Kissa Kahani- Stories Before Sleep with Neha

In this short episode, we read two of Aesop's fables related to animals. 

In this interesting story, we take a journey into the mind of our protagonist Gurdas who wants to get his name in the local newspaper at any cost. All he wants to do is become famous so he can die in peace? Well he does make it to the newspaper but at a cost. 

Hear three interesting stories of Mulla Nasruddin - each with a different flavor and message in Season 3, Episode 2 of Kissa Kahani Stories Before Sleep. 

In the first episode of Season 3, I ask you a small paheli created by Amir Khusro and narrate Harishankar Parsai's famous satire- Apni Apni Bimari. 

In this letter, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru is narrating how the Aryans started coming to the Dravid-dominated India and slowly dragged them beyond the Vindhya mountains. 

In this letter, Pt. Nehru briefly talks about fossils and old reptilians animals. He also mentions about the first mammals to roam earth. 

A small letter by Nehru in which he talks about fossils and sends his daughter Indira several pictures of fossilized fish

Pt. Nehru once again talks about the hundreds of millions of years where the earth remained devoid of humans and when they finally appeared, they remained small and powerless. 

In this episode, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru talks about the sad condition of the lives of common people and the extravagance of those who ruled them. He also details the lives of shamans who exploited common people for their own gains. 

In this episode, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru reprises how different people gained powers and became kings, only to keep that power within their families. Then came different courtesans, ministers, traders and artisans, followed by the working class that was exploited by other higher classes.