Best Rahi Podcasts (2026)

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After Twenty Years | Bees Saal Baad | O Henry | Audio Stories | StoryJam #170 6:19

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Some storytellers are for every season. O’Henry is one such. We grew up on his stories in English but also some of us will recall the wonderful televised adaptations of world’s best stories in the series, ‘Katha Sagar’. Made in 1986, the series featured a collection of stories by writers like Katherine Mansfield, Guy de Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, O' …

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Pullover | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena | पुलोवर | सर्वेश्वर दयाल सक्सेना | Hindi Kahani | Audio Stories 10:40

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Sarweshwar Dayal Saxena’s children’s poems are part of our collective childhood. His poems for grown ups too have a candid, reflective quality that speak of his honesty as a writer. His short stories, although relatively lesser known, are just as moving and forthright. In this story, Pullover, he speaks in the voice of a man torn between the emotio…

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Anadi No. 1 | Abid Surti | अनाड़ी नंबर 1 | आबिद सुरती | Hindi Kahani | Urdu Kahani | Audio Stories 20:53

2M ago20:53

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Abid Surti is an Indian painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter. A diploma holder from J. J. School of Art in 1954, Surti has written short stories, novels, plays, children's books and travelogues. Several of his books have been translated into regional languages. He has also been writing for Hindi and…

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Swami aur Ganit Ka Sawal | R K Narayan | स्वामी और गणित का सवाल | आर के नारायण | Audio Stories 8:15

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The world is made up of two kinds of people. Those who love maths and those who never forgot that episode of Swami and Friends where they saw themselves in “Chaami” who in turn saw no “logic” in Math. Today a beloved story from R K Narayan, the man who collected stories from everywhere and brought them home to live in Malgudi.दुनिया दो तरह के लोगों…

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Gattu Bhai, Baagh aur Paani ka Lota | Ashok Pande 13:43

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Ashok Pande writes in many voices. He writes travelogues and poetry, he has written a book about forgotten women of the world and a lot about his corner of Uttarakhand. His Facebook page is a treasure trove of stories big and small, told with a mix of humour, compassion and curiosity, all in equal parts. Where I pause most in his work is his book o…

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Jhakki Babu | Satyajit Ray | StoryJam Audio Stories 39:25

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From the great filmmaker and storyteller of our times. Ray a master of his craft of creating images and characters brings to life Jhakki Babu in the moody environs of Darjeeling. हमारे समय के महान फिल्म निर्देशक और कहानीकार, रे, जो छवियों और पात्रों को गढ़ने में माहिर हैं। इस रहस्यपूर्ण कहानी में वे दार्जिलिंग के मनमोहकपरिवेश में झक्की बाबू को जीवं…

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Kashmiri Seb | Premchand | कश्मीरी सेब | प्रेमचंद | Hindi story | Audio Story 8:06

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Premchand wrote boldly and fearlessly about his times. He wrote of abject poverty and desperation, he wrote against feudalism and for betterment of women. He spoke of the evils that plagued society in his times…and those evils sadly still continue to haunt us to this day. But there was this other side to Premchand that I find fascinating. That was …

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EP 24 - MERA YAHAN HO GAYA HAI 1:56

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Duniye main aise bahut se log hain jo zindagi ke saare mausam dekhta aur mehsoos karte hain. Phir ek samay aata hai jab kuch naya dekhne ya mehsoos karne ke liya rehta hee nahi. Mehtwkanshayein, lakhsh, rishte aur unse mile sukh aur dukh - sab dekh liye – ab kya reh gaya hai dekhne ke liye?By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 23 - MASHUUR HONE KE LIYE KUCH KARNA 1:59

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Aaj ke es social media ke zamaane mein har doosra insaan apne astitv ko ‘followers’, ‘views’ aur ‘likes’ se bhaanp raha hai. Social media par doosron ki tareefein, taaliyaan, yahan tak ki unki ersha aur unke vichaaron mein lagataar bane rehne ke liye log kisi bhi had tak jaa rahe hain.By Tanuj Khosla

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Karz Utar Jaata Hai, Ehsaan Nahi Utarta | Rahi Masoom Raza 7:21

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It is in times of great strife that the people around us reveal themselves. The fair weather friends leave, making more room for those who ask no questions or put down conditions before offering support. In a world that’s fragmenting faster than ever, let’s hope we all find that person (or people) who step up. In this memoir, Raza writes of his fri…

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#12 From Kashmir to Cashmere: To Long and Belong 1:00:28

