqeer and Cemendtaur to discuss the American Elections, the Pakistani situation and events with Ayesha Siddiqa in California as well as a media item.The program mentions, amongst other things:ABN Chicago's Urdu Talk Radio Show...and of course, Cemendtaur and iFaqeer's own blogs and the Karachi Photoblog and سمندطور کی اردو دنیا (Cemendtaur ki Urdu Duniya)The audio file for directly downloading and listening to the tenth program is here. You can stream it 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:Subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following the following URL/link for our RSS feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioListen to the streaming version of this program using the Odeo player from any Azad Karachi Radio blog page. Just take a look at the top righthand corner of the page!At Yahoo! Podcasts.At Odeo.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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast - Moderate Muslims - Progressive Muslims - Benazir - Pakistani Elections - US Elections - Barack Obama - Hilary Clinton

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:Aligarians.comLiving Hyderabadسمندطور کی اردو دنیا (Cemendtaur ki Urdu Duniya)...and of course, Cemendtaur and iFaqeer's own blogs.The audio file for directly downloading and listening to the eighth 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:Subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following the following URL/link for our RSS feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioListen to the streaming version of this program using the Odeo player from any Azad Karachi Radio blog page. Just take a look at the top righthand corner of the page!At Yahoo! Podcasts.At Odeo.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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast - Moderate Muslims - Progressive Muslims

Program 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.comThe 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:Subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following the following URL/link for our RSS feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioListen to the streaming version of this program using the Odeo player from any Azad Karachi Radio blog page. Just take a look at the top righthand corner of the page!At Yahoo! Podcasts.At Odeo.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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Keith Ellison - US Elections - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast - Moderate Muslims - Progressive Muslims

Program 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:Subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following the following URL/link for our RSS feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioListen to the streaming version of this program using the Odeo player from any Azad Karachi Radio blog page. Just take a look at the top righthand corner of the page!At Yahoo! Podcasts.At Odeo.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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast - Bangladesh - Sarah Chase - Moderate Muslims - Progressive Muslims

آزاد کراچی ریڈیو کے پروگرام شمار ۵ میں آئی فقیر نے گفتگو کا آغاز "آزاد کراچی ریڈیو" کی وجہ تسمیہ سے کیا۔ سمندطور نے بلاگ کی دنیا، حاکمیت جمہور کی دنیا کے عنوان سے ایک مختصر تحریر پڑھی۔ پھرآئی فقیر نے وادئ سلیکن میں پاکستانیوں کی ایک تنظیم اوپن کے حالیہ اجلاس کا کچھ حال سامعین کو سنایا۔ سمندطور نے امریکہ کی جنوبی سرحد پہ کھڑی کی جانے والی مجوزہ دیوار کے بارے میں رائے زنی کی۔ آئی فقیر نے حجاب کے متعلق اپنے کچھ مشاہد ات پیش کیے۔ پھر سمندطور نے جیک اسٹرا اور برقعہ کے عنوان سے اپنا ایک مختصر مضمون پیش کیا۔ آئی فقیر نے پروگرام کا اختتام اكبر اله بادي کے چند خيالات سے کیا اور سامعین کو پروگرام پہ تنقید کی دعوت دی۔iFaqeer starts Program 5 a discussion of the provenance of the program's name. Cemendtaur then presents a piece titled "World of Blogs; World of Democracy", discussing blogs, democracy and globalization. iFaqeer then provides an update of an event by OPEN in Silicon Valley on the anniversary of the earthquake in South Asia and goes on to discuss some aspects of the topic of community and community building that the event focused on. Cemendtaur then discusses the proposed wall on the United States' southern border. iFaqeer then discusses his thoughts on the concept of Hijab and it's modern manifestation and Cemendtaur follows up with a short essay titled "Jack Straw and the Burka". iFaqeer concludes the program with quotes from Urdu poet/satirist Akbar Allahabadi.The audio file for directly downloading and listening to the fifth 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:Subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following the following URL/link for our RSS feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioListen to the streaming version of this program using the Odeo player from any Azad Karachi Radio blog page. Just take a look at the top righthand corner of the page!At Yahoo! Podcasts.At Odeo.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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast

Program 4 of Azad Karachi Radio restarts the discussion after a break of almost a year, with Cemendtaur joining the team live and in studio. This program congratulates celebrants on Ramzan, Eid and Diwali, with some thoughts on the spirit of the season; discusses the first anniversary of the earthquake in South Asia and the role of the blogosphere in helping remember those in need; and throws out some political thoughts on matters of social concern, also discussing the recent exchange between a seminarian (madarasa student) and Gen. Pervez Musharraf that made the rounds on the Internet.The audio file for directly downloading and listening to the fourth program is here. You can now also stream the podcast using the Odeo (odeo/5e510de8d8638707) player from any Azad Karachi Radio blog page. Just take a look at the top righthand corner of the page!This edition mentions:On Ramzan, Eid and Diwali:Adil Najam on Auspicious Days: Juma-tul-Vida, Diwali, and Eid on Pakistaniat.comOwais Mughal's Bazm-e-Eid, Pakistaniat.comAnniversary of the earthquake in South Asia:iFaqeer on the AnniversaryCampaign about the Quake AnniversaryWikiPakistan page on a year after the QuakeWikiPakistan main pages on the QuakeCemendtaur's Visit to the Quake-Affected Areas:[Please follow the links to Previous Posts from that page]iFaqeer says that "Disasters Offers No Boundaries"Benazir Bhutto's Visit to the San Franciso Bay AreaRas Siddiqui's report in Pakistan LinkiFaqeer's comments based on the report, and previous visits, including Imran Khan at OPEN last year. (Also carried by TheSouthAsian.org)The Seminarian and The GeneralPakistaniat.com has the Video and a very interesting discussion So, there we are! Back after a year's hiatus and determined to make this a regular weekly program to start with. Please do send suggestions! Comments, corrections, suggestions for topics, issues, websites...what you'd like us to cover. And we'd welcome both contributions and comments sent as audio files we can include in future programs. We are also exploring the idea of expanding Azad Karachi Radio programming, so if you have a single item or would like to do regular program of your own, please drop us a line and let's talk.You can subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following the following URL/link for our RSS feed:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioJust copy and paste that address where the software you use to subscribe to PodCasts (for example iTunes from Apple, iPodder, etc.) asks you to put addresses of Podcasts you are subscribing to manually.As mentioned above, you you listen to this program using the Odeo player on our pages. We are listed at Yahoo! Podcasts and Odeo.Again, to reach us via email, drop a line at [email protected] tags applicable to this post: Urdu - Hindi - Urdu Podcast - Pakistani Podcast - Indian Podcast - Hindi Podcast

