The Write Creed E23: Afrobeats, African Music Reviews and 'pandemic podcasting' in Nigeria with Hafeestonova

Hafeestonova is a digital strategist, photographer and the host of Cha Cha Music Review podcast in Lagos, Nigeria. In this episode of The Write Creed, Eisha tells him that when someone tells her about African music, she thinks about the African-American sounds of rap, reggae, hip-hop, blues, jazz and soul but not about music from the African continent. Hafeestonova tells us about how Afrobeats are trending everywhere and how Grammy Award-winning Burna Boy and Wizkid's Essence have introduced Afrobeats to the West. Originally created by Fela Kuti of Africa 70 in the early 1980s, the Afrobeat (without the 's') mixed West African and black American sounds. This generation of Afropop artistes fuse more Ghanaian and Nigerian sounds into reggae, rap, soul, blues and jazz. Eisha and Hafeestonova then go on to discuss the different music in Africa and how, in spite of different languages, it transcends boundaries. "In Africa, it's more about the sound than the lyrics," Hafeestonova says. Eisha tells him when she first heard Master KG's Jerusalema, she thought it was a Nigerian singer and later, much later, she realised he was South African. Hafeestonova laughs but then adds that Burna Boy has also done a remix version of the song so Eisha's not completely wrong. Bollywood music is popular in Nigeria on and off, but right now, Hafeestonova says, K-Pop is ruling the charts. Then then go on to discuss podcasting and why he started a music review podcast. Growing up with music on the 'streets' of Lagos, music was the best form of escape from difficulties. His home was full of music and so when Hafeestonova decided to get into podcasting in 2019, the only thing he wanted to talk about was music. They then discuss the hot podcasting scene in Nigeria, corporate support for podcasters and podcasting groups in Lagos. Learning and laughs in this episode!

#nigeria #hafeestonova #chachamusicreviewpodcast #lagos #abuja #ghana #southafrica #burnaboy #wizkid #essence #afrobeats #afrobeat #felakuti #africa70 #music #nigerianmusic #westafricanmusic #eastafricanmusic #southafricanmusic #masterkg #jerusalema #pandemic #covid19 #pandemicpodcasting #podcasts #africanpodcasts #africanmusic #bollywood #kpop #koreandramas #bts #blackpink #nairobi #mombasa #adisababa #amapiano

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Check out E23: Afrobeats, African music reviews and 'pandemic podcasting' in Nigeria with Hafeestonova from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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The Write Creed E22: Anita Sinha recites her poem, Untamed Thoughts

Untamed Thoughts 

by 

Anita Sinha

Notion, caprice or stretch of imagination.

Leave behind the nitty gritty of life.

Take a circuitous path.

Trudge along labyrinth.

Scale the heights of a summit.

Watch the snow-clad mountains

Rays of the sun in several hues.

Close my eyes and feel the blues

Shout at the top of my voice, echoes resonate the valleys

Gleefully I stand in ecstasy.

Strutting I spot valley of flowers

Enchanted and captivated

Stood mesmerised, drinking their beauty and healing my soul.

Butterflies fluttering, birds humming and bees buzzing around.

Transcending in bliss, singing and trilling , no scale no rhythm.

No desire of applause, no fear of disdain.

Behold! I see brook.

Streaming clear and placid.

Pace towards it , tempted to feel the chill.

Bending to touch, oh no I hear a beep.

Beep of the timer , brought me back to my present.

I found myself in the park, for morning walk

Now time to go for a bath

Cover art: Picture of the Pir Panjals by Rachit Mankad

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Check out E22: Anita Sinha recites her poem, Untamed Thoughts from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/e22-anita-sinha-recites-her-poem-untamed-thoughts/id1580744636?i=1000536692645

The first book of The Goa Saga, Shadow & Soul, is out on Amazon Kindle

#ShadowAndSoul of #TheGoaSaga is now available on #Kindle #amazon

Saysha Singh, a beautiful, multiracial young woman from Delhi, meets Aeram Khan, a gorgeous model-actor in college and they fall madly in love with each other. Aeram is the only legal heir of the Albuquerques, a family descended from Afonso de Albuquerque, the sixteenth-century Portuguese statesman and conquistador of Goa. After a few weeks of passionate romance, Saysha gets wary of committing her life to a controlling boyfriend. She leaves him and moves to Shimla. He moves to Mumbai and becomes a very successful actor and entrepreneur.

