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Bollywood songs turn us all into Grammy award-winning bathroom singers! But wait, do you know the meaning of every word you sing? Especially the ones in Urdu? On Urdunama, our host Fabeha Syed takes one word at a time and breaks it down for you. Be it the protest poetry of Faiz, or Sameer's 90s nostalgia, we have it all. If you like Urdu and poetry, this podcast is for you!2024 The Quint Arte
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  • What 'Sahra' Means in Urdu Poetry: Desert and the Lover’s Wilderness

    What 'Sahra' Means in Urdu Poetry: Desert and the Lover’s Wilderness
    Mar 14 2026
    In the vocabulary of Urdu poetry, sahra, meaning the desert, is far more than a barren landscape. It is a metaphor for the inner wilderness of the heart: solitude, longing, and the untamed intensity of love. In this episode, we wander through verses by Mirza Ghalib, Daagh Dehlvi, and Jaun Elia to explore how poets transform the desert into a space of vahshat, searching, and emotional vastness. Tune in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 m
  • Love With 'Ikhlas': Beyond the Valentine Glow | Urdunama Podcast

    Love With 'Ikhlas': Beyond the Valentine Glow | Urdunama Podcast
    Feb 14 2026
    In Valentine’s month, we are drawn to a picture-perfect version of love that is warm, dazzling, and effortless. Yet real love asks for more than beauty. It calls for ikhlaas meaning pure intention to be sincere and have honest devotion that persists even when the glow fades. True love thrives in patience, understanding, and care, beyond grand gestures and fleeting romance.In this episode, we draw wisdom from literary masters like Ahmad Faraz, Rahat Indori, and Jaun Elia, celebrating a sincerity that holds the courage to love, to be loved, and ultimately, to become love itself. Tune in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 m
  • Junoon in Urdu Poetry: Meaning, Madness, and Purpose

    Junoon in Urdu Poetry: Meaning, Madness, and Purpose
    Jan 24 2026
    Junoon is often translated as passion or madness, but in Urdu poetry it carries layered, sometimes conflicting meanings. For poets like Mirza Ghalib, junoon is dangerous if exposed or fully unpacked. It then becomes a force so raw that it can undo the self. If Ghalob's junoon is intense, self-aware, and often destructive, poets like Ahmad Faraz and Ameer Qazalbash later engage with the same intensity differently. Where Ghalib is wary of junoon’s excess, they explore what happens when that intensity is held with awareness and direction when madness becomes purposeful rather than consuming.This episode traces that shift in from junoon, from a volatile force that must remain partially veiled, to junoon as a creative energy that can transform darkness into light. Junoon, in the end, is not one thing. It is a risk and sometimes, a possibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 m
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