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Sindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 19 Digital Humanities and Sindhi: Vandana Govindani Part 3In this episode we meet young budding Sindhi scholar Vandana Govindani. She is currently doing PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Indore. Born in a small town of central India, Vandana's initial educational journey and early life is discussed and how that leads to her decision to do research on Sindhi language and culture. She is also trying to digitise Sindhi rare books. Full of insights into a young persons educational and professional choices. Many shaping moments are discussed with a message for Sindhi parents and youngsters. You can read Vandana's research article here https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380203073_Sindhi_l...2025-05-0940 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 18 Finding Inspiration and purpose: Vandana Govindani Part 2In this episode we meet young budding Sindhi scholar Vandana Govindani. She is currently doing PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Indore. Born in a small town of central India, Vandana's initial educational journey and early life is discussed and how that leads to her decision to do research on Sindhi language and culture. She is also trying to digitise Sindhi rare books. Full of insights into a young persons educational and professional choices. Many shaping moments are discussed with a message for Sindhi parents and youngsters. You can read Vandana's research article here https://www.researchgate.net/p...2025-05-0940 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 17 Getting Wings: Vandana Govindani Part 1In this episode we meet young budding Sindhi scholar Vandana Govindani. She is currently doing PhD at Indian Institute of Technology Indore. Born in a small town of central India, Vandana's initial educational journey and early life is discussed and how that leads to her decision to do research on Sindhi language and culture. She is also trying to digitise Sindhi rare books. Full of insights into a young persons educational and professional choices. Many shaping moments are discussed with a message for Sindhi parents and youngsters.You can read Vandana's research article here https://www.researchgate.n...2025-05-0919 min
Sindhi Boli OtaakSindhi reading session 1: Stories, poems, proverbsThis is first online Sindhi Reading Session series. In this series Sindhi stories, poems and other literary creations like proverbs, idioms are read. In the first session we read a poem by Meena Sharma and a story by Dr. Hundraj Balwani.2025-04-2819 minSindhi Boli OtaakEp 16 The Many Scripts of Sindhi: Tradition Meets Modernity with Mr. GehaniIn this conversation with Mr. Mohan Gehani, we talk about Sindhi language, culture, trends in scripts used for Sindhi language. Multiple scripts have been used for Sindhi language such as Arabic, Devnagiri, Gurmukhi and Hatwanki. Lately English/Roman script is also getting promoted. We discussed how Hatwanki was used by Sindhi merchants as coded language.You can find more information about Mr. Gehani at www.mohangehani.com A particular essay on Sindhi language referred in the podcast is on page 59 of book titled A Gateway to Sindhi Literature by Mr Gehani accessible from his website https...2025-03-0440 minSindhi Boli OtaakSBO Episode 15 Narayan Shyam Ghazal VideoThis is Ghazal by famous Sindhi poet Narayan Shyam.2024-12-0904 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 13 Professor Harish Poptani in Sindhi Boli OtaakIn this conversation we talk to Dr. Harish Poptani who is Professor and Chair of the Centre for preclinical Imaging at the University of Liverpool since Dec 2014. Before that he did research as post doctoral scientist in Finland and the USA where was Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA from 1997-2014. He did his Higher education - BSc - PhD - Lucknow, India 1985- 1995 and basic education - Kanpur, Ranchi, Patna. Born to a Sindhi family in Devlali Camp (near Nasik), can speak Sindhi fluently. Besides professional activities, am quite active with the UK Hindi Association, based in...2024-06-0235 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 10 Tryst With Koki Book Review (Audio English)Book review of Tryst With Koki by Dr Subhadra Anand. This beautiful book that tells the story of a Sindhi family that is uprooted from its ancestorial land of Sindh. The Partition of India remains one of the tragic legacies of British imperialism. The cost of independence of India included immeasurable human suffering, loss of homeland, existential threat to the language, life and culture of Sindhi people, particularly Hindu Sindhis who were in minority in Sindh before the Partition. The book tells the story of a resilient community that survived the chaotic migration from Sindh which became part of newly...2024-03-2621 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 11 A Conversation with Dr. Subhadra Anand about Tryst with Koki (Audio)Conversation in Sindhi and English with Dr Subhadra Anand about her passion of writing, teaching and Jhulelal. We talked about her recent book Tryst With Koki. You can find the review of that book on Sindhee Boli Otaak https://youtu.be/oBHNWJ1jDOY We talked about life in Ulhasnagar Mumbai, Sindhis enterprising spirit and never give in attitude. Role of women in resettling of Sindhis in post partition India. Role of teaching and