Three years later, when he is in Shimla for a shoot, Saysha meets him again and they rekindle their romance in secret until he goes as her date to a masquerade ball where he unexpectedly reveals his identity. Saysha becomes fodder for primetime TV news. Aeram brings her back to Delhi with the help of his gay half-brother and stunt-double, James Albuquerque. After persuading her father, an army officer, Aeram and Saysha marry in court. Aeram and James strive to protect her privacy and dignity at all cost. However, living under the shadow of her famous husband makes a dent in Saysha's self-esteem and she tries to carve her own identity.

When Saysha finds out that James loves Aeram, she initially is shocked but gradually realises that of the two, James is the better man. She is attracted towards him in spite of his sexual orientation. Aeram gets jealous of their friendship but cannot get rid of James. In a graveyard in Goa, Saysha discovers there is more to Aeram and James's bond than what they show.

#romance #thriller #fiction #sex #identity #goa #travel #tourism #delhi #mumbai #film #bollywood #eishasarkar #indianwriting #portuguese #goanportuguese #russian #shimla #thegoasaga #shadowandsoul #albuquerque #sex #homosexuality #gay #indianfimindustry #artdirection #christianity #media

Shadow & Soul (The Goa Saga Book 1) https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09H7Q9T7W/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_0N493D3MTQ0Y75G9EATE

The Write Creed E21: Quizzes, quiz-setting and television quiz shows with Kushan Patel

Eisha's former student, Kushan Patel  is now a sought-after quizmaster who now conducts quizzes for IITs, IIMs and other top institutes and quiz clubs in India. He has been quizzing for 25 years and been a quizmaster for over a decade. In this episode of The Write Creed, Kushan talks about how he got interested in quizzing at an early age, the shift of format of quizzes from information gathering and quick recollection to puzzle-solving thanks to the democratization of the internet, how Covid has flattened geographies and allowed people to quiz together, the challenges a quizmaster has to make a quiz both entertaining and competitive, how game shows on television have evolved and why there has been no popular music quiz show on Indian television after Annu Kapoor's Antakshari. Eisha wonders if quizzing dates back to ancient Greece. Kushan thinks it had to come up after the advent of the Gutenberg printing press in 1440. They end the conversation with a mention of the patron saint of the internet, a certain John Paul II or Saint Isidore of Seville circa 600 AD, who came up with an etymological encyclopedia and also invented the period (full stop), comma and colon.

#quizzes #quizmaster #bqc #bournvitaquizcontest #kbc #kaunbanegacrorepati #antakshari #quizzesinindia #quizshows #iit #iim #pubquizes #karnataka #pune #bombay #ahmedabad #seville #annukapoor #amitabhbachchan #zeetv #popularculture #travel #food #socialmedia #contests #internet #media #covid #zoom 

Link in bio #thewritecreed

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https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/e21-quizzes-quiz-setting-and-television-quiz-shows/id1580744636?i=1000536571448

Check out E21: Quizzes, quiz-setting and television quiz shows with Kushan Patel from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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The first book of The Goa Saga titled Shadow & Soul is out on Wattpad

Yay! I have been itching to try Wattpad for a while and finally, after a process of five years and ten months, my first novel is published. The Goa Saga is a Romantic Thriller trilogy. Shadow & Soul is the first book in the series. The blurb goes as follows:

Saysha Singh, a beautiful, multiracial young woman from Delhi, meets Aeram Khan, a gorgeous model-actor in college and they fall madly in love with each other. Aeram is the only legal heir of the Albuquerques, a family descended from Afonso de Albuquerque, the sixteenth-century Portuguese statesman and conquistador of Goa. After a few weeks of passionate romance, Saysha gets wary of committing her life to a controlling boyfriend. She leaves him and moves to Shimla. He moves to Mumbai and becomes a very successful actor and entrepreneur.

