Stories From India

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July 24, 2022 162 - Manipur Folk Tale - The Cuckoo
A Manipur folk tale that explains why the Pied Cuckoo only drinks rainwater. It also features a massive river cleaning drive, with help from all animals. Except one!
Transcript and show notes
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#sfipodcast #Manipur #Manipuri #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales #FolkTale #ManipuriFolkTales #ManipurFolkTales #FolkTalesOfManipur
22 min
July 17, 2022 161 - Mahabharata - Ekalavya
A Mahabharata story about Ekalavya, a self-taught archer, who has to pay a gruesome price to his inspiration just because he was more skillful than Dronacharya’s students.
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

Previous Mahabharata episodes:
Episode 59 – River of Dreams
Episode 60 – Down By The River
Episode 68 – Waiting
Episode 69 – Father and Son
Episode 70 – The Art of the Deal
Episode 83 – Mahabharata – The Groom Reveal Party
Episode 84 – Mahabharat – A Princess Scorned
Episode 91 – Mahabharat – Amba
Episode 96 – Mahabharat – Vyas Ex Machina
Episode 105 – Mahabharat – Four Weddings and a Birth
Episode 108 – Mahabharat – Oh, deer!
Episode 115 – Mahabharat – How to raise a family
Episode 127 – Mahabharat – Kripacharya University
Episode 139 – Mahabharat – Duryodhan poisons Bhima
Episode 150 - Mahabharat - Arjun and Dronacharya
Check out these other Mahabharat Episodes too, some of which are peripherally linked to the main storyline, including
Episode 27 – The Rise of Shukra
Episode 28 – His Girl Friday
Episode 31 – Death Cheater
Episode 37 – A Fishy Engagement
Episode 120 – Mahabharata – Nala and Damayanti
#sfipodcast #Mahabharat #Mahabharata #Dronacharya #Ekalavya #Arjun #Drona
27 min
July 10, 2022 160 - Jain Folk Tale - The Celestial Necklace
A #Jain Folk Tale about a gift from heaven that only causes pain and sorrow! And a Monkey who goes about setting everything right!
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
#sfipodcast #jainfolktales #indianfolktales #folktalesofindia #jainfolktale #folktales #folktale #indianfolktale
20 min
July 03, 2022 159 - Panchatantra - A Bag of Gold Coins
A #Panchatantra story about a bag of gold that always returns to its rightful owner! That helps when the rightful owner is an honest farmer in a dishonest world!
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
#sfipodcast #IndianFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia #VishnuSharma
25 min
June 26, 2022 158 - History - Adi Shankar
The story of Adi Shankar, an 8th-century philosopher. Also featuring a Crocodile that is very picky about its victim's profession, and an out of body experience
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
#sfipodcast #adishankar #shankar #shiva #shankaracharya #adishankaracharya #mandana #mandanamishra #sanyasi #vedas #veda
24 min
June 19, 2022 157 - Odisha Folk Tales - Here comes the Sun
Two Folk Tales from Odisha, about 7 Suns in the Sky, Climate Un-Change, and proper dinner etiquette when Thunder and Lightning host a dinner, especially if the planet Venus is your mom!
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
#sfipodcast #odisha #Odisa #OdishaFolkTales #FolkTalesOfOdisha #IndiaFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia
30 min
June 12, 2022 156 - Ramayana - Hanuman Infiltrates Lanka
A story from the #Ramayana about how #Hanuman searches for #Sita in #Lanka. He has to do some clever detective work to overcome many obstacles - including a giant guardian of the gates, and paperwork!
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Valmiki was the author of the Ramayana. We covered his origin story in Episode 6 – Fish Highwayman
The Ramayana kicks off in Episode 7 – Kingdom by Horse. Episode 15 – Rishi vs Rishi: Un-civil war! and Episode 16 – Six….teen Flags are about Rama and Laxman’s encounter with Vishwamitra
A flashback to Dasharath’s past is in Episode 24 – Promises made, hearts broken
Ram, Laxman, and Sita begin their exile in Episode 30 – Banished! and continue it in Episode 41 – Forest Life and Episode 64 – The First Kidnapping of Sita
They encounter Shoorpanakha in Episode 78 – Ramayana – An Indecent Proposal
We have also covered three episodes that aren’t part of the main storyline but feature some central Ramayana characters:
Hanuman’s origin story is in Episode 25 – Up, Up, and Away!
Episode 55 – Saturnine is about an encounter between Shani and Ravana.
Episode 81 – Ramayana – Wolverine Claws is the origin story of Ravana and Shoorpanakha.
And Episode 92 – Ramayana – Shanta is the story of Ram and Laxman’s sister – Shanta.
Episode 101 – Ramayana – A Wild Stag Chase explained how Ravana engineered a diversion so he could abduct Sita. In Episode 112 Ram and Laxman got their first hint of what had happened to Sita and also were told that Sugriva could help them
In Episode 118, Ram and Laxman learned more about Sugriva and Vali’s rivalry before finally meeting Hanuman and ensuring Sugriva’s victory in Episode 125 – Ramayana – Sugriva and Vali. Hanuman met Sampati in Episode 132 and then crossed the ocean in Episode 142. Vali was also the character of the Week in Episode 21.
Jambavan was character of the week in Episode 2.
Jatayu and Sampaati’s story is mentioned in the Character of the Week section of Episode 11.
#sfipodcast #Ramayan #Ram #Laxman #Lakshman #Ravana #Ravan
33 min
June 05, 2022 155 - Vishnu - Kalki
A story set in the future! This one is about #Vishnu’s upcoming avatar - #Kalki. We’ll see Kalki get some training from another #avatar - #Parshuram and take on all the evil in the world, armed with just a sword, on a horse and with a parrot sidekick
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
#sfipodcast #Dashavatar #IndianMythology
33 min
May 29, 2022 154 - West Bengal - Bonbibi
A story about Bonbibi, a Goddess who is worshiped by both Hindus and Muslims, and about how she keeps the Sundarbans Tigers in check!
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
#sfipodcast #Bonbibi #Banbibi #WestBengal #Bengal #Sundarbans #Sundarban #DakshinRai #DakkhinRai
33 min
May 22, 2022 153 - Madhya Pradesh FolkTale - Bikal the Terrible
A Madhya Pradesh FolkTale that teaches us how to transform a ferocious tiger into a scaredy-cat. All you need is some confidence, and a little ignorance might help!
Transcript and show notes
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
#sfipodcast #MadhyaPradesh #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales #MadhyaPradeshFolkTales #FolkTalesOfMadhyaPradesh #FolkTale #Tiger

Check out this link to the last time we covered a folktale from Madhya Pradesh: Episode 23 - Magical Tweetment
36 min

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