Vedas are the most ancient religious scriptures of Hinduism. They are A-purusheya, which means they have not been created by any Human. These Vedas appeared in front of our sages, and they, compiled them. As we all know, there are a total of four Vedas, namely, Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. But, initially there were only three Vedas…

Those who are familiar with Hindu mythology know that each and every god has a particular vehicle in the form of an animal or a bird to travel from one place to another. For example, the vehicle of lord Ganesha is a mouse, Vishnu’s vehicle is Garuda and so on. Similarly, Indra, the king of all the gods, has a vehicle named Airavata and he is an ele…

We all know of Kubera, the lord of wealth…an important deity of the Hindu religious pantheon. But, do you know that he was born into the same family of Ravana’s. He was infact the half-brother of Ravana and the eldest among Ravana and his two other brothers, Bibhishana and Kumbhakarna. All of them share the same father. Our religious scriptures nar…

We all know of Lord Hanuman who is the god of strength. A lot of our knowledge about him comes from the Ramayana, where we hear about his bravery, and devotion towards Lord Rama. Infact, Hanuman is known as one of the Chiranjivis, people who will never die and still live amongst us. When it comes to the birth of Lord Hanuman, most of us know that h…

Lord Dattatreya - the son of the Hindu TrinityBy Jugal

We have all heard of Goddess Lakshmi, the granter of wealth and prosperity. However many if us miss out on her sister who is exactly the opposite of her - Alakshmi or Devi Jyeshtha. In this episode we will cover her story.By Jugal

When King Nala, being possessed by an evil spirit, had abandoned Damayanti, his wife, he saw a great fire burning in the dense forest. There in the midst of the flames he heard the voice of some being, saying loudly again and again : " Come here, Nala, quickly ! " " Don’t get scared ! " With these words Nala entered into the midst of the fire and s…

In Hindu mythology, animals often play a very significant role. They are either the vahans or the vehicles for the gods or they carry some deeper symbolism and meaning. In this episode we will look into crows and their symbolism with respect to sins, with respect to carrier of the dead souls and the afterlife... Do they send messages from the dead …

Did you know that Lord Vishnu had more than 10 avatars. No right!! Neither did me... Our Puranic and mythological texts claim that there are 14 more...taking the total to 24. In this episode though, we will look into some of the known avataras of Lord Vishnu, the story behind the Sanat Kumaras and the demons that Lord Vishnu slayed.…

A young boy Arjun, sees an accident with a car hitting a pole. He rushes to see what has happened with the driver…who is lying bloodied on the steering of the car.. Soon he sees a young woman rushing towards the car and crying for the dead man in the car… All of a sudden, Arjun wakes up and realizes it was all a dream.. BUT WAS IT RELLY A DREAM?…

A man is given a job to take care of an old mansion which is in the jungles of West Bengal... Strange things begin to happen with him and the villagers warn him multiple times... But a large mansion to himself and free food to eat, the entrapment is for real... But was the entrapment just for money and property or was it something more sinister? A …

60,000 kings are burnt to ashes by an angry sage.. their only way to heaven is to wash their ashes with the waters of the river Ganga.. but it only flows in heavens..Generations make attempts to bring it down to earth... one succeeds but not without hiccups.. a mytho story of how the Ganga came to earth.. involves Lord Shiva, mythological elephants…

Imagine a person standing in front of the judge in a criminal court where his hearing proceedings are on.. Just at that time, 2 people dressed as lawyers come and shoot the person dead from point blank range… No..this is not a scene from a Bollywood potboiler but a real life story which took place in a Delhi courtroom.. Gangwar where the BOSS was s…

On a cold winter night in Delhi, a couple are out walking post dinner.. The wife soon notices a known person Vijay standing at the crossing ahead and staring at them...Fear runs through her body... Soon she sees Vijay walk briskly into a nearby lane....only to re-emerge in a couple of mins.. The wife knows something unfortunate is about to happen..…

One Nawab from Lucknow ruled for 4 months…you might think that this is too small a time period…but then there was one who sat on the throne for only 4 hours!! Yes..4 hours only!! Many historians simply even miss out their names while listing the Nawabs of Lucknow. But why such short periods of time??? Well the British were involved in both, that to…

The Navratris are currently going on and this is known to be a very auspicious time for us. A defeated king and a deceived businessman are struggling with their lives and reach an ashram. They discuss their sorrows with the Brahman in the ashram who then tells them the story of how the Goddess has appeared multiple times to help the Gods fight thei…