Three years later, when he is in Shimla for a shoot, Saysha meets him again and they rekindle their romance in secret until he goes as her date to a masquerade ball where he unexpectedly reveals his identity. Saysha becomes fodder for primetime TV news. Aeram brings her back to Delhi with the help of his gay half-brother and stunt-double, James Albuquerque. After persuading her father, an army officer, Aeram and Saysha marry in court. Aeram and James strive to protect her privacy and dignity at all cost. However, living under the shadow of her famous husband makes a dent in Saysha's self-esteem and she tries to carve her own identity.

When Saysha finds out that James loves Aeram, she initially is shocked but gradually realises that of the two, James is the better man. She is attracted towards him in spite of his sexual orientation. Aeram gets jealous of their friendship but cannot get rid of James. In a graveyard in Goa, Saysha discovers there is more to Aeram and James's bond than what they show.

https://www.wattpad.com/story/286172794?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=EishaSarkar&wp_originator=wLNO3eEJSAMG2XO6yutIuN18hqeWB6%2B7XaKBMO2S00TBCQbPOgRXJy9zOrMkfHprsqkgdygWdg8em2aV4zh1WWX1aIomZHk5tkdiRFtT3KYjLGf7qggYVu69LPTEly8E

Haiku: Your Laughter

The Write Creed E20: HaikuJAM or Miraquill? Eisha reviews the two popular haiku apps for Android

Eisha started writing haiku a few years ago when she lived in Australia during poetry-jamming sessions with her friend from the US. When she bought her first Android phone, she downloaded the HaikuJAM app which was founded by Dhrupad Karwa and Andrew Leung. The poetic expression app allows for collaboration between three people to create haiku. She used it for a couple of years till motherhood put a break and she preferred binge-watching shows on Netflix instead of writing haikus. Then last year, when she got into a fight with a friend, they ping-ponged haikus at each other to de-stress themselves. Eisha started looking for other people to jam with and joined HaikuJAM again. This time, she was disappointed. There were too many haikus circulating with too many spelling mistakes. It put her off. She was looking for something else, when she stumbled upon Miraquill, which was earlier Mirakee, founded by Alankrita Sood. It's more serious, allows for longer poems as well and gives her copyright. Of the two, which one does she like more?

#haiku #writingapps #haikujam #miraquill #androidapps #alankritasood #indianwritingapps #mirakee #miraquill #poetry #poeticexpression #selfexpression #dhrupadkarwa #andrewleung #madeinindia #selfexpression #haikuwriting #thewritecreed #review #eishasarkar #ios

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6F6kPHCRq2Uv52izWk01yl?si=U3LhzXv9SNOl2sZCWeXCIw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

Check out E20: HaikuJAM or Miraquill? Eisha reviews the two popular haiku apps for Android from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/e20-haikujam-or-miraquill-eisha-reviews-the-two/id1580744636?i=1000536386170

The Write Creed E19: The Taj and the Electric Victoria

This episode of The Write Creed starts with Eisha sitting in the Crystal Room of The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai as she gets nostalgic about the events she covered at the hotel when she was an intern at Bombay Times. It has been over a decade that she has spent some time at the hotel and she savours each moment she is there. The Gateway of India and Colaba Causeway are crowded as people make their way to immersing their Ganesh idols into the sea on occasion of Ganesh Visarjan. This year, thanks to Covid19, the celebrations are low-key. The most memorable part of their staycation at the Taj was a gift from the hotel, a ride in a new electric carriage, that has replaced the old horse-drawn Victoria carriages. A pollution-free golf cart-like experience in a part of Bombay she adores. What more could she want!

