Mukhtasar Si Baat with Shailja Shailja Chandra
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- Society & Culture
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This podcast honours and celebrates the human condition - our fallibilities & frailties and longings & vulnerabilities. Summing up resonant insights from our cherished retro Hindi songs, rich literature and life... I am a radio host, writer and sustainability consultant from Sydney. Website: https://www.shailjachandra.com/ Insta: rj_ShailjaChandra Twitter: @ShailjaChandra FB: @ShailjaChandraSydney
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Episode 39 - kitne bhoole hue zakhmon ka pata yaad aaya
On how difficult it is to do both - to forgive and to forget. It is a whole journey and not a quick process. And during this process, can we give ourselves permission to fall back to our previous zakhmi emotional state without feeling guilty or angry at ourselves? Featuring Sahir Ludhinavi's Aap aaye to khyaal-e-dil-e-nashad aaya, and words of Gulzar, Majrooh Sultanpuri and E.M.Forster.
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Episode 38: Kitna Sukh Hai Bandhan Me Reprise
Revisiting this favorite episode of mine that features songs from three classic films portraying three strong female characters - Rajnigandha, Bandini and Guide. This episode takes a fresh look at #BreakTheBias, and opens a conversation on how we can celebrate our choices unapologetically, be it traditional or modern.
#BreakTheBias #Yogesh #Shailendra #womensday #8March -
Episode 37: Thodi Si Hai Jani Hui Thodi Si Nayi...
In this episode, talking about love, intimacy, vulnerability, being lost, film Masoom, Shabana azmi, and Emma Thompson, and so much more with the very enigmatic and a hugely defining and brilliant director of all times. #ShekharKapur #shabanaAzmi #Whatslovegottodowithit #masoom #Gulzar #Nusratfatehalikhan
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Episode 36: Taaruf Rog Ho Jaaye To Usko Bhulna Behtar...
In this last episode of 2022, insights on ailing, crumbling friendships and connections, and why it is so hard to let them go. You may have different views – which I would love to hear. Featuring the classic Chalo Ik Baar Phir se, Pal do pal ka saath hamara and Mann re tu kaahe na dheer dhare by Sahir Ludhianvi, and words of Gulzar, John Steinback, and Oprah.
#SahirLudhianvi #Gulzar #Oprah #AnandBakshisode -
Episode 35: Hum apne ansuon me chand taron ko dubo denge
If you are condemned, or privileged, to feel this world and everything in it intensely, then this episode is tailor made for you as it makes a case for melancholy and for all types of Soz-e-dil. Danish philosopher/ poet Kierkegaard said that he felt bliss in melancholy and sadness. Melancholy is beautiful, it could be the only secret gateway to a fuller life, and indeed the only way to become music, a poem, dance, art and literature. Do you do melancholy?
Featuring the poignant Jo humne daastan apni sunayi, ankhiyon ko rahne de, dil se re and gham ka khazana...
Dil se cover by Pineapple Express: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zava5GlDsQ
#rajamehandialikhan #Gulzar #Anandbakshi #CSLewis #Kierkegaard #Jagjitsingh
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Episode 34: Jab se milne lagi tumse raahein meri
A great city is like a great love (Maria Papova). In this episode, claiming the ever-flowing love that our cities have for us, but we mostly remain oblivious of it all. Sheharon ke paas latife bhi hai, marham bhi hain…can we be beholders of her love for us? Created in the lovely city of Brisbane, this episode features ‘Wadiyan mera daman’, Is mod se jaate hain, Dhan te nan, Solah Baras ki baali umar and Karoge Yaad to…
#MajroohSultanpuri #Gulzar #WHAuden #EBWhite #Topophilia #wanderlust #Storybridge #Brisbane #Sydney #Mumbai #MariaPapova
Customer Reviews
Dil chhoo gayi tumhari mukhtsar si baat
Wow Shailja! Listening to you brings me to a different world - a more deep one. Over time I told myself staying shallow - floating on the surface is easier, happier. Depth is complex. Ignorance is bliss you know. I wish you had met someone I lost. God bless you dear!