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Send us a text In this episode, we are joined by a special guest—Nafeesa Syeed, a writer whose lyrical, deeply personal piece 'A Kashmiri in Cashmere' traces a journey across landscapes, names, and the weight of memory. We have a conversation about her beautifully crafted essay—one that begins in the Pacific Northwest but stretches all the way to t…

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EP 22 - MAA BAAP TO SAHI KEHTE 2:12

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Maa baap hamesha achi salah aur seekh dete hain. Par bache yahi sochte hain ki unhe sab pata hai aur maa baap to puraane khayalaat ke hain ya phir unhe koi samajh nahi hai. Zindagi mein maa baap ki kahi hui baatein do baar yaad aati hain – pehla, jab maa baap guzar jaatein hain aur doosra, jab unki di hui salah na maanne ka anjaam bhugatna padta ha…

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EP 21 - KITNA BHI KARLO ZINDAGI MEIN 2:21

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Poori umar nikal jaati hai yeh samajhne mein ki humaare karam aur marzi se upar hoti hai upar waale ki marzi. Aur hum chahe kitna bhi zor laga dein – agar kuch humaari kismat mein nahi hai to woh humme nahi milega – woh humse chuutega – phir chahe woh safalta ho, lakhshya ho, rishte hon ya pyaar ho.By Tanuj Khosla

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Ek Stree Ke Kaarname | Suryabala | एक स्त्री के कारनामे | सूर्यबाला | Hindi Kahani |Audio Story 13:49

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In this story, Suryabala has written with great tenderness and compassion of the destructive storm that rages in a woman's heart, while on the surface she seems as calm as a deep river. How long before she asks for more than a staid secure life?इस कहानी में सूर्यबाला ने बड़ी कोमलता और करुणा के साथ एक स्त्री के हृदय में छुपे उस तूफ़ान के बारे में लि…

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EP 20 - DUNIYA KYA SOCHTI HAI 1:56

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Aaj ke samaaj mein zyadatar log isi tanaav mein rehte hain ki duniya unke baare mein kya soch rahi hai. Haqeekat yeh hai ki aajkal kisi ko kisi se farak nahi padta. Sab apni zindagi ki daud mein vyast hain. Aise mein humme kyun logon ki tipni, raay ya taanon se kuch farak padna chahiye?By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 19 - AASMAAN SE BAATEIN 1:51

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Duniya mein shayad hee aisa koi hoga jo agar raat ke sanaate mein akele beht kar aasmaan ko dekhe aur usse roz-marra ki zindagi ke upar khayal na aayein. Kahan se aaye hum es dharti par? Kyun aaye? Kya maksad hai es zindagi ka? Aur sabe bada sawaal – kya hum es vishv mein akele hai ya phir kisi aur grah par bhi koi jeev apne aasmaan ko dekh kar ais…

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Ladkiyon ke Baap | Vishnu Khare | बेटियों के बाप | विष्णु खरे 6:36

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Vishnu Khare was a poet, translator, literary and film critic, journalist and scriptwriter. He was a polyglot, proficient in several languages, including Hindi, English, German, and other European and Asian languages. He wrote and translated extensively in both Hindi and English, and his translations included works from German, Finnish, Estonian, a…

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Qurratulain Hyder | Koharay Ke Peechhay | क़ुर्रतुलऐन हैदर | कोहरे के पीछे | Audio Story| Hindi Urdu Stories | Listen tou storries you always wants to read! 51:53

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Qurratulain Hyder could weave a story in a manner that was quick in its pace and yet lingering in its mood. Her characters, often from urban backgrounds, live lives riddled with irony, while Qurratulain Hyder narrates their story with sardonic humour. One of the sharpest minds of her times, she spread her wings wide in the literary skies- she wrote…

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Apna Apna Bhagya | Jainendra kumar | अपना अपना भाग्य | जैनेंद्र कुमार |Hindi Kahani | Audio Stories 18:15

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An important name among the post Premchand novelists, Jainendra Kumar was known for his psychoanalytic writing. He had the ability to discover hidden meanings and subtle signals in everyday conversations. He wove his observations skillfully into his characters’ lives in a way that their psychological and philosophical state of mind took precedence …

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Chief ki Dawat | Bhisham Sahani | चीफ़ की दावत | भीष्म साहनी | Hindi Urdu Audio Story | StoryJam 23:40

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Listen to Hindi kahaniyan and Urdu Kahaniyan by famous as well as lesser known writers. You will find here stories from everyone from Premchand to Ismat Chughtai ; Suryabala to Mohan Rakesh, Kaleshwar and Mannu Bhandari.---There are certain tropes that one comes across in Hindi narratives, whether it be stories, TV series or films. One such is that…

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Umrao Jaan Ada | Mirza Hadi Ruswa | उमराव जान अदा | मिर्ज़ा हादी रुसवा | Hindi Urdu Kahani 16:31

