Episodes

  • Ep 27: Halki Fulki Baatein- Khyal

    Ep 27: Halki Fulki Baatein- Khyal
    Oct 31 2020
    Welcome to the original storytelling by Galiyaara Podcast. मुझे लिखने का बहुत शौक है। शायद ज़्यादातर सबको ही होता है। पर मैं लिखता बहुत कम हूँ। लोग कई बार पूछते भी हैं की "भाई बहुत दिनों से कुछ लिखा नहीं?" उनको कौन बताए की मेरे भीतर का लेखक मौसमी है। जिस तरह चमेली का फूल हर साल अगस्त से जनवरी तक ही निकलता है, उसी तरह मेरे लेखन का भी एक मौसम है। हालाँकि चमेली की तरह इसका कोई मौसम तय नहीं है। बेमौसम ही मौसम है। चमेली का उदहारण मैंने क्यों दिया ये मुझे मालूम नहीं। बस मन में आ गया। हर किसी के लिखने के पीछे एक दिचस्प कहानी होती है। उसके जीवन में कुछ ऐसा घट जाता है की वो लेखक बन जाता है। कोई प्यार में होता है तो किसी को प्यार में धोका मिलता है। कोई जीत की ख़ुशी में होता है और कोई हार से हताश। इन्ही सभ घटनाओं के बीच लोग अपने भीतर का लेखक ढूंढ ही लेते हैं। मेरी ज़िन्दगी मैं ऐसी कोई दिचस्प घटना घटी नहीं। हाँ पर इतना ज़रूर याद है की जब मैं पांचवी क्लास में था तो एक शाम दीदी ने बोल दिया किया की कल तुम भी हमारे साथ एस्से-कम्पटीशन में हिस्सा ले रहे हो। वही पहला मौका याद है जब खुद से कुछ लिखा था। बिन ख़्यालों के हमारा लेखन कुछ नहीं है। मेरे भीतर ख्याल तो बहुत खूबसूरत आतें हैं पर मैं उनको उस क्षण लिखने में कोताही कर देता हूँ जब वो आए होते हैं। इस वजह से वो ख्याल बस ख्याल ही रह जाते हैं। ऐसे खूबसूरत ख्याल सुबह के सपने की तरह होते हैं। अगर आपने उठते ही किसी को नहीं बताया तो फिर वो याद आने से रहे। शायद इसी वजह से मैं अबतक बस अपने ख्यालों में ही एक लेखक हूँ। ख्यालों का आना बहुत ज़रूरी है। हमारे जीवन के ज़्यादातर खूबसूरत पल हमारे ख्याल ही हैं। अपने ख्यालों में हम वो सब सोच लेते हैं जो असलियत में पॉसिबल ही नहीं है। ख्यालों की विशेषता होती है, उनकी कोई बाउंड्री नहीं होती। सभी सीमाओं से परे। गरीब अपने ख्यालों में अमीर होता है, अपराधी अपने ख्यालों में निष्कलंकित और शाम को अपने घर से बहार जाने की इजाज़त ना पाने वाली लड़की, मोटरसाइकिल पर घूमता हुआ आवारा लड़का। ख्याल हैं कुछ भी आ सकते हैं। बिना किसी रोक टोक के। बराबर ख़्यालों का आना ही हमें बताता है की हम ज़िंदा हैं। ज़िंदा होने के एहसास के लिए ख़्याल उतने ही ज़रूरी हैं जितना रागों में खून का बहना। पर मैं अपने ख़्यालों में कुछ अठरंगी नहीं ...
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    4 mins
  • Ep 26: Asfiya Rahman on her trilogy, Wild Card

