Akkad Bakkad

In the ninth episode of Akkad Bakkad, a podcast by Posham Pa, tune in to listen to Sahej Aziz, Pathik Gheewala and Puneet Kusum discussing the novel 'Do Log' written by Gulzar, a novel on what the India-Pakistan Partition entailed for ordinary people of both the countries.

पोषम पा के पॉडकास्ट 'अक्कड़ बक्कड़' के नवें एपिसोड में, सुनें गुलज़ार द्वारा लिखित उपन्यास 'दो लोग' पर बात करते हुए, सहज अज़ीज़, पथिक और पुनीत कुसुम को। भारत-पाकिस्तान के बँटवारे की पृष्ठभूमि पर लिखा गया यह उपन्यास हमें उन परिस्थितियों से अवगत कराता है जो किसी भी देश में पनपती-फैलती साम्प्रदायिकता के बीच उस देश के आम नागरिकों को झेलनी पड़ती हैं।

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In the eighth episode of Akkad Bakkad, a podcast by Posham Pa, tune in to listen to Sahej Aziz and Puneet Kusum discussing the novel 'Ek Bata Do' written by Sujata. The book explores the tricky terrain that is revealed to women through the journey of married life. Through the life stories of the women depicted in the novel, Sahej and Puneet also discuss everyday forms of patriarchy, viewed from the location of heterosexual men.

पोषम पा के पॉडकास्ट 'अक्कड़ बक्कड़' के आठवें एपिसोड में, सुनें सुजाता द्वारा लिखित उपन्यास 'एक बटा दो' पर बात करते हुए, सहज अज़ीज़ और पुनीत कुसुम को। यह पुस्तक उन मुश्किल क्षणों की पड़ताल करती है जो वैवाहिक जीवन की यात्रा के मध्य स्त्रियों के सामने आते हैं। उपन्यास में चित्रित स्त्रियों की जीवन-कथाओं के माध्यम से, सहज और पुनीत पुरुषों की लोकेशन से दिखने वाले पितृसत्ता के विभिन्न स्वरूपों पर भी चर्चा करते हैं।

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In the seventh episode of Akkad Bakkad, a podcast by Posham Pa, listen to Shiva, Sonal and Sahej Aziz as they discuss 'Sherni', latest Vidya Balan starrer. The film touches upon the subject of developmeny-nature-livelihood conflict through the struggles of upright forest officials caught in an environment of intense contradictions. The discussion treads from the cinematic experience of the film to the complex jungles of the issue it attempts to portray.

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In the sixth episode of Akkad Bakkad, a podcast by Posham Pa, listen to Puneet Kusum and Sahej Aziz as they discuss 'Jadu Ka Kaaleen', a play by Mridula Garg. This play exposes the political and administrative corruption while talking about child labor. The carpet that the children weave, is the medium of their exploitation, and also a medium of their imaginations of freedom. The characters of the play are children but the play is more for adults for they are the ones who have constructed and have to break this cruelty.

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In the fifth episode of Akkad Bakkad, a podcast by Posham Pa, listen to Puneet Kusum and Sahej Aziz as they discuss 'A Syrian love story', a documentary film that portrays complex human emotions, relationships, aspirations in a conflict-torn space, through the story of Raghda and Amer. The documentary is directed by British filmmaker Sean Mcallister.

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Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson' is the story of a man who is a bus driver, a poet and also a part of the imaginative universe of his own favourite poet. In telling the story of this man, the film sometimes becomes a canvas painted in a hundred colours and sometimes a poem adorned with a hundred metaphors.   

What impact did the poetic tones of the film have on Sahej, Puneet and Anand Priya—listen from them in the fourth conversation of 'Akkad-Bakkad'. 

Let us know what other films on poetry/literature we can watch.

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What is the 'middle class'? What are its moralities, hypocrisies, inconsistencies? 

We explore these questions as we discuss three Hindi stories— 'Kutte Ki Poonchh' by Yashpal, 'Dilli Mein Ek Maut' by Kamleshwar and 'Traas' by Bhishm Sahni. These stories reflect different qualities of people constituting the middle class and bring out interesting nuances.

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