#tajmahalpalacehotel #tajhotelmumbai #tatagroup #colaba #apollobunder #gatewayofindia #ganeshvisarjan #ganpati #victoria #horses #downtownplus #timesofindia #bombaytimes #covid19 #mumbai #nostalgia #experience #electricvictoria #golfcarts #historicallandmarks #tourism #journalism #travel #thewritecreed

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DMvhjqKUlsrpaLwlE1PjX?si=uTT2K8xORPG6K2noXW02Mg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

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Check out E19: The Taj and the Electric Victoria from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/1c69c37b-86fc-4bbb-ac1f-e637eafabc70/episodes/6cccb88c-28d8-4b94-91ab-27405d30d3f4/the-write-creed-e19-the-taj-and-the-electric-victoria?ref=dm_sh_6PJkZkPOlYplhrGc4KduxZIm5

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/e19-the-taj-and-the-electric-victoria/id1580744636?i=1000536249564

Last flight from Kabul in Free Press Journal

On August 15, Henaa Salehi, a commercial lawyer and the Director of Procurement Policy and Legal Directorate at the National Procurement Authority of Afghanistan, took the last commercial flight out of Kabul to New York where she is pursuing her Master’s degree. During her stopover in Turkey, she was horrified to find that the Taliban had taken over her beloved city. She talks to Eisha Sarkar about her last flight from Kabul, the future of education, women’s protests against the Taliban and her plea to the international community

Do you feel lucky to have escaped, because leaving can be as painful as being stuck?

Everybody has told me “Oh, you were so lucky,” but how can I even allow myself to be grateful when my family, colleagues and friends, who I met a few days ago, are left behind? I had the opportunity to move to New York for my Master’s, having earned the Fulbright Scholarship. Two weeks before the flight on August 15, I received my tickets. The day arrived and I was super emotional. It was normal at the airport. The flight from Kabul to Turkey was five-and-a-half-hour-long. When I landed in Turkey and connected to WiFi at the airport, I was bombarded by messages from family, friends and colleagues. My colleagues had gone to office, which is near the President’s Office. Some of them were crying, others panicking and walking home. It was a tough situation. They said, “We are glad you left. The airport is closed.” The messages kept coming. It was a huge shock. I did not know how to feel. Your country holds its own place in your heart. I'm not feeling lucky because every bit of my plan was that I would be studying in New York for the next two years and then returning to my country. I had plans for business and my life there. They’re all gone!

The Taliban are urging professors to take classes. There were images of a university in Kabul with gender-segregated classrooms. What’s going to become of education, particularly for girls? 

Our youths and kids are worried about their future. I have two brothers. One is 18 and the other is entering his teens and they are scared. Girls of the same age don’t know what they will be doing even if they finish their higher education. Sit at home? Get married early? Become either a teacher or a doctor, that too under a chadari? I have three cousin sisters who are in their first year of university majoring in tech. I sense their hopelessness.

The picture of the gender-segregated classroom was circulated by Afghan youths as an objection to how pathetically funny their lives are turning out under the Taliban. The university management came up with the idea of a curtain to separate girls and boys because they had to keep classes running. The majority of the universities have remained closed at this stage because they did not have enough resources, both human resources and facilities, to meet the requirements of the Taliban for opening educational institutions or their students were scared to attend class. The Ts (as urban Afghans call the Taliban) require girls’ classes to be taught only by women teachers/ professors. This means educational institutions, especially the private ones need more classrooms, more teachers/ professors and specialised women in each area on board. This automatically raises the costs for such institutions. How many women will you find specialised in tech or neurology in Afghanistan? The Ts don’t see the need for our girls to be educated in such fields, anyways. 

Unlike the last time, the Taliban came to power in 1994-95, this time, women have taken to the streets to protest against their oppression.

A generation born and raised with a lot of freedom — of going to schools, having private school and university education, shared classes for boys and girls, of choosing their own field, owning businesses, working with the government, working with private sector, travelling to many countries and not being questioned about any of them — is suddenly told by a group that they’re not allowed to go to their offices, universities, schools and have to stay inside until the next announcement. They are told no woman is going to be a minister or in a leadership position in the government. The women are going to react to that. I don't think the Taliban were ready for that. It's really tough for them.

There was a comment by one Taliban commander that they wanted women to stay at home because the fighters are not trained to face women. What would you say to that? 

