A Bihar folktale about 7 sisters with a surprising amount in common with Hansel and Gretel and Goldilocks and the 3 bears, and also featuring aliens and ghosts!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/bihar-folk-tale-girls-vs-bears-ep-219-stories-from-india-podcast/

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

#sfipodcast #FolkTales #FolkTalesOfBihar #BiharFolkTales #BihariFolkTales #IndianFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia #Bihar

Two Panchatantra stories featuring Angry Birds - seriously, don’t cross them or they can inflict major pain - whether you’re a giant Elephant or the mighty Ocean!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/panchatantra-angry-birds-ep-218-stories-from-india-podcast/

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

Check out this link for previous Panchatantra episodes.

#sfipodcast #Panchatantra #Vishnu #VishnuSharma #Garuda #Garud #NaradaMuni #Narad #Narada #NaradMuni #FolkTalesOfIndia #IndianFolkTales

An Independence Day Special episode about Kanaklata Barua, a teenage Independence activist from Assam who gave up everything for her country

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/history-kanaklata-ep-217-5-stories-from-india-podcast/

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

#sfipodcast #KanaklataBarua #Assam #QuitIndia #1942 #Kanaklata #Barua #Pushpalata #MrityuBahini #August15 #IndependenceDay

A Mahabharata story about how the Pandavas managed in the forest they escaped to, including their search for a 24-hour Dhaba, and their encounter with an evil, hungry Demon Hidimba, and his not-so-evil, not-so-hungry Demoness sister, Hidimba

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/mahabharata-hidimba-and-hidimba-ep-217-stories-from-india-podcast/

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

Previous Mahabharata Episodes: https://sfipodcast.com/category/mahabharata/

#sfipodcast #Mahabharata #Mahabharat #Pandavas #Pandava #Bhima #Bheema #Kunti #Hidimba #Hidimbi

A story about how the Goddess of Wealth, Lakshmi, became human temporarily - complete with an adoptive farmer family, all because she plucked a flower despite Vishnu’s words of caution!

Transcript and show notes: https://sfipodcast.com/lakshmi-farmerette-ep-216-stories-from-india-podcast/

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

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Previous Lakshmi episodes: 

https://sfipodcast.com/category/lakshmi/

The churning of the Ocean: https://sfipodcast.com/episode-51-oceans-rising/ https://sfipodcast.com/episode-52-oceans-rising-higher/ https://sfipodcast.com/episode-53-open-the-quantum-gate/ 

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A story set in Mount Kailash about the Origin of Yoga. We'll see what Shiva, Parvati, and the stars in the Big Dipper or Saptarishi had to do with it!

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

#sfipodcast #Shiva #Parvati #Kailas #Kailash #MountKailas #Saptarishi #Yoga #Yog #NaradaMuni #Narada #Narad

A Nagaland folk tale about Momola - a girl who became a mermaid, and a river that flooded a village in revenge, and a terrible misunderstanding about who’s on the dinner menu!

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

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#sfipodcast #Nagaland #NagalandFolkTales #FolkTalesOfNagaland #IndianFolkTales #FolkTalesOfIndia #Momola

A story about Krishna's intervention when Bhima’s grandson Barbarika wants to enter the Mahabharata war with his 3 supreme arrows that can destroy everything

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

Previous Mahabharata episodes are here.

#sfipodcast #Barbarika #Barbarik #Krishna #Vishnu #Mahabharata #Mahabharat #NaradaMuni #Narada #Brahma

A story about how Akbar tried to have Birbal and Tansen executed. No points for guessing that Birbal managed to find a way out, again!

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#sfipodcast #Akbar-Birbal #AkbarBirbal #Akbar #Birbal #Tansen

A story about Vishnu’s Hayagriva avatar who has the head of a horse. That came in handy when fighting against an evil Haygriva!

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#sfipodcast #Vishnu #Hayagriva #Hayagreeva #Durga #Narada #NaradaMuni #Narad #NaradMuni