With the Jagannadha Ratha Yatra just around the corner, we Bring to you a unique podcast recounting the background story and interesting facts about this spectacular Indian Festival.

This week, we have explored a different type of storytelling- documentary style story. 

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This  Tanzanian Folktale stars a shrewd hare who thought he got the best of everybody by cheating others, until he met his match.

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On the occasion of World environment day we bring to you a special story that celebrates the importance of trees and nature in sustaining life. Let's value nature by educating children to protect the environment

Let's be friends again is a story about two siblings how they resolve their fight.

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This is a story about three friends who go on an adventure. A story about water cycle.

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Do you know why Bats hang Upside down? A beautiful Laotian folk tale teaching us that we all must help each other and not to be opportunist. Brief introduction for the folktales section- In this Socio-political context of today's world, these folktales are very important for the listener or reader to be sensitive and respectful towards varied ethnicity and culture.

A beautiful story about Lord Ganesha by Smt. Sita Srinivas Mallampalli.

This story talks about how Lord Ganesha lost his tusk and why is he known as Eka Dantaya (One Tooth/Tusk).