10M ago16:31

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Mirza Hadi Ruswa recounts in the preface of his novel, Umrao Jaan Ada, how he came to write the story of a courtesan from Lucknow. His friend Munshi Ahmad Hussain had rented a floor in a chowk in Lucknow and this is where he organised mushairas for his friends. Next to his house lives a most mysterious woman who is never seen, but sometimes late at…

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Birthday | Swayam Prakash | बर्डे | स्वयं प्रकाश | StoryJam #157 22:53

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With a diploma in mechanical engineering, Swayam Prakash worked many jobs- in shipping, zinc industry and postal department but his heart was not in anything as much as writing. A keen observer of human nature, he became an important voice in modern story writing in Hindi. मैकेनिकल इंजीनियरिंग में डिप्लोमा हासिल कर, स्वयं प्रकाश ने कई नौकरियाँ कीं …

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EP 18 - MERA SABSE PEHLA RISHTA KHUDSE HAI 2:05

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Duniya ke aur apno se rishte nibhaate hue aksar hum apna sabse ahem rishta bhool jaate hain – khudse. Sabko itna de dete hain ki khud ke liya kuch bachta hee nahi.By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 17 - ZINDAGI JAISE EK DABBE MEIN KAT RAHI HAI 2:19

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Es tanaav puurn aur bhaag daud waali duniya mein der-saver har insaan ka aisa samay aata hai jab ghar aur office ki zimmedaariyon ke beech mein zindagi simat ke reh jaati hai. Rishte, dostiyaan, shauk, sehat aur mann kaa sukoon - sab dheere dheere saath chod dete hain.By Tanuj Khosla

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Puranda aur Tel ka Kanastar | Ashok Pande | पूरनदा और तेल का कनस्तर | Hindi Kahani | Audio Stories 16:40

11M ago16:40

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Ashok Pande writes. In a world increasingly driven by the “business” of writing, Ashok Pande just keeps writing regardless. He translates works because he likes to, not because a publisher asked him to (though it would be great to see his translations published!). He blogs. His social media page is a rage amongst his readers. He wrote a book of poe…

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EP 16 - HUM SAB TO BUS ROOHEIN HAIN 2:48

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Zyadatar log janam se lekar apni aakhari saans tak khudko apne shareer ke zariye mili pehchaan se hee jaante hain – naam, pesha, dharam, jaat aur mulk. Par asliyat mein woh aur hum sab to sirf roohein hai jo shareer kaa libas pehen kar dharti par baar baar aati hain jab tak jo kuch seekhna hai woh seekh nahi lete.…

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EP 15 - KABHI KABHI SOCHTA HOON KI MAIN KYUN LIKHTA HOON 1:57

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Kya farq hai un logon mein jo zindagi ke ehsaason ke baare mein likhte hain aur unme jo unhe sirf mehsoos karte hain par kabhi likh ke zaahir nahi karte? Kyun kuch log kaagazon par haale-dil ki siyahi se lambe lambe afsaane likhte hain ? Kya paata hai koi kuch likh kar ?By Tanuj Khosla

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नींबू का स्वाद | उषा किरण खान | Nimbu Ka Swaad | Usha Kiran Khan Hindi Kahani | Audio Stories 19:22

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पदामश्री सम्मानित हिंदी और मैथिली भाषाओं की साहित्यकार उषा किरण खान ने उपन्यास, कहानियाँ और बच्चों के लिए लेखन किया। उनकी पचास से अधिक पुस्तकें प्रकाशित हो चुकी हैं। साथ ही वे एक सेवानिवृत्त अकादमिक इतिहासकार भी थीं और पटना कॉलेज में प्राचीन भारतीय इतिहास और पुरातत्व विज्ञान की विभागाध्यक्ष रह चुकी थीं। उनकी कहानियों के महिला किरदार अविस्मरणीय हैं।…

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EP 14 - EK DIN 2:05

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Jaise jaise dharti par aabadi badi, ekta kum aur batwaare zyada hote chale gaye. Batwaaron ki wajah thi insaan ka niyantran ke liye lalach Par kya hum sab ek doosre se alag hain? Kya logon ka insaan hona desh aur dharam se upar nahi hai?By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 13 - DUNIYA KO LAGTA HAI 1:42

12M ago1:42

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Bahut se log apne aap ko kaam mein duba ke apne dard ko bhulaane ki koshish karte hain. Duniya ko lagta hai ki woh bahut mehnati aur kendrit hain par asliyat mein to woh bechaare kaam ka sahaara le rahe hain apne mann ko dard ke ehsaas se duur rakhne ke liye.By Tanuj Khosla