    Ep 26: Asfiya Rahman on her trilogy, Wild Card
    Oct 17 2020
    Welcome to the new episode of our podcast Galiyaara. In this podcast, we are in conversation with Asfiya Rahman. Recently her new book Wild Card 3 has released. Link to the book: https://amzn.to/3nVYO0Z Asfiya Rahman, a management graduate, is a teacher by occupation and a writer by inclination. Her foray into writing began with a one year stint as a freelancer with a national magazine followed by many years as a content writer. She turned her hand to fiction later and has published many short stories in different publications and is the author of the Wild Card trilogy. Prior to a career in writing, she has been coaching students in English and French. She is an avid reader and loves to travel. In her spare time, she loves to daydream about the perfect library she hopes to have in her house someday. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram under the handle @doonwriter Being a teenager can be a very confusing time. Add to that a wheelchair, an overprotective father, and a judgmental society and you get a peek into Roshni’s world Wild Card 3 is the story of Roshni Mehrotra, daughter of tennis champion Karan Mehrotra. Roshni has been in a wheelchair since the day she was born and she accepts it as a part of her life but as she steps out into the real world will people be able to see beyond her wheelchair? She thinks she knows what she wants but is her dream within her reach or is she grasping for the stars? Wild Card 3 is the story of Roshni Mehrotra, daughter of tennis champion Karan Mehrotra. Roshni has been in a wheelchair since the day she was born and she accepts it as a part of her life but as she steps out into the real world will people be able to see beyond her wheelchair? She thinks she knows what she wants but is her dream within her reach or is she grasping for the stars? Read the book Now: https://amzn.to/3nVYO0Z
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    37 mins
  • Ep 25: Puneeth on his book The Unsolved case of an Indian Woman

    Ep 25: Puneeth on his book The Unsolved case of an Indian Woman
    Oct 10 2020
    Hello and welcome to the fresh season of our podcast Galiyaara: Into the Alleyways. In this episode, we are in conversation with Puneeth JH, author of the book, The Unsolved case of an Indian Women. Link To the book: https://amzn.to/3dgzYE7 Meet Tandel, more precisely, Miss Tandel. A forty-year-old advocate, who fights corruption, solves crimes and stops women from harassment. “You are gonna die soon.” She received a threatening note. “There is no evidence, madam. I guess you are overthinking.” The Police officer had said. “You are hallucinating. You may be Paranoid.” The doctor added. Everyone thinks she was mad! She was not. Or was she? To know the truth, read her story— “The Unsolved Case Of An Indian Woman”, and explore a riot of perspectives Puneeth JH is an Indian author, residing in Europe, best known for his thriving novels “The Forbidden Quest of Mysore” and “Love, Lust, and Loyalty in a girl’s life.” His fiction titles revolve around condemning social prejudices and explore lucid genres of historical convictions, thriller reverie, and romance. Puneeth talks about his love of writing, how he developed, and when he started writing. He tells the importance of space/place in a story. How a city tells a story on its own. He felt that English writers of Indian origin are not doing justice with the Indian culture as they are not telling the stories about the city. He also gave advice on the basis of his personal experience that what it takes to be a writer. He said that until and unless a person is readding much he or she won’t be able to write much. Apart from writing, he is a doctoral researcher and presently pursuing his doctorate in the field of future adaptive multi-beam satellite communication systems. If you want to know more about Puneeth visit the website: https://www.puneethjh.com/
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    41 mins
  • Ep 24: Aatm Prakash Mishra on Jamtara and his journey till now

    Ep 24: Aatm Prakash Mishra on Jamtara and his journey till now
    Aug 14 2020
    Welcome to the 24th episode of our podcast Galiyaara. In this episode, we have Aatm Prakash Mishra is our guest. Aatm Prakash Mishra is an actor. He has worked in many plays. He is popularly known for his role in Netflix Original, Jamtara. In this episode, he is telling about his journey so far. He is from Bahraich, a small city from Uttar Pradesh. He tells how his life was there. How he moved to Bhopal and when he realized that he wants to be an actor. He is also a singer and has formed a band. Instagram link to his band: https://instagram.com/mandihousetheband?igshid=i9u5vmfd0y7f Link to his writeups: https://www.instagram.com/safarseries/
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    48 mins
  • Ep 23: Halki Fulki Baatien- Subah