schools. We talked about motivation of Dr Subhadra Anand to write this book. We also talked about Sindhi Sangat and Indian Institute of Sindhology. www.sindhisangat.com...2024-03-2455 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 9 Sindhi Poetry Reading 1 AudioThis is an edited version of the video podcast Reading Sindhi Poetry Online Session 1 which is available on Sindhi Boli Otaak Youtube Channel which you can watch.I read and discussed few poems of famous classical poets of Sindhi Sachal and Sami and also few contemporary poets Dholan Rahi, Sarita Sharma and Kanaiyo Mando.Enjoy!2023-12-1429 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 8 Sindhi Boli Otaak Kitaben Nazm AudioDisclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to.In this short podcast a simple commentary on Gulzar's beautiful Nazm on books is given. Few some urdu words are explained along with brief comments in Sindhi.Enjoy.Subscribe to audio podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcats, Amazon Prime, Spreaker, Spotify and other platforms. Search for Sindhi Boli Otaakwww.youtube.com/@sindheeboli2023-08-0610 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 7 Interview with Isha Merchant writer of The Swing Part 2 of 2 (audio)Disclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to.Welcome to Youtube channel @sindheeboli. This is part one of two parts conversation with a young Sindhi writer Isha Merchant about her book The Swing. The book tells story of her great grandmother's life who grew up in pre-partition Sindh India and had to migrate to India after the partition of India in 1947, Padma Bajaj, the protagonist of this factually based novel is a headstrong, feminist growing in 1930s and 1940s Sindh, who becomes...2023-07-2931 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 6 Interview with Isha Merchant writer of The Swing Part 1 of 2 (audio)Disclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to.Welcome to Youtube channel @sindheeboli. This is part one of two parts conversation with a young Sindhi writer Isha Merchant about her book The Swing. The book tells story of her great grandmother's life who grew up in pre-partition Sindh India and had to migrate to India after the partition of India in 1947, Padma Bajaj, the protagonist of this factually based novel is a headstrong, feminist growing in 1930s and 1940s Sindh, who becomes...2023-07-2930 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 5 The Swing Book Review In Sindhi (audio)Disclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to. Welcome to Youtube channel @sindheeboli. This is book review in Sindhi language of The Swing by Isha Merchant.. The book tells story of her great grandmother's life who grew up in pre-partition Sindh India and had to migrate to India after the partition of India in 1947, Padma Bajaj, the protagonist of this factually based novel is a headstrong, feminist growing in 1930s and 1940s Sindh, who becomes a key source of wisdom, guidance and strength to...2023-07-2912 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 4 When A Language Dies Conversation with Prof. Ganesh DevyDisclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to.Prof. Ganesh Devy, has written and edited close to ninety books in areas including Literary Criticism, Anthropology, Education, Linguistics and Philosophy. We hear more about how Prof. Devy came to do research in languages and culture. He carried out one of the largest public linguistic survey in India and wrote many multilingual books based on findings. We hear fascinating story of Sign languages in India. We hear why Prof. Devy calls language as a...2023-07-2529 minSindhi Boli OtaakEpisode 3 Library and wandering mindDisclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to.Episode 3: Library and wandering mind In this podcast I discuss my first encounter with great authors in Gujarat Vidyapeeth library in Ahmedabad, India. I discuss how open access libraries are important part of discovering unexpected subjects, writers and ideas. I also reflect briefly on the book The Worldly Philosophers, by Robert Heilbroner. How wandering mind can generate creative solutions for difficult solution is described.Books/articles referred in the podcast:...2023-07-1515 min
Sindhi Boli OtaakEp.02 Losing Home Finding HomeDisclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to.This podcast provides a review of fascinating book Losing Home Finding Home by Saaz Agarwal, with real life stories of Sindhi people who were displaced due to partition of India.Books mentioned in this podcastLosing Home, Finding Home by Saaz AggarwalPublisher : black-and-white fountain (14 August 2022)Language : EnglishHardcover : 112 pagesISBN-10 : 9383465328ISBN-13 : 978-9383465323Reading age : 8 years and upRange: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized...2023-07-0820 min
Sindhi Boli OtaakEp.01 What is Sindhi Otaak?Disclaimer: The views expressed in Sindhi Boli Podcasts are personal and do no represent any organisations that the participants and speaker may belong to.What is Sindhi Otaak podcast series?Purpose and its scope. This is an introduction to Sindhi Otaak podcast. The purpose of the podcast and its scope is described.Otaak is a Sindhi word meaning a room or drawing room where in olden days in Sindh, people use to sit and discuss social and other matters. It seems to be borrowed in Sindhi from Persian, where it is pronounced something like...2023-07-0804 min