One of my favorites is the two part interview of famous poet Ibne Insha and the interview was done by a renowned satirist, columnist Late Ibrahim Jalees.
Ibne Insha Interview
Ibne Insha
Qudratullah Shahab Interview
Qudrat Ullah Shahab
Another interesting gem is a very detailed interview with Faiz Ahmed Faiz by a list of panelists which includes Sufi Tabassum, Hameed Akhtar , Munno Bhai and others. Where the panelist go over with Faiz sahib on his life , his poetry.
Faiz Interview in various parts
Shair-e-Inquilab – Josh Malihabadi
Josh Malihabadi
Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum
Suf Tabassum – Tot Batoot Fame
Sadequain Naqvi (Renowned Calligrapher)
Sadequain
Ismat Chughtai (Novelist)
Ismat Chughtai
Shireen Jinnah (Sister of Quaid-e-Azam)
Shireen Jinnah
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardi on the Transfer of Power on 19 th August 1947
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardi
Group Captain Atta Rabbani – Quaid’s first ADC
Atta Rabbani
1970 Elections and Politicians presenting their Party Manifesto
Sheikh Mujib presenting his manifesto for 1970 elections
Maulana Abdul Hameed Khan Bhashani presenting his Election agenda
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]]>Hour 1: Mustansar Hussain Tarar is one of the most famous personalities of Pakistan, also known as Cha Cha Ji. He is a famous actor, writer, compere and a media personalitiy. His first book Nikley Teri Talaash Main, a travelogue of Europe was published in 1971, he has so far over fifty five books to his credit which include all genre of literature; travelogues, novels, short stories and collection of his newspaper columns and Television dramas.
He has been the best-seller fiction writer of Pakistan for the last fifteen years. He is also the author of many famous drama serials for PTV. He is the author of more than 17 travelogs and many novels.
Listen to his interview to ABN Chicago
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Hour 2 : Discussion on July 4th
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ABN Show June 6th 2010
Hour 1 : Rumana Hussain , a teacher, illustrator of Urdu and English Books for Children, an Art critic from Karachi who just recently wrote a very informative and interesting book called “Karachi Wala ” a subcontinent within a City. Conducted interviews with the families of various communities. The book contains pictures of the rainbow of communities.
The communities documented are quite a conglomeration and include the fisher folk, street children, the Sheedis, the Baloch, Sindhis, Pathans, Punjabis, Seraikis, Gujaratis, Hindu, Kathiawaris, Goans, Hyderabadi, Luckhavi, Bihari, Madrasi, Parsis and Jewish, Ismaili, Agha Khani, Bahai.
This labour of love is spread over 330 colour pages, with over 600 images, including maps and diagrams which tell a parallel story of Karachi’s growth through the years, from a fishing outpost on the Arabian Sea in the 19th century to the mega-city it is today.
For more info visit http://jaal.org/karachiwala/index.html
Followed by a discussion.
Hour 2 : Interview with Ms.Neeta Bhasin, CEO of ASB Communications on the Dishnetwork promotion.
ABN Show May 30th 2010
Hour 1 : Renowned Pakistani Documentary Maker, Kasauti fame Mr.Obaidullah Baig.
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Hour 2 : Interview with Iram Parveen Bilal, A Pakistani film maker studying at USC and working on a project called “JOSH”.
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ABN Show May 23rd 2010
Hour 1: Discussion with Prominent Pakistani Azar Gorakhpuri who wrote a book on the life of Indian Premier Late Mrs.Indira Gandhi in Hindi.
Followed by a discussion with a prominent blogger on the recent facebook controversy
Hour 2 : ABN Health Segment on various types of Cancer by Dr.Nushmia Zia Khokhar a fellow at Northwestern University Hospital
ABN Show April 25th
ABN Signature with renowned Pakistani American Astronomer Salman Hameed, who is a PhD in Astronomy and currently teaching at Hampshire College in Amerherst , MA. Interesting discussion on the birth of universe, Galaxies, Age of the Earth, Evolution, Life on Universe, Current Controversy of 2012 as the end of the world , contribution of Muslims in the field of Astronomy. Interesting discussion in Urdu.
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Interview with Ali Moin Nawazish who created a world record with 23 “A”s.
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ABN Show April 11th
Discussion on the recent Media Hype by the median on Shoaib and Sania Mirza wedding. Discussion with Tayeba Cheema renowned journalist and Awab Alvi prominent blogger.
Followed by an interview with Qaisra Shahraz who is renowned British Pakistani Author who is on his book tour to USA.
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ABN Show April 4th
Discussion with Renowned Journalist Mujib Shami. Discussion on the recent changes in getting Indian visa for Pakistan Americans visiting india.
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ABN Show March 28th 2010
Hour 2 : Discussion with Renowned Indian Historian, Mr.Amaresh Misra
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Hour 3 : Discussion on Various topics
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Hour 2: Interview with Muhammad Mobin from Nasik, India, on his recent book on the post 9/11 events and the situation of the world “Nai Sadi Ka Azaab” his websites.
http://naisadikaazab.bizhat.com/
http://www.adabnama.com/
Followed by a brief discussion on current Healthcare bill and how it is going to effect the common man.
Followed by call from Rehmah Soofi of SAALT (www.saalt.org )on the Census 2010
For more info on Census in Urdu Click here
http://www.saalt.org/attachments/1/Census%202010_SAALT%20Factsheet_Urdu.pdf
Hour 3 : Dr.Ghazi called in from DC providing the details of the Immigration Rally that was held on Sunday.
Rohina Malik who is doing a monologue on the story of five Muslim Women who are sharing their stories on the post 9/11 situation. Rohina is the writer and the performer of the event. The event starts on Wednesday March 24th – April 4th. Listen to her monologue she did on radio of a Pakistani women business owner on devon avenue Chicago.