The public is not the same as the public of 1995 who were already oppressed and lived without rights during the many years of Soviet occupation and internal wars. When you live in poverty for years and the economy's down, the first thing which comes to your mind is food. And that's it. It was a shift from one no-rights era to another no-rights era. But the public and citizens that the Taliban group is facing are citizens who have lived with freedom of speech for 20 years. There were no restrictions from the government. Now, journalists have been taken to police stations and beaten for hours. There was gunshot and firing at the site of the protest. The internet connection was restricted and banned in certain areas of Kabul. I couldn't reach my parents for more than 24 hours.

You’ve pleaded with the international community to not recognise the Taliban government... 

People are feeling suffocated under the Taliban regime, and they will raise their voices. Once the Taliban establish their government and it is recognised internationally, the fight for freedom and rights is going to be a longer fight. The international community is optimistic about the Ts. I urge them to be neutral, if not negative. The Taliban haven’t changed! 

The Write Creed E18: Eisha gets nostalgic about her watches and then reviews Crossbeats Ignite

Journalism is all about deadlines and Eisha loves keeping time. She is known for her fondness for unusual dials and wearing men's watches. Not a serious horologist, she did try to repair a few of her early watches during her teens with a set of screwdrivers. Then she outsourced it to old watchmakers in repair shops in Mumbai and Vadodara and took a step back in time. In this episode of The Write Creed, she talks about her favourite watches, journalism and advertising before reviewing her latest, the Crossbeats Ignite S2, made in India. Enjoy this journey through places, people, papers and time.

#mumbai #bombay #timesofindia #cst #vt #kolkata #orlando #disneyland #usa #america #citizen #titan #mickeymouse #disney #tagheuer #timex #gucci #cartier #seiko #crossbeats #bangalore #productreview #amazon #horology #time #watches #watchmaker #watchrepair #switzerland #fossil #fitbit #strava #applewatch #smartwatch #crossbeatsignite #swimming #pedometer #journalism #thestatesman #bombaytimes #robbreport #patekphilippe #omega #tissot #fasttrak #casiogshock

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hb3wVyBXQMa3IVxevoqC5?si=3VIrS8G8TMeO37o9dSaZsg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

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Check out E18: Eisha gets nostalgic about her watches and then reviews Crossbeats Ignite from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/1c69c37b-86fc-4bbb-ac1f-e637eafabc70/episodes/81bd116c-5137-453f-82fa-a0cf6885a04c/the-write-creed-e18-eisha-gets-nostalgic-about-her-watches-and-then-reviews-crossbeats-ignite?ref=dm_sh_T2mCXehegIsSUwB2cIrZuiMWG

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/e18-eisha-gets-nostalgic-about-her-watches-and-then/id1580744636?i=1000535511362

The Write Creed E17: Henaa Salehi's flight from Kabul and her plea to not recognise the Taliban government

Eisha was woken up at 3.40 am on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by a torrential downpour in her city, Vadodara, India, and a buzz on her cell phone. It was a message from her friend Henaa Salehi from New York about scheduling this interview a couple of hours later. Henaa left Kabul on August 15 by the last commercial flight out of the capital of Afghanistan before the city was taken over by the Taliban. Henaa is the Director of Procurement Policy and Legal Directorate, at National Procurement Authority of Afghanistan. She has a bachelors in law from Kabul University and has been a practicing commercial lawyer for five years before joining Afghan government on 2019. She first joined Afghan government as legal expert for Legal Unit of the President where she was also serving as the Acting Director for Directorate of Regional & International Commitment’s Coordination at the Unit and served the positions for 1.5 years.

Henaa is also a Fulbright Scholar and is currently pursuing her masters in International Business & Trade Law at Fordham University, New York City. Besides being a lawyer, she has been a women and youth rights’ activist for nine years mainly focusing on gender equality and education.

In this episode of The Write Creed, Henaa talks about growing up as a refugee in Pakistan, the times of the first and current Taliban regimes, the women protestors on the streets of Kabul and her plea to the international community to not recognise the Taliban government.

