Finally we come to the end of this week's theme, which is about telling you some folk stories from around the world. This one comes from Italy. Enjoy.

In the second last episode of this week's theme of folklores, I bring a folk tale from the other side of the world, i.e., from South America. Hope you will enjoy the story.

This week's theme on folk stories continues and I bring to you a Jewish folk tale today. Follow us for more stories and conversations on books.

This week's theme of myths and folklores continues. Today's folk tale is from China. Hope you will enjoy it.

Continuing this week's theme of folk stories, I bring to you a Korean folklore today. It's called Come, Look. Enjoy the story and stay tuned for more.

Today, I narrate an Irish folk story which is about the queer side of cats. Keep following this week's episodes to listen to more of such folk stories from different parts of the world.

This week I am narrating folk stories from around the world. A story a day, to be precise. Today, I have picked an African folk tale for you.

Edward James Corbett CIE VD was a British hunter, tracker, naturalist, and author who hunted a number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India in 20th century. In this episode, I briefly discuss his works and narrate a short story written by him.

Mullah Nasruddin Khodja is a wise man famous throughout the Muslim and some parts of the non-Muslim world. Historical documents show that he lived in the 13th century in Anatolia (today Turkey). He was a scholar (âlim) or at least an educated man. His jokes were narrated for centuries between people for different purposes, some for humour and some to tell as stories full of meaning and wisdom. I narrate some of his stories in today's podcast.

Okakura Kakuzo was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. His masterpiece The Book of Tea is a long essay linking the role of chadō to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life. I discuss this book in today's podcast.