"My library of recorded tapes is different in many ways ... it is a one-man-show, one man's contribution, one man's choice, one man's selection, one man's recording and one man's labour. The total number of tapes run into four figures. A patient listener will have to devote years if he can bear to listen from four to six hours daily without a break!"
1911 - 1984 · 5 recordings
1946 - 2018 · 4 recordings
1877 - 1967 · 1 recording
1898 - 1982 · 1 recording
1905 - 1990 · 1 recording
1900 - 1982 · 3 recordings
1917 - 1982 · 2 recordings
Raja Mahmudabad, Jamal Mian, Dr. Zawwar Hussain Zaidi
1915 - 1996 · 2 recordings
Atiya Begum Fyzee, Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Roshan Ara Begum
Hafeez Jalandhari
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Josh Malihabadi, Fahmida Riaz
Akhtar ul-Iman
Raja Mahmudabad, Jamal Mian, Dr. Zawwar Hussain Zaidi
Now largely forgotten, these were women who transformed culture, music, progressive thought and nation-building.
Author · 1 recording
Stateswoman · 1 recording
Classical singer · 2 recordings
Poetry has helped shape Pakistan's politics, identity and national imagination from the very beginning.
Poet · 3 recordings
Across generations, poets have challenged authoritarian regimes, confronted injustice, and imagined different possibilities for Pakistan's present and future.
Poet · 5 recordings
Poet · 1 recording
Poet · 4 recordings
The Partition of 1947 was not a singular event. Its human, political and cultural consequences continue to shape lives across South Asia today.
Poet · 2 recordings
Few moments have shaped Pakistan's history — or remain as fiercely debated — as 1971.
Raja Mahmudabad, Jamal Mian, Dr. Zawwar Hussain Zaidi
"My library of recorded tapes is different in many ways ... it is a one-man-show, one man's contribution, one man's choice, one man's selection, one man's recording and one man's labour.
The total number of tapes run into four figures.
A patient listener will have to devote years if he can bear to listen from four to six hours daily without a break!"
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Now largely forgotten, these were women who transformed culture, music, progressive thought and nation-building.
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Classical singer · 2 recordings
Know morePoetry has helped shape Pakistan's politics, identity and national imagination from the very beginning.
Poet · 3 recordings
Know moreAcross generations, poets have challenged authoritarian regimes, confronted injustice, and imagined different possibilities for Pakistan's present and future.
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Poet · 4 recordings
Know moreThe Partition of 1947 was not a singular event. Its human, political and cultural consequences continue to shape lives across South Asia today.
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