#afghanistan #henaasalehi #kabul #taliban #bantaliban #pakistan #refugees #afghanrefugees #newyork #usa #thewritecreed #spotify #applepodcasts #googlepodcasts #war #afghanwar

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3bW6AdtyHLMpPcCdZdiRz7?si=wICVW6OoTFSYRiGNZdQDig&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

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Check out E17: Henaa Salehi's flight from Kabul and her plea to not recognise the Taliban government from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/1c69c37b-86fc-4bbb-ac1f-e637eafabc70/episodes/d68d3ccd-0672-4bbd-82dd-496fda7b9d09/the-write-creed-e17-henaa-salehi's-flight-from-kabul-and-her-plea-to-not-recognise-the-taliban-government?ref=dm_sh_kw7BvBWXWdngeVamfHSBCCE7v

https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/e17-henaa-salehis-flight-from-kabul-and-her-plea-to/id1580744636?i=1000534998383

The Write Creed E16: Dhruti Mankodi creates a garba on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi

It's Ganesh Chaturthi and what better way to start the day but with an ode in Gujarati written to welcome the lord of all good beginnings, Ganesha or Ganpati Bappa. Dhruti Mankodi has created this garba specially for The Write Creed. Thank you!

Cover art: Mumbai's famous Lalbaugcha Raja

#dhrutimankodi #garba #gujarati #garbaforganpati #lordganesha #ganeshchaturthi

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2FvSAdrj8JTbNHCo3xTLYm?si=WTYuKwjJTRi8tR-ZQEHJ2Q&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

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Check out E16: Dhruti Mankodi creates a garba on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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The Write Creed E16: Dhruti Mankodi creates a garba on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi

It's Ganesh Chaturthi and what better way to start the day but with an ode in Gujarati written to welcome the lord of all good beginnings, Ganesha or Ganpati Bappa. Dhruti Mankodi has created this garba specially for The Write Creed. Thank you!

Cover art: Mumbai's famous Lalbaugcha Raja

#dhrutimankodi #garba #gujarati #garbaforganpati #lordganesha #ganeshchaturthi

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Check out E16: Dhruti Mankodi creates a garba on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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The Write Creed E15: Cameos, casting calls and TV scripts with Supriya Arora

After 24 years, Eisha chats up her old schoolmate, Supriya Priya Arora, who juggles her career in a diamond firm with cameo roles in TV serials, reality TV, theatre parts, dance shows and modelling. Supriya (who used her screen name Anshikha Aurora until seven years ago) has appeared in various roles in TV serials like Sasural Genda Phool, Sapno Se Bhare Naina, Ahilyabai Holkar, Chhoti Sardarni, Mere Sai, Vighnaharta Ganesha, Ye Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke, Kkoi Dil Mein Hai, Sarkar, Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, R K Laxman Ki Duniya, in reality shows such as Yeh Hai Jalwa with Ronit Roy, Big Switch Season 2, Mission Makeover India with Trinny and Susanne on TLC, Aamna Saamna on Colors and the movie Once Upon A Time in Mumbai Again, besides many ads. She is also a dancer and knows Kathak, Bollywood dance, belly dance, Tahitian and Bharatnatyam.   

In this episode of The Write Creed peppered with anecdotes and giggles, Supriya and Eisha talk about how actors are cast for blink-and-you-miss and cameo roles, the training they undergo, television scripts and casting calls. 

#casting #television #indiantelevision #indiantvserials #tvserials #ahilyabaiholkar #characterartistes #cameo #actors #careers #entertainmentindustry #televisionindustry #sony #dance #costumes #drama #castingcalls #auditions #ott #netflix #scripts #dialogues #characterization #meresai #saibaba #historicaltvshows #supriyapriyaarora #supriyaaurora #eishasarkar #thewritecreed #podcast #spotify #applepodcasts #googlepodcasts #amazonmusic #sanjayleelabhansali #devdas #aishwaryarai #kajol #k3g #kabhikhushikabhigham

Cover pic: Supriya in her Maratha queen get-up on the sets of Ahilyabai Holkar

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The Write Creed E14: Eisha reads out her toddler's favourite poems from Gulzar's Samay Ka Khatola

Indian poet and lyricist, Gulzar, has published several children's books. Samay Ka Khatola is a collection of poems and songs he had penned over the years and later dedicated to his grandson, Samay. Eisha has been looking for books in Hindi to introduce the language to her toddler. This one comes handy. In this episode of The Write Creed, Eisha recites two songs from the book in her own style, that her son loves. Enjoy!

