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Zabaan-e-aam

guneet kaur

Of poetry, stories, sach aur khwaab ~ A literary podcast based in India that brings translated stories and poems every alternate Wednesday.

39 - A Litany for Survival by Audre Lorde ~ read by Annapurna Verma
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  • 39 - A Litany for Survival by Audre Lorde ~ read by Annapurna Verma

    Annapurna or Anna is a very special guest. She has been a source of inspiration for me and is always a call away for many of us who are part of the South Delhi Film and Reading Club.

    The poem is available here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147275/a-litany-for-survival

    Wed, 09 Sep 2026 - 02min
  • 38 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~ Kubla Khan

    Kubla Khan

    Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.

    By Samuel Taylor Coleridge 


    In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
    A stately pleasure-dome decree:
    Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
    Through caverns measureless to man
    Down to a sunless sea.


    So twice five miles of fertile ground
    With walls and towers were girdled round;
    And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
    Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
    And here were forests ancient as the hills,
    Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.


    But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
    Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
    A savage place! as holy and enchanted
    As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted
    By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
    And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
    As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
    A mighty fountain momently was forced:
    Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
    Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
    Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
    And mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
    It flung up momently the sacred river.


    Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
    Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
    Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
    And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean;
    And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
    Ancestral voices prophesying war!
       The shadow of the dome of pleasure
       Floated midway on the waves;
       Where was heard the mingled measure
       From the fountain and the caves.
    It was a miracle of rare device,
    A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!


       A damsel with a dulcimer
       In a vision once I saw:
       It was an Abyssinian maid
       And on her dulcimer she played,
       Singing of Mount Abora.
       Could I revive within me
       Her symphony and song,
       To such a deep delight ’twould win me,
    That with music loud and long,
    I would build that dome in air,
    That sunny dome! Those caves of ice!


    And all who heard should see them there,
    And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
    His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
    Weave a circle round him thrice,
    And close your eyes with holy dread
    For he on honey-dew hath fed,
    And drunk the milk of Paradise.

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    Wed, 02 Sep 2026 - 06min
  • 37 - Bashir Badr with Amy Singh

    Parakhna mat, Parakhne mein koi apna nahi rehta

    In this episode, our guest, Amy Singh, has shared Bashir Badr's ghazal.

    Wed, 05 Aug 2026 - 15min
  • 36 - Sheher by Alif Sifar ~ Urdu

    Our latest episode has two new poems by our esteemed guest, Alif Sifar. The poet has penned his reflections on his city and village.


    Please feel free to leave your comments.

    If you feel like supporting my podcast, I have included links in the description below. You can donate in INR and internationally also through Buy me a Coffee.

     

    Buy Me a Coffee ($): ⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/zabaaneaam

    Instamojo (₹): ⁠ ⁠https://knotty1.myinstamojo.com/product/buy-me-a-coffee

    Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/zabaan_e_aam

    Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for exciting stories and poems.

    Write to us at zabaaneaam@gmail.com to feature on our podcast.

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 - 07min
  • 35 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi with Charandeep Singh

    Shiv Kumar Batalvi's poems are timeless. In this episode, our guest, Charandeep Singh sings Shiv Kumar Batalvi's poem Sikhar Dupher.In this poem, the poet discusses the inevitability of death. All the stanzas end with 'Kabraan udeek diyan mainu, jivein putraan nu maavaan'.


    In the last stanza, the poet enters an existential crisis, questioning his identity as a poet. Tune in to listen to the poem.


    Other episodes on Shiv Kumar Batalvi

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/3dkbtV3S9JRZGGZNYHeALW


    Please feel free to leave your comments.

    If you feel like supporting my podcast, I have included links in the description below. You can donate in INR and internationally also through Buy me a Coffee.

     

    Buy Me a Coffee ($): ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zabaaneaam⁠

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    Don't forget to subscribe to our podcast for exciting stories and poems.

    Write to us at zabaaneaam@gmail.com to feature on our podcast.


    Wed, 01 Jul 2026 - 07min
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