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Biradari | Gulsher Khan Shaani | बिरादरी | गुलशेर खाँ शानी | Hindi Urdu Audio Stories | StoryJam 28:09

12M ago28:09

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गुलशेर ख़ाँ शानी का जन्म 16 मई, 1933 में जगदलपुर में हुआ।वे एक प्रसिद्ध कथाकार एवं साहित्य अकादमी की पत्रिका 'समकालीन भारतीय साहित्य' और 'साक्षात्कार' के संस्थापक-संपादक रहे ।साथ ही 'नवभारत टाइम्स' में भी इन्होंने कुछ समय काम किया। इनकी रचनाओं का अनुवाद अनेक भारतीय भाषाओं के अलावा रूसी, लिथुवानी, चेक और अंग्रेज़ी हुआ । शानी साहित्‍य और प्रशासनिक पद…

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EP 12 - PAISE PAR GHAMAND MAT KAR 1:47

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Aaj ke yug mein paisa hee dharam aur imaan ban gaya hai. Kisse baat karni hai, kisko izzat deni hai, yahan tak ki kisse rishta rakhna hai – yeh sab uski haisiyat dekh kar tay kiya jaata hai.By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 11 - MERE AANSUUN 1:53

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Aksar ladke apna dukh, apne dil ki baat, apne gehre jazbaat, apne doston se bhi chupate hain. Andar chahe kitna bhi dard ho, dost ke saamne hanste rehte hain. Kyun karte hain woh aisa?By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 10 - INSAAN HOON PAR INSAAN KO SAMAJH NAHI PAATA HOON 2:34

1y ago2:34

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Aaj ki duniya mein insaaniyat to jaise khatam hee hoi gayee hai. Ek insaan doosre insaan ko itna dard, itna dukh kaise de sakta hai?By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 9 - KHUD SE MILNA CHAHTA HOON 1:50

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Paida hote hee humme ek naam, ek dharam aur ek nagarikta de di jaati hai. Aur phir saari zindagi ye humaari pehchaan banne rehte hain. Par kya yeh cheezein hee humaara vajuud hain?By Tanuj Khosla

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Na Kinni Na | Suryabala | ना किन्नी ना | सूर्यबाला | Hindi Kahani | Audio Story ॰ Storyjam 47:10

1y ago47:10

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सूर्यबाला जी को वर्ष २०२४ के व्यास सम्मान की बहुत बहुत बधाई! सूर्यबाला का जीवन परिचय, व्यक्तित्व, कृतित्व और उपलब्धियॉ-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------सूर्यबाला जी का जन्म 25 अक्टूबर 1944 को वाराणसी में हुआ। वे एक लेखिका और व्यंगकार के रूप में सुप्रसिद्ध हैं। अपने जन्मस्थान वाराणसी से सूर्यबाला जी…

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EP 8 - AHEM 1:47

1y ago1:47

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Atam-samaan aur ahankaar ke beech mein rehta hai ahem. Kuch log isse apni takat samajhte hain aur kuch duniya ke kathor shabdon se bachaane waala kavach. Par kya ahem rakhna zaroori hai? Kya ahem sirf fayeda deta hai?By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 7 - CHALO AAJ PAPA KO GALE LAGAYEIN 2:01

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Zyadatar papa apna pyaar shadon mein zaahir nahi karte. Par iska matlab yeh to nahi ki woh humse pyaar nahi karte. Kyun hum bache apne papa ko utna galle nahi lagaate jitna maa ko lagaate hain?By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 6 - KHUD KO KHUD MEIN DHOONDH RAHA HOON 3:00

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Humaare samaajh ke aaj yeh haalaat hain ki zyadatar log ladkon ko insaan kam aur paisa kamaane ka, ghar chalaane ka, auraton aur bachon ko surakshit rakhne ka zariya zyada samajhte hain. Duniya mein unka mol utna hee hai jitni unki kamaayi – yeh baat unke dil aur dimaag mein kuut kuut kar bhar di jaati hai.…

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EP 5 - KAASH AISA KOI MILTA ZINDAGI MEIN 2:06

1y ago2:06

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Kitna acha hota agar zindagi ke es lambe safar mein koi aisa mil jaaye jo humaare sapnon ko samjhe, humaari mehatwakanshaon ki izzat karre aur unhe poora karne main humaara saath de.By Tanuj Khosla

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EP 4 - KISI KI KHUSHIYON SE MAT JAL 1:58

1y ago1:58

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Insaan ki fitrat mein hee eersha aur jalan hoti hai. Par har insaan ki raah aur kismat alag hoti hai aur doosron ki zindagi mein kya chal raha hai – yeh humme aksar pata bhi nahi hota.By Tanuj Khosla

