Aam Naama, an ode to mangos, is a podcast series in Urdu, comprising 10 episodes, celebrating the national fruit of India. Ghalib to Gulzar, poets fell in love with mangos. South Asian literature and music thrive on the metaphor of Aam. The series 'Aam Naama' goes beyond the metaphor, discussing various varieties of mangos, their cultivation and the love of Muslim rulers for the one and only - Aam. The series Aam Naama contains interviews with the scholars who have spent their life working in the mango orchards, musicians singing Aam songs, poets and authors paying tributes to...
Led by historian, Prof. Ali Nadeem Rezavi, the 10th episode of Cine Ink Podcast Series 'Aam Naama' discovers the first ever mango orchard of 'Qalmi Aam' in India, patronised by the 17th Century Mughal ruler, Jehangir.
Rich in literature, presented by Pervaiz Alam and Mehr e Alam Khan, this...
Published 02/16/21
The 9th episode of Aam Naama focusses on Desi mangos or Tukhmi or Biju Mangos, popularly called the Tapkas. The prog. also discusses a controversial piece of religious writing in which the great Muslim educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan questioned whether it was alright for Muslims to eat mangos as...
Published 02/02/21