Stories Without Pictures

Kengeri Kannan and his family are going on a visit to the historical city of Gwalior. In this first part of a two-part story, the family must take a long train journey from Bangalore to Gwalior. We travel with the family on the train and relive our experiences associated with train journeys in India.

Lata’s voice is by 9-year-old Aditi Nikhil Eldurkar from Germany and Subbu’s voice is by 7-year-old Narayan Rao from Bangalore.

This original story is written by Gautam Rao and Nidhi Gupta.

Cover art is by 8-year-old Anaika Kurian.

April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance month, and this story is our attempt to explain to children what autism is.

It’s the summer holidays and Ammu meets Dhruv, her best friend’s cousin. Dhruv does not respond to Ammu when she tries to talk to him, and she is sad that he does not want to play with her. Will he go to a play date at Ammu’s home when she invites him?

Ammu’s voice is by 6-year-old Nandita Gautam and Aditi’s voice is by 5-year-old Natasha Mahajan.

This original story is written by Nidhi Gupta.

Shoutout to our friend Archana Haran for helping us find the right words to explain autism to children.

The cover art is by our listener 8-year-old Aalya Agarwal from Reston, Virginia.

Credits:

Piano 1: Reminiscence by Johannes Bornlöf from EpidemicSound

Piano 2: See You Clearly by Jon Björk from EpidemicSound 

This story takes us on a muscial journey of a little Trumpet's dream of joining a parade. Listen to find out how she pursues this fondest dream of hers that results in her starting a band of her own!

This original story is written by published author Niharika Ranjan Singh.

Cover art illustrated by Nisheet Shrivastava.

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Puppy and Friends Detective Agency gets a new case to solve. They must navigate a maze of colours to find out who is trying to cheat at a painting competition. The only problem is that there are 50 suspects and none of them can be questioned. Will Zishan, Ruhi and Jalebi be able to find the cheat and help an honest student whose painting was stolen?

Can you solve this mystery before we do? Pause the story, put on your detective hat, and get cracking!

This original story is written by Namit Chaturvedi.

Ruhi's voice by 6-year-old Nandita Gautam, Navya's voice by 6-year-old Zarya Jain, Zishan's voice by 11-year-old Varen Singhai. Cover art is by 8-year-old Vaari Singhai.

Exit music credits: FoolBoyMedia

Anniversary Episode! Our podcast turned one year old this week and we have a special anniversary story for you. So far our characters had all been living in parallel universes, but in this story we brought them all together. And the reason their paths crossed - a storytelling festival for children, in Bangalore.

This original story is written by Nidhi Gupta.

Ammu and Mishti's voice by 6-year-old Nandita Gautam, Zishan's voice by 11-year-old Varen Singhai, Subbu's voice by 7-year-old Narayan Rao. Cover art is by 10-year-old Kashvi Agarwal. 

Kavya and Leela are spending their holidays with their grandparents in Mysore. Over the weekend, when their parents come visiting from Bangalore, the family plans a picnic to a special spot by a river.

But a sudden downpour means that they cannot have their picnic near the river. Listen to find out what the family does instead.

This is a special story for 5-year-old Pranav Sharma, gifted to him by his cousin Anaika Kurian.

This original story is written by Brunda Ganesh.

Kavya and Leela are played by 6-year-old Kaveri Anand Agarwala and 4-year-old Gayatri Anand Agarwala. The dad’s character is played by Shrimoy Agarwala. Cover art is also by Kaveri and Gayatri.

Can you imagine a bright sunny day with the skies all grey? Can you imagine that macaws are grey and hummingbirds are white? That the only colour in the sky is the ever yellow sun with none of its fiery red sunrises and sunsets? That is exactly how our world was millions of years ago. But then, thanks to a wonderful macaw called Zuzu, everything changed. Here is a magical tale about how Zuzu and her friends made our skies and rainbows colourful. 

This is a special story for our 6-year-old friend Kaveri Anand Agarwala gifted to her by her friend Nandita Gautam. 

Written by Nidhi Gupta. 

Zuzu's voice is by 7-year-old Tia Jain. The cover art is by 7-year-old Meera Iyer, 6-year-old Nandita Gautam and 7-year-old Tia Jain.

Like all little children, six-year-old Ammu wants to be so many things when she grows up - an astronaut, a gymnast, a teacher, a cricket player, and so much more. But can Ammu be and do all that she wants to? Listen in to hear the conversation she has with her Kaka.

This is a special story for our 4-year-old friend Gayatri Anand Agarwala gifted to her by her friend Anaika Kurian.

Written by Namit Chaturvedi and Nidhi Gupta.

The cover art is by our 8-year-old friend and listener Anaika Kurian.

SFX credits: soundbytez - https://freesound.org/s/111079/

Zishan, Ruhi and Jalebi are back with a new and exciting story in which they put their observation skills to good use. Will our detective friends succeed in solving their elaborate first case? This is a special story for our 9-year-old friend and listener Aditi Nikhil Eldurkar, gifted to her by her uncle Gautam Rao. This is an original story written and narrated by Nidhi Gupta. Zishan's voice is by 11-year-old Varen Singhai and Ruhi's voice is by 6-year-old Nandita Gautam. Cover art is by 9-year-old Pia Phadke, 7-year-old Seher Sekhon, 8-year-old Anaika Kurian, and 7.5-year-old Rayaan Singh.