Ali Raj
Sounding Board is an audio series about South Asian music, Islamic sound arts and the Urdu literary tradition. It features readings of essays by influential Urdu scholars, musicologists, poets and critics from the 19th and 20th centuries, exploring themes of identity, inheritance and imagination.
The project is supported by Columbia University Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities and Humanities New York.
Produced by Ali Raj
The Sacred Sarangi of Ustad Bundu Khan - Muhammad Hasan Askari
Radio Pakistan’s Ban on Rabindra Sangeet – Abul Mansur Ahmad
Poetry, Music and the Mushairah - Sajjad Zaheer
The Music of Kazi Nazrul Islam - M. N. Mustafa
Why People are Scared of Classical Music - Nargis Khanum
The Charade of Classical Music - Krishan Chander
Singing Pakistan in Calcutta - Abbasuddin Ahmed
Inventing Musical Notation through Sound Recording - Madame Azurie
Radio Madras - Lutfullah Khan
The Music of East Pakistan - Salimullah Fahmi
The Sozkhwani of Lucknow - Abdul Halim Sharar
Christian Origins of the Symphony Orchestra - Daud Rahbar
The Ruin of Hindustani Music - Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi
The Art of Naatkhwani - Ustad Sibte Jafar Zaidi
Issues in Pakistani Music - Aminur Rahman