The demons have again attacked and defeated the gods and this time their leader is Mahisasura. The gods reach out to the Shiv and Vishnu and they emit energy from their bodies which leads to the formation of the Goddess. This episode deals with how the demons were defeated this time.By Jugal

The third episode deals with Chanda and Munda, the two demons who were slain by Goddess Kali and therefore she got the Chamunda. Chanda and Munda were both servants of the demon kings and brothers Shumbha and Nishumbh.By Jugal

The final episode deals with the defeat and death of Shumbha and Nishumbha and then explains how Surya's son Savarni became the next Manu.By Jugal

Cow Smuggling has been in the news these days… But this is not a new operation - organized crime syndicates have been functioning in the sector for a long time and with impunity. In this episode I decode how the kingpin was bought down and how this entire operation operated within India and the Indo-Bangladesh border.. Listen in……

A big time criminal in North India, Ankit Gujjar is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. One morning, Ankit’s relatives receive a call that he was beaten badly last night by the cops in jail. They make calls and try to reach the jail administration with no avail. By evening, Ankit Gujjar is declared dead at a local hospital. Relatives then make a shocking…

He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of India with many poems to his credit. But not many know that there is connection between his poetic prowess and divinity - the clue lies in his name itself. Also, his poem Meghaduta is his own personal account of what happened with him on the night of his marriage. Listen to this tale here.…

A couple hack into a crypto exchange and steal bitcoins worth $70 million in 2016..by the time they are arrested in 2022, the value of their robbery has increased to $4.5 BILLION... Listen to this story of how a couple managed to do this and remain under radar for so many years..infact one of them even wrote an article on Forbes on how to stay safe…

We have always been told scientific reason behind how the moon waxes and wanes and we see the full moon and the no-moon nights. However there is a mythological story too - a story of love, romance, curse and finally a minor solution!! Listen in to this story of the moon and his 27 wives!!By Jugal

A woman wakes up to blood marks on her floor every morning, which keep on increasing in size and intensity. Someone asks her to call her kids home and that would be the only solution to this problem.. A true horror story…Click on the link above to listen!!By Jugal

Ek ladka kidnap ho jaata hai aur firauti ke liye paise maange jaate hai... Par ladke ke maa baap le aate hai apne bank ke statements aur savings certificates aur waha pe leti hai kahani ek naya mod..By Jugal

Ek ladke ki kidnapping hoti hai aur usko bachane ke liye ek paise se bhara bag bridge ke neeche pheka jaata hai...padke jane ke baad Kidnappers ne kiya chauka dene wala khulasa...By Jugal

Americans aur Russians ne kaise ki koshish Yogic Shaktiyo ko prapt karne ki taaki woh ek doosre ko Cold War mei hara paye!!By Jugal

The Kohinoor passed on to the hands of the British after 10 year old Maharaja Duleep Singh lost the Anglo Sikh war. However his unfortunate life and death would reignite the curse of the Kohinoor.. Listen in to what happened with himBy Jugal

Kohinoor is finally delivered to Queen Victoria but not without any mishaps…Also the discussions around Kohinoor takes a different turn after it lands up with the British.. Listen on..By Jugal

Maharaja Ranjeet Singh ke guzaar jaane ke baad, Kohinoor toot pada Sikh ke royal parivar par....4 se zyada raja aur kayi aur nobles maare ajeeb ajeeb ghatnayo se...woh bhi 3 saal ke andar...By Jugal

Gandhis in India derive their power from their participation in India's freedom struggle. Similarly the Rajpaksas in Sri Lanka derive their power from finishing off the LTTE and ending the 30 year old civil war in Sri Lanka. This podcast tracks the story of how they managed to decimate the LTTE and the Chinese involvement in this entire episode.…

India mei Gandhis ki power waha se aayi jab unhone ne India ke freedom struggle mei participate kiya..waise hi Sri Lanka mei Rajpaksas ki power tab aayi jab unhone waha pe chal rahe 30 saal ka civil war khatam kiya aur LTTE ka vinaash kiya. Yeh podcast mei hum baat karenge LTTE aur Rajpaksas ki kahani aur kaise China ne madad ki Rajpaksas ki us civ…

Maharaja Ranjeet Singh finally got hold of the Kohinoor from the Afghans and this raised his position in the eyes of the common public. He became their HERO..having not only defeated the Afghans but also making them surrender the prized diamond.By Jugal

