BBC Urdu Shehr Kahani: Balram ki Kahani

The tenth short documentary in the Shehr Kahani series. Balram supports his family by selling balloons and stamping mehndi tattoos on children. But he wishes he was born in a 'rich' family so that he could go to school.

Shot and Directed by Zulfiqar Memon and Afaq Khokhar from Interactive Resource Centre, Pakistan, and edited by myself for BBC Urdu.

You can find this and other projects I work on at www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/multimedia

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[faisipk]

religion na dakhoo..yaa dakhoo insaan ka or apna pakistani bachaa hai

sab sa play pakistan.

mazaab tu andaar hota hai bahar nahi

..assy assy b muslam hain...jon bastyts hain....like zardari

[khelaydanson]

All pplz in Pakistan and also all over in world,the common person is a real inocent and beautiful although whats his religion and ethinity. U will see the beauty of God. they all created by God, but the poor and illiterate person with all of his jehalat,we almost find here some unique features,containing special elegancy and honesty.

[chiku1079]

God bless you

[manoj7721manoj]

realy a heart touching documentary...i realy feel pain of this teenager boy Balram.may God fulfil all his wishes..and one thing ..he realy realy sing too gud...i enjoy the song he was singing although i dont know Sindhi.may he can participate Indian Idol ,,he could be beat many there.

[aggresive1queen]

he sings very well :)

[rohitfresno]

@quickfixyz Percentage distribution of Muslim population in India.

YearPercentage

195110.1%

197110.4%

198111.9%

199112.0%

200112.8%

The table shows % population of Muslim in India is increasing.

[rohitfresno]

@quickfixyz Sports:

Mushtaq Ali, Nawab of Pataudi and Mohammad Azharuddin.

The current Indian cricket team has: Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Kaif and Wasim Jaffer

Azim Premji, CEO of India's 3rd largest IT company Wipro Technologies and the 5th richest man in India with an estimated fortune of US$17.1 billion.

Dr. S.Z. Qasim, former Director of the National Institute of Oceanography, led India's first scientific expedition to Antarctica.

[rohitfresno]

@quickfixyz Three President of India: Dr. Zakir Hussain, Dr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Current influential Muslims Politician:

1.The current Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari,

2.Chief Minister of Jammu and KashmirOmar Abdullah.

Mumbai Film Industry:

Emraan Hashmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Waheeda Rehman, Irrfan Khan, Farida Jalal, Arshad Warsi, Mehmood, Zeenat Aman, Farooq Sheikh, A. R. Rahman, Javed Akhtar and Tabu.

Cont;

[rohitfresno]

I respect your concern. A. J. Kalam, Q. Hyder, M. J. Akbar, Irfan Habib, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Azim Premji, Zakir Hussain, Shahnawaz Hussain, Sania Mirza, Aamir Khan, Shabana Azmi, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Salman Khan, Zakir Naik. They are all Indian Muslims. I know you being a Muslim are concerned about the condition of Indian Muslim. But let me tell you that the Muslims, in India, are not treated as a different group (perception in Pakistan). They are also Indian citizens like others.

[terikasamesp]

Bas Koi BaaT Nahee Bacha......

JisKa Koi Nahee UsKa unPar WaLa Jo Hai...eK BaaT Khuda SirF Na Tera Hai Na Mera Hai....Khuda SabKa Hai ...Aghar Tum Sache Ho Haq Ki BaaT KarTe Ho To Mera Yaqeen Hai Khuda Tumhein Wo Sab Kuch De Gaa Jo To Tamana KarTe Ho Allah Ka Wada Hai ..?.....

[ZEESHAM121]

jiska koi nahi uska to hai khuda Bachay

witch town is he from?

and can i get any more info on him and his family plz

kind regards

Zeesham