Program 3 of Azad Karachi Radio continues discussion of the earthquake in South Asia and discusses issues of democracy, civilization and the role of the World Bank and the Military.Our apologies for this program being late. Hopefully, this program being published on Monday morning in most time zones will help us move closer to following a regular Monday schedule.The audio file for directly downloading and listening to the third program is here.Websites mentioned include:World Bank press release titled "Pakistan: World Bank Supports Earthquake Recovery with $470 million"NPR discussions about Posse Comitatus: here, here and generally here.iFaqeer (Sabahat Ashraf)'s interview on Apex Express, a program on KPFA.Entry about "Civilization" on iFaqeer (blog)WikiPakistan: http://pakistan.wikicities.com/ WikiPakistan's Earthquake page: http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05iFaqeer's Blog: http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/ Urdu ke Naam (Blog): http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/ Thank you to the folks that sent us feedback and helped us identify some of the important issues we needed to get a grip on. We are still working on some, so please bear with us. And (and send suggestions!). You can subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following URL/link:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioJust copy and paste that address where the software you use to subscribe to PodCasts (for example iTunes from Apple, iPodder, etc.) asks you to put addresses of Podcasts you are subscribing to manually.Postscript: Users who would rather listen to Azad Karachi Radio as a stream (for example, if you don't want or can't download large mp3 files) should note that the program is also available for online listening via Yahoo!s new (Beta) Podcasting service at:http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=3d848ad579b260b163d17218e7fcbad5

Azad Karachi Radio's second podcast covers the earthquake in South Asia and the spirit of humanity; Amartya Sen and Pankaj Mishra on Civil Society and the Press in Pakistan; life on Skid Row in the US; and a preview of futureThe audio file for directly downloading and listening to the second program is here.Websites mentioned include: Zalzalay thoo nay mairay baagh kay ghunchay thoray, poem on the Quake by Khalid IrfanInterview with Dr. Amartya Sen on NPR's Talk of the NationPankaj Mishra's piece in Outlook India's 10th Anniversary edition\Metroblog KarachiMetroblog Lahore WikiPakistan: http://pakistan.wikicities.com/ WikiPakistan's Earthquake page: http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05 Life on Skid Row, An LA Times seriesDanial's BlogTM's BlogDanial's BlogiFaqeer's Blog: http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/ Urdu ke Naam (Blog): http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/ Thank you to the folks that sent us feedback and helped us identify some of the important issues we needed to get a grip on. We are still working on some, so please bear with us. And (and send suggestions!). You can subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following URL/link:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioJust copy and paste that address into the window or dialog of the software you use to subscribe to PodCasts (for example iTunesJust copy and paste that address where the software you use to subscribe to PodCasts (for example iTunes from Apple, iPodder, etc.) asks you to put addresses of Podcasts you are subscribing to manually.Postscript: Users who would rather listen to Azad Karachi Radio as a stream (for example, if you don't want or can't download large mp3 files) should note that the program is also available for online listening via Yahoo!s new (Beta) Podcasting service at:http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=3d848ad579b260b163d17218e7fcbad5

Azad Karachi Radio is a new Podcast in Urdu. The first program of this PodCast introduces the new program and covers Hurricane Katrina, WikiPakistan, and the Quake in South Asia.The audio file for directly downloading and listening to the first program is here.Websites mentioned include: WikiPakistan: http://pakistan.wikicities.com/ WikiPakistan's Earthquake page: http://pakistan.wikicities.com/wiki/Earthquake_10-05 Instructions on how to "Install" Urdu on Windows XP at NUST's CRULPiFaqeer's Blog: http://ifaqeer.blogspot.com/ Urdu ke Naam (Blog): http://urdu-ke-naam.blogspot.com/ Please bear with us as we get a grip on the technical issues (and send suggestions!). You can subscribe to either the text version of this blog or the Podcast using the following URL/link:http://feeds.feedburner.com/AzadKarachiRadioJust copy and paste that address into the window or dialog of the software you use to subscribe to PodCasts (for example iTunesJust copy and paste that address where the software you use to subscribe to PodCasts (for example iTunes from Apple, iPodder, etc.) asks you to put addresses of Podcasts you are subscribing to manually.Postscript: Users who would rather listen to Azad Karachi Radio as a stream (for example, if you don't want or can't download large mp3 files) should note that the program is also available for online listening via Yahoo!s new (Beta) Podcasting service at:http://podcasts.yahoo.com/series?s=3d848ad579b260b163d17218e7fcbad5