Stories From India

Stories From India

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  • 152 - Akbar-Birbal - Counting Crows and Growing Wit

    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!

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

    #sfipodcast #Akbar #Birbal #AkbarAndBirbal #AkbarBirbal



    There are links to previous Akbar and Birbal stories here, check them out.

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

    28 min
  • 151 - Uttarakhand Folk Tales - Bird stories

    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!

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

    30 min
  • 150 - Mahabharata - Arjun and Dronacharya

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

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

    #sfipodcast #Mahabharat

    Other Mahabharat episodes we have covered before:

    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

    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

    33 min
  • 149 - Kathasaritasagara - Animal Stories

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

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

    #sfipodcast #Kathasaritasagara #IndianFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia

    36 min
  • 148 - Santali Folk Tale - Two Princesses

    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!

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

    30 min
  • 147 - History - Rani Chennamma of Kittur

    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!

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

    30 min
  • 146 - Shiva - Tripura

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

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

    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

    33 min
  • 145 - Vikram-Betaal - Princess Indumati's Swayamvar

    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

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

    Previous VikramBetaal episodes:

    Episode 5 – Kingly duties
    Episode 8 – Vik and the Vampire Redux
    Episode 32 – The Call of Duty
    Episode 34 – A Damsel in Distress
    Episode 56 – The Three Sherlocks
    Episode 95 – Vikram-Betaal – The Blame Game is Afoot
    Episode 110 - Vikram-Betaal - The Bachelorette

    Previous Singhasan Battisi stories:

    The Twilight Throne - Singhasan Battisi - {Ep.124}
    Vikramaditya's Guests - Singhasan Battisi - {Ep.136}

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

    30 min
  • 144 - Kannada Folk Tale - Princess Jasmine

    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!

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

    29 min
  • 143.5 - Holi Special - Dhundhi

    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!

    Transcript and show notes

    Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

    17 min

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