    Ep 23: Halki Fulki Baatien- Subah
    Aug 1 2020
    Welcome to original storytelling by Galiyaara Podcast. Har subah, ‘subah’ jaisi nahin hoti hai. Har saveraa roshni nahin laataa hai। kuchh andheri raato se bhi jyaadaa tamas se bhare hote hain. Kuchh gahraaeyon se bhi jyaadaa gahre hote hain. Main saveraa aane hi nahin detaa hun. Use bhi apni raaton men jod letaa hun। aathon pahar ke chakke ko ghumaa detaa hun. Din ko raat kar detaa hun। raat ko raat hi rahne detaa hun। kabhi-kabhi apne ghar men hi ‘jet-lag’ jhel letaa hun. Good marning ke ‘Good’ se bharosaa uth chukaa hai. Savere ke andhere se bachne ke lia maine jindgi ko ek alag aayaam men mod diyaa. Main pdhtaa to pahle se hi thaa abhi aur bhi bahut kuchh pdhne lagaa. Is priathvi ke niymon se ghrinaa hone lagi aur bhagvaan ke astitv se shak. Par kyaa hi kartaa thak haar ke, traiphik men phase es man ko lekar bhagvaan ke paas hi pahunchaa. ‘shri kriashn govind hare muraari’ se shuruaat ki aur dhire-dhire ‘vedaant aur yog’ ki gali men takraa gayaa। saaraa jyaan ghot kar pi liyaa। kul milaakar ek baat samajh men aai ki jab bojh jyaadaa ho jaaa to use bhagvaan ke sar par daal do। khud n sambhalne par saari galti prabhu ke upar daal do aur rati-rataai laaen to hai hi ‘bhagvaan ki marji yahi thi’. Kyon bhaai? meri galti, meraa bojh। main bhagvaan ko kyon de dun? mere man men maujud bhid bdhti hi jaa rahi। koi grin signal nahin hai. Sabhi khyaal maano ek chauraahe par khde hokar harn maare jaa rahen hain। kisi ko aage nahin bdhnaa hai, bas thahre hi rahnaa hai। thaharnaa bhi thik hi rahtaa hai par ye bhid men nahin. Pahle jivan men thahraav thaa। vythaaan bhi thi par phir bhi thahraav thaa। vaapas se un vythaaon kaa slaaed sho jab chalaataa hun to sab kaalpanik lagti hain Maano anaatmvaad ke samundr men dubi jaa rahi hain। ab sirph ek vythaa hai aur vo bhi ek samundr men jaa rahi hai magar us aur jidhar kinaaraa hi nahin. Main apne aapko bataayaa kartaa hun ki es vythaa kaa mujhapar koi phark nahin pdtaa। magar phir bhi main navagrah ki tarah es vythaa ke suraj kaa chakkar kaat rahaa hun. Aisaa nahin hai ki mere jivan men vythaaan hi hameshaa se rahi hain. Mujhe mohabbat aksar huaa karti hai. Mohabbat karne ke lia jruri nahin ko koi mehbub bhi ho। vaise agar ho to achchhaa hi hai. Mujhmen to kisi bhi chij se mohabbat karne kaa hunar hai. Mujhe lekhni se bahut mohabbat hai। mujhe har prkaar ki kalaa se bahut mohabbat hai। aur ye shaayad esalia hai kyonki mujhe har aparampraagat chijon se hi mohabbat hai। mujhe khud se bhi mohabbat hai. Mohabbat kaa khyaal to har raat aataa hai। aise khyaalo se raaten jaldi bit jaati hain। kabhi-kabhi main chintaamukt ho jaataa hai। jo thahraav chaahia vo aa jaataa hai। chintaa kyaa hai mujhe nahin pataa। thahraav to kabhi-kabhaar jruri hai। meri raaten aur tumhaari raaton men antar hai. Tumhaari raaten jaldi shuru hoti hai meri thodi der se. Par mujhe der se sharu hone vaali raaten pasand nahin. Unmen subah jaldi hoti hai। aur har subah, ‘subah’ jaisi nahin hoti hai। har saveraa roshni nahin laataa hai। kuchh andheri raato se bhi jyaadaa tamas se bhare hote hai. Audio Credits Song Shri Krishna Govind Artist Rakesh Chaurasia, Sunil Das, Ulhas Bapat, Zarin Daruwala, Akhlak Hussain, Pt. Bhavani Shankar Album Divinity, Vol. 7 - Music for Devotion and Meditation Licensed to YouTube by The Orchard Music (on behalf of Sona Rupa); The Royalty Network (Publishing)
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    4 mins
  • Ep 22: Ashish Ranjan Jha on his book 'Barsi hai Ganga'

