Best Paro Anand Podcasts (2025)

I'm NOT Butter Chicken, you can't order me... Sometimes a fight starts with a brilliant line. When a daughter shouts this at her father, there's hell to pay....surely?By Paro Anand

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She Walks between Raindrops 11:48

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What does it mean to be Special with a capital S? And when a Special child falls madly in love, is it destined to be unrequited?By Paro Anand

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Easy Lie, Hard Truth 14:04

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A story in Hindi on why I went from telling lies to daring to tell the truthBy Paro Anand

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Nalya - a wild, weird story 11:55

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Stories apart at the strangest of times. This is one that came one wild, wet and scary time in Baramullah, Kashmir, just as the Kargil conflict was about to explodeBy Paro Anand

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She Stoops to Kill 18:37

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When I wanted to murder my husband after a fight, I wrote a murder story instead. Happy to say he's still alive and well. Not sure about alive and well is what happens in the story though...By Paro Anand

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The Ugly Truth about Cinderella 12:45

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Looking at the beloved Cinderella sorry from the point of view of the Ugly SistersBy Paro Anand

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A Quiet Girl 10:20

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When Puja is born, her Papa mama were very happy. But Puja is different. She doesn't speak. Can anyone help her? A horse, maybe?By Paro Anand

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Ayub's first Eid 16:13

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What does religion really mean? How do you contend with religious hatred and bullying? A story that children and adults must hearBy Paro Anand

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Man Years: a tribute to dadaji 10:40

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A story that can make you laugh and chuckle, but also make your think about your precious parents and grandparentsBy Paro Anand

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Sahitya Akademi Award acceptance speech 15:07

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When I got my Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature, I was asked to give a speech. So here is what I said. And what's a speech without a story?By Paro Anand

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Pure Sequence 17:09

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Growing Old, gracefully. Or otherwise. This is a story about the resilience and friendship of 4 older women. Fun, funny. But also the wisdom that comes from a life well livedBy Paro Anand

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No Guns at my Son's Funeral 14:49

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The compelling, internationally acclaimed story of a child seduced by terrorismBy Paro Anand

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Wingless again 10:02

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Part 2 from Wingless, a fairly weird and wonderful fairy tale for our timesBy Paro Anand

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Wingless 12:14

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A fun, funny story on learning to fly fearlessly, whether you have wings or not!!By Paro Anand

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A Very Naughty Dragon 11:31

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Paro Anand talks about her new adventure of co-authoring a book with first time author, 9 year old Sarah Rose.By Paro Anand

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You Don't Know Everything 13:12

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A book that forces you to rethink and examine how discriminatory are own actions and reactions can beBy Paro Anand

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Can We Become Gandhi? 38:19

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Is Gandhi still relevant today? Most young people think not. But what happens when violence comes knocking on your door and you need someone like Gandhi to bring back peace? Can you, little old, odd you actually become Gandhi?By Paro Anand

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Being Gandhi 13:06

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Ruskin Bond says about this book, "A brave new look at Gandhi, bringing him front and center into young lives today". Hear these excerpts from my new book, Being GandhiBy Paro Anand

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The Little Bird Who Held the Sky up with His Feet 15:26

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A story of courage and sacrifice. Sometimes you have to find strength and resolve you never knew you had in you.By Paro Anand

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Weed 9:42

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"Alright, I'll share a secret with you. I loved my father. Like sons love their fathers, I too loved mine. I wanted to follow in his footsteps. But those footsteps led down the wrong path...what do you do when you are on the wrong side of every side?By Paro Anand

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Grief (is a Beast) 12:44

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How do you handle it when Grief is a Beast that's too big for your size? A very personal story of loss and grief.By Paro Anand

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Papa aren't you culpable too? 9:25

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When the demands for dowries start and fathers scramble to try and meet them, are they helping their daughters? Or putting them at greater risk?By Paro Anand

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Babloo's Bhabi 14:40

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When Babloo watches his Bhabi get beaten by his brother, He is angry and frustrated. But he's just a child and children are helpless, right? WRONG. Let's empower children to right our wrongs.By Paro Anand

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How I came to be a Professional Liar 8:09

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Growing up, you're told that it's really bad to lie. Yeah, sure. If you're a poor liar, then it's bad, or downright useless. But what if you're really, really good at it? Well then, you become a professional liar - or in other words, a writer of fiction. For fiction is just glorified lies. Here's how I became a professional liar…

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Learning to Hate, Learning to Love 19:04

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Where do young people learn to hate? Are we creating haters? Can you take that lump of hate and knead it back to love?By Paro Anand

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Impossible Love 10:29

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What do you do when you're hopelessly i love? Emphasis on HOPELESS. She's gorgeous and she's totally out of your league. Here's a story on hopeless love and a confession on where that story came from.By Paro Anand

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Introduction 1:26

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A question I'm asked a lot is, "how did you know you could be a writer?" Well, here's the answer. listen onBy Paro Anand