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Here is another very interesting and enlightening episode of ABN Chicago with veteran Pakistan TV actor, blogger, banker Raju Jamil. A veteran actor who started his career from TV in 1960s, an enyclopedia of our history of radio, TV and Bollywood.
Her Daughter Khaula Jamil is currently studying on a Fulbright scholarship at. She is a graduate of Indus Valley School of art in Karachi and just recently her book “Raw Life” was inaugurated.
He talked about his interest in Dilip Kumar films and then the current status of Pakistani TV Drama and films, his historical blogs, recited his father’s poetry. His candid views on the menace of commercialization of Pakistani TV Drama Industry and it has impacted the quality of the dramas. Listen to his inside scoop on the perks that the current actors are getting.
This was followed by Dr.Shaista Khan who discussed the efforts of islamic relief is doing in Pakistan and announced the upcoming fund raising dinner to be held on March 26th ,2010 featuring Alamgir and Younus Khan.
Khaula talked about the career prospects of Fine Arts in Pakistan.
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Saman is originally from Lahore and finished her undgraduate studies in Computer Sciences from LUMS.
She is the Pakistani “rebel with a cause” and our new addition to the ABN Chicago team. She also does a show on Chicago Public Radio, Vocalo.org (89.5FM) which airs every Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. A journalist who has dabbled in print, broadcast and now radio, considers herself a “citizen of the world who will make sure she leaves this place a lot better.” Having lived in Nigeria, Pakistan and now the US for about every decade of her life, she belongs to many places and revels in the differences of cultures and people. She claims that “we really are all one and the same at the end of the day.” She hopes to bring a different perspective and speak about a multitude of issues which have yet remained invisible to us as Americans and Pakistanis. Of course, you will hear the rant and just so you know, she has a sense of humour which borders on sarcasm so brace yourself for a dose of that! She takes things that are meant to be serious a bit too seriously but then “sometimes things are just too funny to be taken seriously”!
She pursued studies in Mass Communications from University of Houston. Just a few days after the women’s day, I think it is a matter of pride for ABN teamand also for the Pakistanis at home and abroad for being elected as a “Pakistani Women Journalist” to represent the American Women Working Journalist Community. This clearly shows that Pakistani women can do a lot more than how those are being portrayed generally.
We are all proud of you Saman !
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Welcoming our new team member, Saman Sheikh who is originally from Lahore and now works for PBS Chicago Public Television as a Web Producer who has accepted to be part of our team. Also introduced new talent, Muhammad Motan who is techie and has excelled itself in fixing gadgets such as Iphone and complex computer equipment. followed by an interview with Masrur Ahmad (son of Late Munzir Ahmed)
Munzir Ahmad (1903-1986) was born in Delhi and went to school in Aligarh. He then studied law and graduated from Delhi University. Despite his literary lineage, he became fascinated by game hunting during his student days. His love for nature and the pursuit of his hobby took him to the jungles of the “United Provinces” where he spent 40 years interacting with nature and wildlife. Like most big-game shikaris, his long association with wildlife and “big cats”, brought about a metamorphosis in his relationship with wildife. Munzir Ahmad’s book, Big Cats of India, is a record of his observations of the lives and ways of big cats in their natural habitat.
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Discussion on various topics of interest with the callers and our new team members Saman Sheikh
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Hour 2: Rabiul Awal Special Naat by Naila Mughal. Followed by a discussion on the topic “Rediscovering Islam in South Asia”. The discussion participants were Kashiful Huda of twocircles.net and Zubair Hudawi, a resident of Kerala and now doing research on Islamic Education in Jawahir Lal Nehru University.
The discussion was based on when the first muslims came to India.
The first Mosque of South Asia was Cheraman Mosque and the guests provided the historical significance of this masjid. This masjid was built in the 5th Hijra.
Two circles did a series on the rich history of Malabar Muslims Click Here
Hour 3: Rabiul Awal Special. Naat recitation, updates from Rauf Tabani
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Funny conversations with ”Humein Maqbool Kehtey hain”, Nazim Aziz, Zafar, Salma, Sarah Khan, Ruby, Khan Sahab.
Funny clips from this show compiled by Shahrukh Hasan: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=1384328850795&ref=mf
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ABN Chicago interviews Renowned Politician, Student Activist, founding member of PPP, Mr.Mairaj Mohammad Khan on the history of Pakistan Politics, History of student Politics and the incident who turned the student community into a force against Ayub Khan’s regime by taking over a Convention League Convention in Polo Ground in 1963. Discussion on a dilemma of having too much dependence on one leader as opposed to have multiple cadre of leadership among political parties and the reasons for it. Level of disagreements within the party on various issues. Current situation. A number of people called and asked questions.
Hour 3 : Remaining portion of the interview and followed by the discussion on the recent initiative called “Aman Ki Asha” of Jang and Times of India
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Hour 2: Discussion on celebrating Valentine’s Day , Expatriots in Chicago calling in and giving their opinions against celebrating Valentine’s day and concerned about how this was celebrated with so much fervour in Pakistan in recent months and also the way TV Channels have promoted this event by doing special programs and shows.
This was followed by an Exclusive Interview with Veteran Journalist and News Anchor of Express News and popular show “Center Stage”. A candid interview on various topics related to the current electronic media. A number of questions were raised by the viewers on the selection of topics and bringing in same guests in almost every talkshow and too much dragging of issues such as NRO and others to a point where the common man lost interest. Also not focussing on the The state of maturity of media in Pakistan as it relates to the recent events and especially the misuse of the concept of “Breaking News” in our South Asian media.
Hour 3: Continued Interview with Fahad Hussain and followed by discussion on various topics. Listerners calling in for various topics of interest.
