Meet the nerd, Professor Mirza Salaahuddeen Beg. Though he is neither intelligent nor creative, he has a great passion for learning facts. However, his only goal is to accumulate old factual knowledge to lecture and repeat it in detail, without contributing anything to ‘real growth’ in life. Nevertheless, he is a nerd; and, like all other nerds, he gets good grades, impressive degrees, and high position in life. After all, it looks good on paper to hire people like him who can flaunt a few titles behind their names. He loves to be called ‘Professor Sahab’. Let’s listen to the story of Professor Sahab and find out what makes him so annoying (just like all other nerds).

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S3E7: Professor Sahab Ka Kamarband

All kids love to listen to stories. And, when the storyteller is your grandma, even grown-ups can’t resist. Saadiya, Saba & Soofi nagged their grand-mother to narrate them the famous story of Birbal ki Khichdi once again. It tickled their funny bone! And they named the story ‘Baawli Handiya’, the crazy dish literally. However, the ‘Baawli Handia’ is the name of an actual dish too. At one hand where the dinner was sorted after listening ‘Baawli Handiya’ for kids’ Mom who was wondering what to cook; Grandmother felt nostalgic of her own childhood. While she wanders in the lanes of her memory thinking of another dish ‘Baawli Handiya’ introduced by the lady who used to come her home to pick garbage, we get to listen to her story too. It is lovely how this story subtly passes not only the moral from Birbal’s khichdi but also from grandma’s tale. And, it is proved once again that no one does it quite like grandma did. Our grand Moms were never afraid to use leftover. They knew how to be thrifty. Their ‘Baawli Handiya’ was not a crazy dish but a meticulous and frugal effort.

S3E6: BAWLI HANDIYA

Is it part of being human to laugh at someone's misfortune; or, is it testimony of being not human? I don’t know what psychologists say. I am not sure if schadenfreude gives pleasure to everybody or not. However, it is definitely a pleasure for Laxmi, Neetu and Sabita, three friends. ‘Makaan Number 420’ is a story of an unfortunate home in Gali Guleiyan in Old Delhi that teaches us that you can always tell how smart people are by what they laugh at. It is also a satire on people who love to mould the situation in any case in their own favor. Witness the most repugnant form of cowardice and hypocrisy in this whimsical story.

S3E5: Makaan Number 420

Yaado ki kandee jo tatoli to baahar aai wo pyari si ‘dopehar’ jissey waabista hain bachpan ki saikdon yaadein. Sunye kahani jo meri, apki, aur ham sab ki kahani hai... Sunye kahani ‘Garmi ki Dopehar’.

S3E4: Garmi Ki Dopahar

Pesh hai Kahani Purani Dilli ki ek ‘woman entrepreneur’ Khadeeja ki, aur uski cousin Shehnaz ki jiska Mehboob usey ye kehte na thakta tha, “Darling, Tum Nahin to Mai Nahin.”

S3E3: Tum Nahi To Main Nahi

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Ek Naastik 

In this episode, The Might of Pen has raised a topic that concerns a lot of people in specific, but can also be used to derive other larger issues and how they are dealt with. Also, interesting to note is the way in which advice is conveniently (not) listened to, even from the people we regard the most!! A podcast series narrating voices of this part of the city is an attempt to invoke nostalgia. When Dubai resident Kausar recalls the city she grew up in, she thinks of a Delhi that is confined to a corner today; a Delhi that is filled with architectures, dialects, mannerisms, traditions and charm that is almost lost today. Many lovingly refer to this Delhi as Purani Dilli. To hold on to her memories, she pens down nostalgia dripping love letters about the good old days in Old Delhi. Her Canada based brother, who equally misses their childhood city, narrates these letters into audio stories for a Shahjahanabad-based engineer to turn into podcasts about Old Delhi. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

Lal Gal

In this Season 1 - Episode 4- Gulbano Ki Shaadi - Old Delhi Podcast (In collaboration with The Might of Pen) Afsha Kausar has written a beautiful story about one of her childhood incidents which is interesting and gives a moral at the end. Narrated by Ahmer Ammar in pure urdu the story starts from the place where Kausar is remembering her childhood summer vacations during which she went to her maternal home in Deoband as she didn't have any nearby relatives in her old Delhi. During one such vacation, she went to the Meena Bazaar in Deoband city along with her aunt, where she bought a plastic doll. Kauser adopted the doll as her child and her younger sister became the doll's aunt. Then she remembers her maternal uncle who was very humble in nature and it was probably he who must have given the idea of the wedding of the doll to another doll. Kauser then again went to Meena bazaar where she bought another doll for wedding, which was adopted by a girl named Sadaf, who lived in the maternal home of kauser. Then both the dolls were given the name Gulbano and Gulfaam respectively. Later on, the wedding date was finalized and cards were distributed to the relatives for the first time in their family and whole house went into the preparation of the wedding. The writer then remembers how she accepted the initiative that after the wedding both the dolls would live in her house in Delhi 6 or she wouldn't allow the wedding to take place at all. Just after the wedding the summer vacations also ended and Kauser came back to her city of Shahjahanabad with both the dolls. Meanwhile, in few days Gulfaam generated a defect in his eye which ended him in getting negligence from Kauser and her sister. In the end, Kauser was a struct with the fact that it was the phenomenon that “son in law who stays in her wife's home is never treated well" was the reason why Gulfaam was never cared about. This story is a true example of the ill value we get from our society that those husbands who live in the houses of their wives families didn't have any respect. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

