November 2nd Show- Interview w/ Kailash Kher and Roopal Shah(Indicorps)

Tune in to the  show for TWO exciting interviews and a concert ticket giveaway!

Kailash Kher – singer – will be performing on November 10th at Lisner Auditorium in Washington DC at 8pm. Tickets at WPAS.org or 202-785-WPAS. As a special offer to listeners of 88.1 FM, use promo code “SAVE20” to receive 20% discount on tickets through ticketmaster.com! We will also be giving away 3 PAIRS of tickets on the show – so don’t forget to listen! (See the How to Listen tab for more info). You have till Midnight Wednesday night to answer the questions for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the Kailash Kher concert!!!

For more information on Kailash Kher check out his website http://www.kailashkher.com/

 

We also interviewed Roopal Shah, Executive Director and Co-founder of Indicorps. Indicorps is a non-partisan, non-religious, non-profit organization that encourages Indians around the world to actively participate in India’s progress. Indicorps’ programs are designed to build principled leadership, empower visionaries, inspire collective action, and unite India towards a common vision for the nation by productively engaging Indians around the world with the development of the country that defines their identity. There are many ways to get involved with Indicorps, to check them out check out http://www.indicorps.org/

 

Also check out What’s on Around Town for the latest event happenings that we talk about.

October 27th Show – Interview with Aladdin Ullah

Check out today’s show for an interview with actor, comedian, writer Aladdin Ullah.

We are also sending tons of positive vibes out to Harriti’s cousin Honal out in San Francisco. Thanks to the Shah family for sending lots of song requests this week!

Do you know of any South Asian radio stations? Help us with our list!

October 20th show – interview with Ankur Shah

Check out this week’s episode of NaanSense Radio for an interview with Ankur Shah about his life and his 2 books (Cooking com Bigode and Sometimes We Walk Alone) – “Ankur traveled around the world until dizziness took over, observing humans and their cultures in california, france, argentina, cuba, new york, lebanon, brasil, and india. he once studied mathematics and philosophy at stanford university and subsequently held formal jobs as a chef, farmer, teacher, and computer programmer. he is licensed reverend and soi-disant “revolutionary of love”

October 13th – Interview with Vivek Bald (filmmaker) and special Diwali Episode!

Tune in to a special Diwali episode of NaanSense Radio  for an interview with documentary filmmaker Vivek Bald!

Vivek Bald is a documentary filmmaker whose work has focused on more recent histories of the South Asian diaspora: Taxi-vala/Auto-biography (1994) explores the lives, struggles and political activism of South Asian immigrant taxi drivers in New York City and Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music (2003) looks at South Asian youth, music and politics in 1970s-90s Britain.  His dissertation project, which he is also producing as a film, documents the little-known history of South Asian Muslim maritime workers who jumped ship from British vessels in U.S. port cities from the 1890s-1940s, and focuses particularly on a group men from the region which is now Bangladesh who settled in Harlem in the 1920s and 30s and intermarried within the Puerto Rican and African American communities there.

• Upcoming NYC event w/Vivek Bald screening selections from Mutiny and British dub, punk & ska music documentaries from the late 1970s and early 1980s: http://apa.as.nyu.edu/object/vivek_event_20091013

• Info about Mutiny: Asians Storm British Music: http://www.mutinysounds.com/film

• Info about Taxi-vala/Auto-biography: http://www.mutinysounds.com/taxivala/

• Overview of early South Asian maritime desertion, settlement, and intermarriage in New Orleans and New York: “Overlapping Diasporas, Multiracial Lives: South Asian Muslims in U.S. Communities of Color” by Vivek Bald, in the recently published book, Black Routes to Islam, edited by Manning Marable & Hishaam Aidi

October 6th Show – Interview with Rez Abbasi

Check out today’s show for an interview with Pakistani-American jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi and a Singer Spotlight on Shreya Ghoshal!

September 29th Show – Interview with Chai Shenoy, local domestic violence advocate

Tune into NaanSense Radio this week for an interview with Chai Shenoy, board member of the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project

Click HERE to listen to today’s show.

Links from today’s show:

• Couples Retreat AR Rahman Soundtrack
• New Kailash Kher album
• APA Film Festival
• Babul Music Video

September 22nd Show – Interview w/ Nitin Sawhney!

Check out NaanSense Radio on Tuesday, September 22nd for a special interview with Nitin Sawhney – music composer, producer, and arranger. Hear from Nitin about his new projects, musical inspirations, and arts advocacy projects.

Unfamiliar with Nitin Sawhney’s music? Tune in tomorrow for a Nitin Sawhney extravaganza and we will give you a taste of the beautiful music he makes.

For now, here is one of my favorite tracks:

Some of the links on what Nitin Sawhney was talking about:

http://aftershockproject.com/

http://www.myspace.com/nickiwellsmusic

http://www.accesstomusic.co.uk/

http://www.artsahimsa.org/

September 15th Show

Check out today’s episode of NaanSense Radio for an interview with Rachna Vohra – writer, poet, spoken word artist extraordinaire. We also had a chance to speak with previous co-host Jay Subramaniam who is now volunteering in India.

Events:

• DJ Rekha at the Black Cat
• Garba Schedule
• Third Annual Acid Violence Benefit
• DC Apa Film Festival
• Karma Kitchen
• Green Festival
• Getting Involved in the Political Process- a Panel Event

September 8th Show featuring Sahar Ullah, writer and producer of Hijabi Monologues!

Tune in to NaanSense Radio this week (Tuesday from 8am to 10am on www.wmucradio.com) for an interview with Sahar Ullah, writer and producer of Hijabi Monologues:

Hijabi Monologues

The Hijabi Monologues is about the power of storytelling. It is about creating a space for American Muslim women to share their voices; a space to breathe as they are; a space that does not claim to tell every story and speak for every voice. Through the power of storytelling, generalizations and categories are challenged. Through stories, strangers touch and connect. Through stories, the story-teller and listener are humanized.

Hijabi Monologues: Our stories. Our words.

NaanSense Radio is back in ACTION! (Sept 1st)

NaanSense Radio is back in action and excited to provide you with 2 hours of exciting music, fascinating interviews, local events, and entertaining banter!

Email me at naansenseradio@gmail.com if you are interested in co-hosting any week, have suggestions for interview guests, want to request a song, or just send some love!

Important Info from today’s show:

To learn more about the Umoja Uaso village that Kate Cummings talked about please visit http://www.umojawomen.org/

How can you listen?

Stream it live: From 8am to 10am on Tuesday – go to www.wmucradio.com and click on “WMUC  HQ” in the upper left hand corner

Download or stream an mp3 later: The link will be active for one week: http://wmucradio.com/stream_ripper/tue/

Facebook: Friend me (Aparna Kothary) on Facebook and see the show link on my profile page. Yyou can listen to it right in your facebook page! No downloading necessary.

Enjoy! Tell a friend!

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