#samaykakhatola #indianauthors #hindibooks #hindibooksforkids #gulzar #poems #songs #junglejunglebaatchalihai #junglebook #mowgli #guglijhanakjhhaye #aliceinwonderland #doordarshan #childrensstories #childrensbooks #youngreaders #toddlers #toddlermom #parenting #languages #multiculturalkids

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The Write Creed E12: Rumi, Shams, Bulle Shah, Amir Khusrau, Bakhtiar Kaki - Sufi poetry with Waleed Hussain

In this episode of The Write Creed, Eisha tells Waleed that her friends in Herat and Kabul in Afghanistan are in a precarious situation and have, of late, been putting up quotes by Rumi. She asks Waleed why Rumi, who was originally from Balkh in now Afghanistan, is the most popular Sufi poet. They travel through central Asia, Iran, Turkey and the Indian subcontinent through the histories of kings and stories of Sufi poets and their songs in Farsi and Punjabi and talk about different kinds of devotion.

#rumi #shamstabrizi #shams #waleedhussain #sufi #sufipoetry #eishasarkar #williamdalrymple #books #iran #persia #afghanistan #multan #balkh #turkey #anatolia #pakistan #delhi #mehrauli #indiansubcontinent #india #punjabi #bulleshah #amirkhusrau #bakhtiarkaki #nizamuddinauliya #salimchishti #merapiyagharaaya #madhuridixit #nusratfatehalikhan #devotion #love #sufipoets #aurangzeb #jahanara #shahjahan #mughals #alauddinkhilji #mongols #sufimusic #ruhaniyat #mumbai #herat #kabul #turks #afghans #persians #punjabis

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Check out E12 (without proprietary music): Rumi, Shams, Bulle Shah, Amir Khusrau, Bakhtiar Kaki - Sufi poetry with Waleed Hussain from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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The Write Creed E13: Alphabetically Aussie by Eisha

A few years ago, Eisha watched a viral video of actor Daniel Radcliffe rapping Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicious on The Jimmy Fallon Show. She looked up the lyrics and that inspired her to pen a poem about her second home, Australia, a country very close to her heart. Here's Alphabetically Aussie:

Alphabetically Aussie!

Australia, Ayers, Assange, asylum;

Beaches, blokes, beers and bush;

Cricket, coffee and conversation;

Diplomacy, dollar, didgeridoos;

Entertaining evenings, exploration;

Feasting, fans, fast-lanes, flangaroos;

Gardens, grills, G'Days and 'greenies';

Highs, health, 'heaps' and handles;

Independent, inquisitive, indigenous;

Jargon, jumbuck, Japanese, jamboree;

Knowledge, koalas, kitties and Kylie;

Lust, love, life, less ordinary;

Murdoch, Miranda, Matilda, mates;

“No worries”, “nice 'n' easy”, NT;

Oz, Olympics, Opera House, opal;

Pokies' players, precious Pommies;

Quiet Queen and quarantine;

Rugby, reef, runners 'n' rowers;

Sand, sun, shadows and snakes;

Tests, tribulations, tribes, trips;

Uranium, units, Uggs, utes;

Victory, Victoria, Venus and vices;

Wine, weather, wellness, worship;

X-Men, XXXX, eXtreme;

Yarns, 'yakka', yells, 'yewies';

Zoos, Zen, zenith, zest.

#eishasarkar #thewritecreed #alphabeticallyaussie #innateexplorer #poem #rap #danielradcliffe #jimmyfallon #thejimmyfallonshow #alphabetaerobics #blackaliciousc#australia #straya #aussie #oz #downunder #poetry

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Check out E13: Alphabetically Aussie by Eisha from The Write Creed on Amazon Music.

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