    Ep 22: Ashish Ranjan Jha on his book 'Barsi hai Ganga'
    Jul 26 2020
    Ashish Ranjan Jha has studied from IIT Kharagpur and is working as a Data Scientist in Bangalore. He has authored a book and many short stories. In this podcast episode, we are having a conversation with him on his book 'Barsi hai Ganga'. Link to Book(E-book: Juggernaut Publishers): https://www.juggernaut.in/books/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE-1 Link to the Book (Paperback): https://amzn.to/3jGWTuY Ashish started telling about his journey to writing this book and why it took eight years to get published. He started writing Barsee hai Ganga in 2012 and then by 2020, the e-book version is published on Juggernaut Books and Paperback is available on Hindi Sahitya Sadan. The book is based on the life of a boy Mithiya, who lives in Jharkhand, and how his life is dependent upon a river. Because of the floods, everybody leaves the village leaving Mihiya behind. From there his journey starts on finding truth of the life. He traveled long searching for his cause following the imprints of Lord Buddha. In his way, many people became his disciples. In the world full of chaos, Mithiya is there only hope who will guide them towards the path of truth. The book is the portray of the present time and has been very effective in telling the importance of rivers and water. The analogy between the river and our life is mindboggling. If you also want to come on our show please email us on srmpodcasts@gmail.com This Podcast is produced by Himanshu Rai. Creator: Aditya Ojha A work of SheoRanjana Media Pvt Ltd. Thanks a ton for tuning into our Podcast. If you like this podcast episode, don’t forget to give a 5-star rating. And also let us know what you think about this episode in the comments section. Stay tuned with SRM Podcasts! Much more entertaining content is on its way. Host: Aditya Ojha Producer: Himanshu Rai
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    30 mins
  • Ep 21: Ashutosh Nadkar on his book 'Shakuni- Master of the Game'

    Ep 21: Ashutosh Nadkar on his book 'Shakuni- Master of the Game'
    Jul 18 2020
    Hello everyone, welcome to the new episode of our podcast Galiyaara. For more such podcasts visit our website https://srmpodcasts.com/ Ashutosh Nadkar is originally from Madhya Pradesh. He has been active in print, television, and web journalism for the past two decades. In this episode, we are discussing with him about his book 'Shakuni- Master of the Game'. Link to Shakuni: https://amzn.to/2CnG7QJ In this interview, Ashutosh told us that most of the characters of Mahabharat are grey but we either portray them as black or white. Shakuni is one such character. He was the main strategist of the Kauravas. But if we go through all the literature of Mahabharat available, we will find that there hasn't been much written about Shakuni. Since ages his voice is unheard and he hasn't got the opportunity to present his point. Ashutosh's book is not presenting Shakuni as a hero but is very successful in depicting the story of Shakuni from the point of view of Shakuni. Shakuni- Master of Game is intriguing and a must-read. Threatened by the formidable Kuru dynasty, the kingdom of Gandhara is forced to marry off its princess to the blind king of Kuru, Dhritarashtra. Enraged by this defeat, shaken, the heir to the Gandhara kingdom, vows to seek revenge. He uses the Kauravas and Pandavas as Pawns in a cleverly crafted game of deceit and destruction and watches as the mighty Kuru kingdom crumbles. Told through the gripping perspective of shakti, this retelling of the Mahabharata asks the burning question –was Shakuni really the vilest of all villains or the victim of a grave injustice?. If you also want to come on our show please email us on srmpodcasts@gmail.com This Podcast is produced by Himanshu Rai. Creator: Aditya Ojha A work of SheoRanjana Media Pvt Ltd.
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    25 mins
  • Ep 20: Himanshu Rai on his new book Rhythm Roger

    Ep 20: Himanshu Rai on his new book Rhythm Roger
    Jul 11 2020
    Himanshu Rai is the best seller author of two romance novels. His recent book Rhythm Roger is the world's first Telecom fantasy. It is the story of a Superhero in a parallel world. After the great response from the reader, the book is set to release in 8 languages. Tune in to listen more about the book and the journey of Himanshu Rai.
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    34 mins