Today, In the 9th episode of Season 5, we will revisit Sushri Mahadevi Vermaji's 'Mera Parivar' as our friend Sharbani presents the poignant pages penned by Mahadevi ji on the gentle 'Sona Hirni'. The evocative penmanship, her sincerity, sensitivity shine so brilliantly through the language. Sona is sure to win your heart.

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Today, In the 8th episode of Season 5, our friend Shri Alok Gupta has brought to life 'Budhi Kaki', one of the most favourite stories from our childhood days penned by the 'Kahani Samrat' Munshi Premchandji. And what a wonderful coincidence that we are listening to this heartrending story on 31st July which is Premchandji 's birth anniversary! Do listen..

100 today! What a wonderful literary exploration this has been for us. We enjoyed timeless books, epic poems, masterful satires, classic stories and so much more, all made possible by our listener buddies. We celebrate this special day with a topping of humour penned by masters of humour Kaka Hathrasiji, Hullad Moradabadiji and Ashok Chakradharji presented by another dear buddy Dipti Kanungo Jana. Sit back and smile...

Our special 99th episode aptly celebrates India's one of the greatest writers ever, Shri Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and his inspirational work "Shakti aur Kshama" narrated by our dear buddy Lakshmi. The powerful dialogue between Bhishma who is on his deathbed and Yudhishthir who is devastated at the outcome of 'Mahabharat' is as relevant today as it was in those times. Do listen..

In today's episode of our special "Buddies' season, our buddy Sudha will take us on an intoxicating and evocative journey of the 'Halawaad' era and will treat us to the era's best known work 'Madhushala' penned by the much-celebrated Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchanji. Leave aside the daily grind and take a dip in Madhushala. Do listen...

In the fourth episode of our Season 5, we are joined by Dr Nandini Ramanujam who will read ‘Namak ka Daroga, one of our school-time favourites, penned by India’s master storyteller Munshi Premchand. Let us listen to it and truly understand what the author has tried to convey through this story. Do listen..

Today, we are joined by Ashish Singhai, our college buddy, who despite being seven seas away now in distant United States has kept the flame burning for MP and Hindi in his heart. He will be reading a chapter from the historical masterpiece 'Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu'penned by Acharya Chatursen Shastriji. The passage is set in Shravasti in 6th century BC and is an extremely interesting commentary on political, social and cultural ethos of those times. Do listen and enjoy...

We are 2 today! And on this special day, we are joined by Anjali Sakhuja, our childhood buddy who has chosen to share a story which is a favourite for most of us. The story she reads out today is the masterpiece short story 'Kabuliwala' penned by Kabiguru Rabindra Nath Thakur. Do listen and enjoy...

Welcome to a very special season 5. In this season, many of our buddies will join us and share their thoughts with all of us as they read out their chosen Hindi pieces. Today we will listen to our friend Arvind Shukla, who has chosen to read an extremely relevant and thought provoking piece titled 'Ek Antheen Pradarshani' penned by our favourite satirist Shri Sharad Joshi. Do listen amd enjoy...

And today we wrap up the season with one of the finest Urdu ‘Afsana’ or short stories ever written- “Anandi”, an Afsana penned by Ghulam Abbas Saheb, one of the greatest Urdu story tellers of the golden era of Urdu literature. Anandi inspired Shyam Benegal ji to make the much awarded movie ‘Mandi’. The masterful Urdu, the vivid description of the locale as well as the characters, the supreme ease with which the extremely complex subject of hypocrisy, double standards and selfishness of our society has been dealt by Abbas Saheb are what make him great. Do listen..