Shah Zaman is blinded and he hides the Kohinoor by digging a hole in his prison wall. His brother Shah Shuja comes back to power and has the entire prison fort razed to the ground. What happens with him? Listen in to this episode.By Jugal

Durrani saved the wives of Nader Shah while he was being killed. In turn she gave him the prized Kohinoor which he took and went off to establish the kingdom of Afghanistan.. What happened with him was nothing short of ghastly…By Jugal

Iss pehle episode mei hum baat karenge ki kaha se aaya yeh diamond, Mughals ke paas kaise pahucha aur phir waha se kaise gaya Nader Shah ke paas.. Waise Nader Shah Bharat ko jab loot ke gaya tha toh waha pe teen saal tak koi tax nahi laga tha!! Lekin Kohinoor ne Nader Shah aur uski poori family ki kismat kaise palat di..suniye iss Episode mei...…

Tihar jail ki van mei the 9 gangsters aur 30-40 policemen..Van court complex se inko waapis le jaa rahi thi jail..lekin pahuchne se pehle hi hui aapas mei ladai aur gangwar mei phir se 2 log maare ge..policewalo ke saamne...By Jugal

Sidhu Moosewala ke marne ke kuch hi din baad aage aaya Delhi ka don Neeraj Bawana. Usne dawa kiya hai ki woh Sidhu Moosewala ke lega badla...toh kaun hai yeh Neeraj Bawana aur kya hai iski kahani...By Jugal

Ek Mughal prince ko ho jaata hai ek kothe wali se pyaar....Kuch hi din mei badalti hai hawa aur woh prince ban jaata hai India ka Badshaah..woh bana deta hai iss kothe wali ko Bharat ki Rani Ab Mughal darbar mei sabzi bechne wale baith ke peete hai daaru aur Bharat ka Badshaah daru pee ke milta hai thelo mei.. Suniye yeh romanchak aur asli kahani -…

The hijacker jumps out of the plane taking with him the sack of cash and 2 parachutes out of the 4. Nothing is seen or heard of him…until a journalist gets call after months of the hijacking. The hijacker is willing to give an interview… Listen it to what happened next!!By Jugal

Kaun hai Lawrence Bishnoi aur kaun hai Goldy Brar?? Iss episode mei mein aapko sirf inn dono ke baare mei nahi balki 100 Lawrence Bishnois aur 100 Goldy Brars ke baare mei bataunga... Sunniye yeh Kahani - Gangs of Punjab ki...By Jugal

Ek air-hostess ko plane mei ek aadmi ek chit deta hai..usme likha hota hai ki uske paas ek bomb hai..woh apna suitcase khol ke dikhata hai jisme sahi mei ek bomb hota hai..uski ek demand hai 2 lakh dollars aur 4 parachute...By Jugal

Ek coffee shop pe ek ladka aur ek ladki aapas mei baat kar rahe hote hai...ladki chahti hai ki ladka apni company band kare aur uss ladki ke saath kaam kare... Kya yeh pyaar hai ki talent ki khoj? Suniye iss udti hui baatchit ko jo maine ek coffee shop mei suni thi.. P.S. - asli naam badal diye gaye hai..…

Manasa Devi, jo Saapo ki Bhagwan maani jaati hai..Bhagwan Shiv ki beti hai..Lekin unki step-mother Parvati unko bilkul pasand nahi karti thi..Manasa Devi ko Devi ka darja bhi nahi diya tha...lekin ek raasta tha...By Jugal

Umrao Jan ke baare mei ek aur tawaif ne ek interrogation mei bola tha...uska naam tha Azizunbai..aur Azizunbai ki kahani judi hai Indian Mutiny ke sipahiyo se!!By Jugal

Aapne Umrao Jan ke baare mei toh suna hi hoga, shayad picture bhi dekhi hogi...Lekin woh kaise bani India ki famous nachne aur gaane wali..suniye iss episode mei..By Jugal

When journalists go through documents of the now dead family, they find money transfer documents and letters from someone who seems like a relative..all the way from Bradford, England. Journalists travel across continents to uncover the truth and the mystery behind this family.By Jugal

The guys in the picture above would first listen to the sounds of the jackal…if they howled from the left, they would target travellers on the right side and vice versa… They were devotees of Goddess Kali and sacrificed human lives in her name!!!!By Jugal

A woman with royal bearings lays siege on Platform No.1 of the New Delhi Railway Station. She along with her son, daughter and a retinue of royal servants and dogs stay there for 10 years till their demands are met. She claims to be a descendant of the royal family of Awadh and wants the government to restore all their royal property to her. But ar…