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Mujhe Chand Chahiye | Surendra Verma | मुझे चाँद चाहिए | सुरेंद्र वर्मा Hindi Kahani | Audio Stories | StoryJam 17:23

1y ago17:23

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Varsha Vashisht speaks her mind, calmly and clearly. Just the way girls her age and of her social background were not supposed to. When Surendra Verma created her character in 1993, little could he have known that Varsha would continue to speak to women years after her character was born on the pages of “Mujhe Chand Chahiye”. For Varsha takes ‘birt…

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EP 3 - KHUD KO KHUD MEIN DHOONDH RAHI HOON 1:34

1y ago1:34

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Aksar ghar aur parivaar ki zimmedaariyan nibhaate hue, auratein apne aap ko, apni khud ke astitv ko bhool jaati hain. Shauk, dost, mahatwkanshayein sab peeche choot jaate hain aur aaine mein ek ajnabee ensaan dikhne lagta hai.By Tanuj Khosla

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Shah Mohammad Ka Tanga | Ali Akbar Natiq | शाह मोहम्मद का ताँगा | अली अकबर नातिक़ | Urdu Hindi Story 38:11

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Ali Akbar Natiq was born in a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan, where he received his initial education. Later due to financial constraints he started to work as a mason, and became skilled at building domes, mosques and minarets. His love for education, literature and history specifically, had him complete his BA and MA degrees privately…

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EP 2 - KUCH BANNA KYUN ZAROORI HAI 1:53

1y ago1:53

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Humme bachpan se hee kaamyaabi ki bhi bahut sakri paribhaasha sikhaayi jaati hai – paisa, samaajh mein rutba, peshe se di hui pehchaan. Par kya yeh sahi hai? Aap andar se khush hain ki nahi, aapki sehat aur aapke rishte durust hain ki nahi aur sabse bada – aap ache insaan hain ki nahi - kya en sab cheezon ki aapki pehchaan se koi lena dena nahi ?…

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Oscar Wilde's 'The Devoted Friend' translated into Hindi by Dharamvir Bharti as 'निःस्वार्थ मित्रता' 22:28

1y ago22:28

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When two literary giants meet, not in person but in a common creative playground called ‘translation’, the results are always interesting and satisfying. Oscar Wilde’s short story “ The Devoted Friend” is a satire about a friendship that is anything but nurturing or even reciprocal. Dharamvir Bharti translates without losing any nuance and makes th…

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Rabbi |Naresh Kaushik | रब्बी | नरेश कौशिक Hindi Kahani | Urdu Kahani | Audio Stories | Storyjam 31:39

1y ago31:39

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The stories of losing home are the most profoundly disturbing. Yet these “stories” are the reality of millions of people across the world, everyday. Today there are over 117.3 million people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes. We forget and we repeat ad infinitum the same patterns of greed, revenge and loss. And yet, in the midst of …

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EP 1 - EK BAAR PHIR SE BACHPAN JEENA CHAHTA HOON 2:39

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Jeevan ki bhaag daud mein, riskhton ke tanaav mein aur kaam ke dabaav mein hum sabse zyada apne bachpan ke befikr dino ko hee yaad karte hain.By Tanuj Khosla

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कैसा था प्रेमचंद का बचपन? | क़लम का सिपाही (अंश) | अमृत राय | Qalam Ka Sipahi (Excerpt)| Hindi Urdu Audio Stories 18:53

1+ y ago18:53

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If Premchand was looking down from the heavens above at school kids across Hindi speaking India, reading the same two or three stories of his, with the teacher blaring ‘morals’ at the end of class, he would be appalled. In popular imagination over the last seventy five years, Premchand’s writing has come to mean stories set against a depressing pov…

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Jai Gange | Rajendra Yadav | जय गंगे | राजेंद्र यादव | Storyjam | Hindi Urdu Audio Stories 13:22

1+ y ago13:22

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हिन्दी के सुपरिचित लेखक, कहानीकार, उपन्यासकार व आलोचक राजेंद्र यादव हिन्दी साहित्य में ‘नयी कहानी आंदोलन' के संस्थापक माने जाते हैं। मुंशी प्रेमचन्द द्वारा सन् 1930 में स्थापित साहित्यिक पत्रिका ‘हंस’ जो की सन् 1953 में बन्द हो गयी थी, के पुनर्प्रकाशन की बाग डोर राजेंद्र यादव जी ने सँभाली और उसे प्रेमचन्द की जयन्ती के दिन 31 जुलाई 1986 को पुनः प्रा…