 Gulbano Ki Shaadi

Purani Dilli Ki Galiyon Se - Part 4 A storytelling series by Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein in collaboration with The Might of Pen Writer: Kausar Narrated by: Ahmer Ammar Edited by: Abu Sufiyan Do subscribe us and share :) #Youtube : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/puranidilliwalokibaatein" rel="noopener">www.youtube.com/puranidilliwalokibaatein</a> #Facebook : <a href="http://www.facebook.com/puranidilliwaley" rel="noopener">www.facebook.com/puranidilliwaley</a> #Instagram : <a href="http://www.instagram.com/puranidilliwaley" rel="noopener">www.instagram.com/puranidilliwaley</a> #twitter : <a href="http://www.twitter.com/pdwkb" rel="noopener">www.twitter.com/pdwkb</a> Share, Support, Subscribe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

Chali Re Meri Patangg 

Storytelling series by Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein in collaboration with The Might of Pen Season 1 | Episode 2: पौधें ——————————————- सबसे पहले मेरे घर का अंडे जैसा था आकार तब मैं यही समझती थी बस इतना सा ही है संसार। Writer : Kausar Narrator : Ahmer Ammar Editor : Abu Sufiyan Share and follow us on YouTube --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

 Paudhey 

Deewar zaruri he har ghar ke liye lekin, Deewar se rishto ko tukdo me na batne do.. Haste huwei chehre ho apne ho sabhi jisme, tasveer koi esi deewar pe sajne do ❤ . @Puranidilliwaley . Follow us on instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/puranidilliwaley" rel="noopener">www.instagram.com/puranidilliwaley</a> Subscribe to our on telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/pdwkb" rel="noopener">https://t.me/pdwkb</a> Follow us on twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/pdwkb" rel="noopener">www.twitter.com/pdwkb</a> Subscribe on Youtube: Youtube.com/puranidilliwalokibaatein --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

Deewar

Kabhi socha hai ki insaan seedhe raastey chaltey chaltey achanak ek din bhatak kaise jata hai?? Chaliye jaane dein... Filhaal to gaadi tayyar hai... Seedhi sadak ke safar ke liye. Sambhal kar baithiyega, yaadoñ ka safar hai, kahin bhatak na jayein. Aiye sunte hain kahani 'Seedha Raasta' Credits: Writer: Bint-E-Saleem&nbsp; Narrator: Ahmar Ammar&nbsp; Editor: Deepankar Verma&nbsp; Producer: Abu Sufiyan&nbsp; Nazm: Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar&nbsp; Singer: Arman Ali Dehalvi&nbsp; Copyrights: Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/olddelhipodcast/message

S3E2: Seedha Rasta

Ballimaran k mohalley ki wo pechida galilon ki si galiyan…jahan se ek Purane sukhan ka safa khulta hai…asadullah ghaalib ka pata milta hai…Wahaan ab taat k pardey to nahin, aur naa hi gudgudati hui paan ki peeko me wo daad wo waah waah hai. Magar ek mamyaati hui bakri aaj bhi gali Qaasim me mil jaati hai. Aur choodiwalan k katrey ki badi bi aaj bhi apni bujhti hui ankho se darwaze tatolti hain. Unhi Jalebi si pechida galyon me- ghaalib ki haveli k paas- ek sukhan ka safaa..ek baar phir khulta hai…Mere Bachpan ka pata milta hai… Ek sankri si gali milti hai…kiwaad par lohey ki kundi bajti hai…Ek purana sa darwaza khulta hai … Aur aate hain baahar, kuch kirdaar- bilkul aap aur mujh jaise- Aur Karte hain baatein Purani Dilli Walon ki… Credits: Writer: Bint-E-Saleem Narrator: Ahmar Ammar Editor: Deepankar Verma Producer: Abu Sufiyan Nazm: Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar Singer: Arman Ali Dehalvi Copyrights: Purani Dilli Walo Ki Baatein

S3E1: Purani Dilli ki Galiyo Se

Giving you extraordinarily in ordinary, Old Delhi Podcast from ‘Purai Dilli Walo ki Baatein’ is the fusion of the distinct style of ink, an authentic voice and the lifestyles of the veracious residents of the Old Delhi to create a connection in the mind of listeners.

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