Interviews
The Hindi Urdu Flagship has the fortune of regularly hosting well-known Hindi-Urdu scholars and artists. In addition, HUF faculty and contacts often cross paths with notables in the Hindi-Urdu world while travelling nationally or visiting South Asia. The HUF team makes a conscious effort to steal some time during each of these visits in order to record the artist’s or scholar’s thoughts on their work, various aspects of Hindi-Urdu, and the world of language in general. The hope is to capture a wide variety of native speakers in ‘full-flow’ and to catch a glimpse of the various intellectual and artistic worlds which use Hindi-Urdu as their medium.
You can also receive our interviews via our Hindi Urdu Lives podcast which is available in video and audio-only formats on iTunes, RSS, and email. Visit our Podcasts page for the relevant links.
Click on an name below to watch the interview video:
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Shabana Azmi
- Featuring: Kathryn Hansen, Rupert Snell, Shabana Azmi, Syed Akbar Hyder
- Topics: Activism, Bollywood, Culture, Film, Independent Cinema, Literature, Politics
- Language(s): English, Urdu
- Length: 58:31
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Prahlad Singh Tipanya
- Featuring: Jishnu Shankar, Prahlad Singh Tipanya, Rupert Snell
- Topics: Culture, Folk Music, Kabir, Music, Poetry, Religion
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 43:22
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Ali Husain Mir
- Featuring: Ali Husain Mir, Herman van Olphen, Syed Akbar Hyder
- Topics: Activism, Bollywood, Culture, Deccani Urdu, Film, Hindi, Hindustani, Hinglish, Language, Literature, Poetry, Politics, Society, Urdu
- Language(s): Urdu
- Length: 29:25
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Susham Bedi
- Featuring: Jishnu Shankar, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Culture, Delhi, Fiction, Film, Hindi, History, Language, Literature, Modern Standard Hindi, Poetry, Television, Theater, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 52:47
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Shilpa Parnami
- Featuring: Shilpa Parnami
- Topics: Central India, Geography, Globalization, Hindi, Hinglish, History, Language, Urban South Asia
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 20:22
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Rajesh Kumar
- Featuring: Rajesh Kumar, Rupert Snell
- Topics: Delhi, Hindi, Language, Language Teaching, Literature, Theater
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 34:27
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Adeem Suhail
- Featuring: Adeem Suhail
- Topics: Globalization, Language, Pakistan, Pakistani Urdu, Society, Urban South Asia, Urdu
- Language(s): Urdu
- Length: 15:53
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Maitreyi Pushpa
- Featuring: Maitreyi Pushpa, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 09:37
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Mamta Kalia
- Featuring: Mamta Kalia, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 8:40
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Mannu Bhandari
- Featuring: Mannu Bhandari, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 06:30
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Ramanika Gupta
- Featuring: Ramanika Gupta, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Dalit Movement, Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 08:17
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Raji Seth
- Featuring: Raji Seth, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 07:27
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Nasira Sharma
- Featuring: Nasira Sharma, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 06:54
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Mridula Garg
- Featuring: Mridula Garg, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 08:20
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Meera Sikri
- Featuring: Meera Sikri, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 08:49
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Krishna Sobti
- Featuring: Krishna Sobti, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 09:15
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Geetanjali Shree
- Featuring: Geetanjali Shree, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): English, Hindi
- Length: 10:32
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Chitra Mudgal
- Featuring: Chitra Mudgal, Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 14:27
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Susham Bedi: Avsaan
- Featuring: Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 19:40
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Susham Bedi: Sarak ki laye
- Featuring: Susham Bedi
- Topics: Fiction, Literature, Women Writers
- Language(s): Hindi
- Length: 16:21
