Two Akbar and Birbal stories - one about the impractical task of counting all crows in Agra, and another about the impossible task of growing wit in pots!

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#sfipodcast #Akbar #Birbal #AkbarAndBirbal #AkbarBirbal

We have already done some Tenali Raman stories before, the links are here.

Two Uttarakhand Folk Tales - one about a bird fighting Darwinian natural selection, and the other about a mother and daughter's tragic story featuring berries!

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#sfipodcast #Uttarakhand #IndianFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia #UttarakhandFolkTales #FolkTalesOfUttarakhand

A story from the #Mahabharata about #Arjun and #Dronacharya and the things that made Arjun the greatest Archer, at least at Dronacharya University!

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#sfipodcast #Mahabharat

Other Mahabharat episodes we have covered before:

Episode 59 – River of Dreams

Check out these other Mahabharat Episodes too, some of which are peripherally linked to the main storyline, including

Episode 27 – The Rise of Shukra

Two stories from the Kathasaritasagara, featuring a face-off between a physicist Elephant and a Ventriloquist Bunny! And also a Hakuna Matata club!

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#sfipodcast #Kathasaritasagara #IndianFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia

A Santali Folk Tale about two Princesses' quest for a piece of fruit, Furious George - a monkey fond of serving humans(as an entrée), and a banjo that can only play one tune!

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#sfipodcast #Santali #SantaliFolkTales #IndianFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia #JharkhandFolkTales #OdishaFolkTales #Jharkhand #Odisha #BengaliFolkTales #WestBengal #FolkTalesOfBengal

A story of how a Queen shattered all expectations by taking on the Invaders from the British East India Company and defeating them in battle!

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#sfipodcast #Chennamma #Kittur #RaniOfKittur #Belagavi #Dharwad #BritishEastIndiaCompany #EastIndiaCompany #BritishRaj #Thackeray

Who can rescue the Devs from the attack of Tripura(three invincible flying Spaceship cities)? Lord Shiva, of course!

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Other Dev vs Asur episodes - Episode 27 - the Rise of Shukracharya and Episode 28 - His Girl Friday. Also a rare instance of cooperation between them in the Samudra Manthan episodes - 51 - Oceans Rising, 52 - Oceans Rising Higher and 53 - Open the Quantum Gate.

#sfipodcast #Shiva #NaradaMuni #Narada #Tripura #Vishnu #Brahma #LordShiva #Tarakasur #Dev #Asur #Kailas #Kartikeya #MountKailash #Kailash

A Vikram Betaal story about a Princess who wants to get out of having to marry by setting an impossible task in her Swayamvar but may have to pay a big price

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/princess-indumatis-swayamvar-vikram-betaal-ep-145

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Previous VikramBetaal episodes:

Previous Singhasan Battisi stories:

#sfipodcast #VikramBetaal #Vikram #Vikramaditya #VikramAurBetaal #Betaal

A Kannada Folk Tale from Karnataka about a Prince looking for a cure for a Snake King's headache. So that he can solve a pest problem in his Kingdom!

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#sfipodcast #Kannada #Karnataka #FolkTalesOfKarnataka #KannadaFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales #KannadaFolkTale

This Indian Mythological story about the origin of the festival of #Holi features a demoness who was defeated because she made a mistake on paperwork!

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#sfipodcast #Holi #Shiva #LordShiva #Dhundhi #Holika