Stories From India

A Mahabharata story about a palace of illusions, hurt feelings, a high stakes game of chance played with loaded dice, and Yudhishtir’s weakness for gambling

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/mahabharata-loaded-dice-ep-268/ 

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

Previous Mahabharata Episodes:

https://sfipodcast.com/category/mahabharata/ 

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Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/jataka-tales-penny-pincher-ep-267/ 

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

Previous Jataka Tales:

https://sfipodcast.com/category/folk-tales/jataka-tales/ 

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The story of Anasuya where Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are born to her in their human avatars. See how she overcomes a dilemma that would have stumped most people

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/saptarishi-anasuyas-divine-dilemma-ep-266/ 

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

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A folk tale by the 19th century guru Ramakrishna Paramhansa about a Pandit who tries to take a milkmaid to task and ends up in the soup. Or to be precise, water

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/ramakrishna-pandit-and-milkmaid-ep-265/ 

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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A Mahabharata story featuring Prince Arjun and a construction problem - can he build a bridge of arrows across an ocean? And a monkey for quality control!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/mahabharata-arjuns-bridge-of-arrows-ep-264/ 

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

Previous Mahabharata Episodes:

https://sfipodcast.com/category/mahabharata

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A story from the Ramayana that begins with the final battle between Rama and Ravana, and ends with a non-stop emissions-free direct flight from Lanka to Ayodhya

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/ramayana-ravana-falls-ep-263/ 

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

Previous Ramayana episodes:

https://sfipodcast.com/category/ramayana/ 

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A Jain Folk Tale about a King who has several out of body experiences including living as an Elephant, a Deer, a Parrot. Can he save himself from an evil minister conspiracy?

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/jain-folk-tale-soul-swapping-sovereign-ep-262/ 

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

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A Vikram-Betaal story about four graduates who use their new skills to bring a dead creature back to life! Can Vikram solve Betaal’s tricky question again?

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/vikram-betaal-build-a-beast-ep-261/ 

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

Previous Vikram Betaal episodes

Previous Singhasan Battisi stories

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Chandrakanta’s story continues, with Tej Singh and Chapla’s politics, lies, diplomacy, and deception to get Naugarh and Vijaygarh to become friends again

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/chandrakanta-aiyyar-diplomacy-ep-260/ 

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

Previous Chandrakanta episodes:

Chandrakanta - Stories From India 

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The Ramayana continues with Ram and Laxman getting abducted, and Hanuman’s battle with their kidnapper - the Underworld Don - Mahiravana a.k.a. Ahiravana

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/ramayana-hanuman-vs-ahiravana-ep-259/ 

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

Previous Ramayana episodes:

https://sfipodcast.com/category/ramayana/ 

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