City Book Leaders - Story Bank

The city of Jhansi is usually associated with the courage and vigor of Jhansi Ki Rani but the timeline of this city and it's formidable fort goes almost two centuries before the story of Rani. 

Shared by Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma , an IAS officer and an author from the book ' Forts of Bundelkhand' by Vijai and Rita Sharma 

Voice over by Jyotica Sarcar Mullick 

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The legend of Umrao Jaan of Faizabad , an epitome of Nawabi etiquette and finesse as narrated by Kena Shree from the famous book ' Safarnama' by Yatindra Mishr 

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Banaras, The city that houses millions of Gods also houses a temple of Mother India . This temple depicts the deep veneration of our freedom fighters towards the country and symbolizes the true essence of nation. 

Reference from the book ' Ras Ras Banaras' by Atul Tiwari ( A min. of culture , GoI presentation)

Narration by Sonia Bareja and Mohit Gupta 

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Mere mention of a hidden treasure in a story makes it amazing. In this story of ' Gyani Chor' , Shalu Ahuja has shared the legend of the 'Indian Robinhood from Rohtak'

Scripted and Narrated by Shalu Ahuja 

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The story of Sambhar and Marathas from the city of Tanjore (Thanjavur) ,  that emerged when Girish, a nagpur boy thought of impressing his tamil girlfriend, Priti while they met over a lunch at a south indian restaurant , Sagar Ratna.  

Reference of this story is found in the book ' Indian Food: A Historical Companion' by food historian K T Achaya 

Scripted and Narrated by Mohit Gupta

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The city of lucknow with it's rich heritage backdrop has hosted many famous movies of bollywood in the past. In this episode , Devendra Singh and Kumud Singh are taking us into a journey of some of those movies that were made during the golden period of hindi cinema 

Narration is inspired from the writings of Padamshri Yogesh Praveen from his book' Lucknow Nama'  along with few other books and the primary research by RJs' Devendra Singh and Kumud Singh 

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Lucknow is a city where each and every class has it's own style and etiquette . In this episode , Kena Shree , a senior HR Professional , a known author and a successful poet is telling about the rickshawalas of Lucknow . She has chosen this narrative from Lucknow's famous DanstanGo Himanshu Bajpai's book ' Kissa Kissa Lucknowa' 

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Narmada , a central Indian river which is termed as the life line of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat , originates from a holy placed called Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh. While it flows, it passes through many villages and cities carrying numerous stories from many generations in the past

In this episode of Story Bank , we have the story of Narmada from it’s origin as shared and narrated by noted author  Raghav Chandra, a former IAS officer. This story of city Amarkantak and river narmada is from his book ‘ Scent of a Game’

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TATA is a part of every one's life and the city of Jamshedpur is named after Jamsed Ji Tata as shared by Partha Sen Sharma , a noted author , an IAS officer and a former TELCO employee 

From the book 'A steel man in India' by John L Keenan 

Story narrated by Jyotica Sarkar Mallik , a professional and talented voice over artist 

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Kinthup a spy who lived as a tailor in Darjeeling was on a mission to find the secret of river brahmaputra in Tibet in 1880s . 

The story of the adventure of this not so known hero can be read in Sanjeev Sanyal's famous book ' Land of the seven rivers' 

Translated, scripted and narrated by Mohit Gupta

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