Recently Isha got featured on the Sindhi Boli Otaak podcast hosted by Prof. Devendra Kodwani. Prof. Kodwani is a professor of Financial Management and Corporate Governance at Open University, UK. He was born in one of the few refugee camps that were set up for Sindhis in barracks on outskirts of Ahmedabad after partition of India.
He is a voracious reader and considers reading as his way of lifelong commitment to learning. His passion for reading and learning comes from his family, especially his baba and nani, who shared stories of Sikh gurus and other tales. Currently, Devendra is committed to lifelong learning and is reading various books on different subjects, including Nigel McGilchrist’s “When the Dog speaks, the Philosopher listens,” Iain McGilchrist’s “The matter with things,” Peter Medawar’s “Memoir of a Thinking Radish,” and William Blake’s “Black’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience.” He also reads about leadership, having recently finished Stephen Tierney’s “Liminal Leadership: Building bridges across the chaos” due to its insightful perspectives on leadership. Devendra’s introduction to economics was sparked by a book titled “The Worldly Philosophers,” which led him to discover classical economists like Adam Smith and Voltaire.
Sindhi Boli Otaak is a wonderful podcast conceptualized and hosted by Prof. Kodwani for promotion of Sindhi language and culture. It is available on multiple podcast platforms such as Spotify, Amazon Music, Spreaker, and Youtube. Otaak means a room in Sindhi. A room where people can sit and discuss social and other matters. The podcast touches upon variety of topics and books related to Sindhi language, culture and diaspora.
To jump to Isha’s interview on this podcast:
Book review by Prof. Kodwani
Isha’s Interview Part 1 of 2
Isha’s Interview Part 2 of 2
Links to Sindhi Boli Otaak podcast on different platforms: