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Tenali Rama was a poet and an advisor to King Krishna Dev of erstwhile kingdom Vijaya Nagar of 16th Century AD which was situated in modern-day Andhra Pradesh, India. He was quite popular for his wittiness and intelligence and had a funny side to his ways of working which attracted everyone towards him. This podcast brings to life some of the most popular anecdotes from his life and interactions in the royal courtroom and outside. These stories make for a great listening experience for young ...
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Author: Gaurav Gupta This is the story of three friends-Firoz, Arjun and Ben - collectively called the FAB Team. They are students of Bishop High Boarding School in Darjeeling and are simply inseparable. This time, they discover an ancient secret while playing a school tournament and are then required to show extreme courage and teamwork to tide over the challenges that they face. A fictional story, this is the first installment of the adventures of the FAB Team. Join us in the kids and fami ...
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As per the Hindu religion, it is widely believed that whenever there is a lot of injustice and atrocities on the common man in this world, God takes a mortal form to end all of it and establish order once again. Similarly Lord Vishnu took birth as Lord Krishna in Dwapar Yug in order to end the tyrannical rule of Kansa - the evil king of Mathura. Lord Krishna is considered to be the benefactor of all his devotees and is said to have had divine powers right from his birth. Using these powers h ...
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Word Book is an entertaining and educational English language learning podcast. The hosts, Ria and Alisha - both native speakers of the English language, select a random word, talk about its definition and talk about its different forms like nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. And the best part is the engaged, and often funny, creative storytelling where the listener gets to learn how to use the word in day-to-day conversation in various forms. And did we mention the small quiz we play in ...
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This is the story of three friends-Firoz, Arjun and Ben - collectively called the FAB Team. They are students of Bishop High Boarding School in Darjeeling and are simply inseparable. This time, they discover an ancient secret while playing a school tournament and are then required to show extreme courage and teamwork to tide over the challenges that they face. A fictional story, this is the first installment of the adventures of the FAB Team. Join us in the kids and family-friendly adventure ...
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Dipping into the amazing world of moral tales written by Vishnu Sharma back in the 2nd Century, these are popularly known as Panchtantra Stories. Pandit Vishnu Sharma has used these as a medium to impart worldly wisdom to three princes, whom he has taken as his disciples in order to get them ready to be the future king of their land. Each story is narrated with animals as protagonists and teaches an important moral lesson to the listeners. Perfectly suited for bedtime tales or anytime during ...
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Gauri and Anjali are two young girls who happen to visit their cousin Pooja during summer break. Since the kids have nothing much to do during hot afternoons, they devise a game to listen to a Hindi Varnmala story each day and note down all the words which come from that Hindi Varnmala letter. Hence start this journey of easy-to-follow stories which will bring a smile to the audience's face while also teaching young ones a few new words. Want to plan a game? Listen to the entire story and no ...
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Author: Rabindranath Tagore Gungi is one of the most famous literary works by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. A Nobel Prize Winner in the field of Literature, he is probably one of the most famous Indian personalities who has been recognized all over the world. Gungi narrates the story of life's struggle of a dumb girl named Subha, who is born in poverty with two elder sisters. While her father loves her a lot, her mother believes its because of her own sins that Subha turned out to be like thi ...
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Christmas is around the corner and the cold wind is already blowing! To keep you warm, Chimes Radio brings a special collection of short, feel-good stories by our amazing team. These Christmas stories are for everyone who is looking for some holiday cheer, especially at this time of the year. So wrap yourself up, snuggle up with your loved ones, pour in some hot chocolate and enjoy these heartwarming stories of Santa Claus, elves, reindeers and small boys and girls. These amazing Christmas s ...
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The Jataka Tales (or Jatak Katha in Hindi) are a compilation of some of Lord Buddha's most renowned stories that he used to convey his teachings and messages. These were originally told in the Pali language. In later years, Sanskrit scholar Aryasoor translated them into a collection of Sanskrit stories named ‘Jatakmala’ comprising 547 tales. There have been numerous versions of these stories since then. Gautam Buddha delivered his teachings in the form of amazing stories. These stories are p ...
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A News A Day podcast is for anyone who is interested to know about 1 trending and positive Indian news of the day. The podcast goes in-depth to explain the ins and out of this interesting news while also covering some additional interesting information about it. Be it from the field of science, history, art, sports, politics, the world, etc. we look across the board to bring the best news to you. This daily podcast is a must-listen for adults and kids alike, to quickly catch up on some posit ...
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Courage is a quality that cannot be taught in school, it is something that comes from within. It also does not depend on age as even a small child can turn out to be a brave heart in the face of adversity. This podcast is an attempt by Chimes Radio to pay tribute to such children who have shown extreme courage when it was needed the most. There are those extraordinary children who act bravely in difficult situations to save the lives of others around them - be it their family members or comp ...
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Shri Ganesh Leela is a set of 12 stories from the lives and childhood of Lord Ganesh that are very popular in the Hindu religion. Created by Goddess Parvati, Ganesh is considered the younger son of Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati and his elder sibling is Kartikeyan. Since childhood, Ganesh was full of courage and valor and had defeated many powerful gods and demons in order to perform his duties. These stories start from Lord Ganesh’s birth to the point where he starts to perform miracles with h ...
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Vikram Betal is an ancient Indian story collection of a king and a ghost. These popular stories from ancient India were originally written in Sanskrit and have been translated into various languages including Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, English, and Marathi. Every narrative contains a moral lesson for the listeners. According to folklore, the King of Ujjain, Vikramaditya or Vikram, is said to have promised to bring a ghost named Betal to a sage to help him complete his prayers. Following Vikram’s ...
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Once King Krishnadev Rai got upset with Tenali and asked him to not to show his face till he was asked to do so by the king himself. To solve this tricky situation, Tenali Rama came up with a unique idea and went to meet the King in his courtroom the very next day. Download Chimes Mobile App for tons of great Kids' podcasts and audio stories: http:…
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Once King Krishnadev Rai and his army won a major battle against an enemy. So King Krishnadev Rai decided to shower his close confidantes with previous gifts. But Tenali was late in arriving at the function and only a small silver platter was left for him to take. Using his wit, Tenali ensured that he get's his due from the king. Now Tenali Ram dec…
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When all his other tactics failed, Kansa finally decided to play his last trump card and invited both young Krishna and Balaram for a wrestling competition to Mathura. Knowing very well that this is a plot against them, the two brave brothers decided to go and put a final stop to the tyranny of this demon king. Download Chimes Mobile App for tons o…
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Once King Krishnadev Rai was so pleased with Tenali's work, he promised to gift Tenali an entire village. But with time, King Krishnadev Rai forgot his promise. Now Tenali Ram decided to use his wit to remind the king of his forgotten promise and get what was due to him. Download Chimes Mobile App for tons of great Kids' podcasts and audio stories:…
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Once King Krishnadev Rai asked his courtiers what they thought was the most difficult work in the world and all the couriers said it was to rule the kingdom, as King Krishnadev was doing. But Tenali disagreed with this and suggested that there is another much more difficult job than to rule the state. While everyone laughed at his suggestion, Tenal…
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Bal Krishan was growing up happily in Vrindavan while Kans was losing his sleep, seeing all his attempts to find Devki's 8th son going to waste. But then Sage Narad informed Kans about Krishan's true identity. Kans then sent a very powerful demon named Keshi to kill Bal Krishna. Keshi took the form of a horse and went around in rage to kill Krishan…
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Bal Krishan has grown up watching his villagers offer all kinds of prayers and sacrifices to Lord Indra. But this time, he advised everyone to worship Mount Govardhan, who was the real benefactor of his people. Seeing this, Lord Indra got very upset and asked the clouds to wreak havoc on the villagers. But Bal Krishan had different plans and he did…
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Once King Krishnadev Rai's courtiers started to debate if it is possible to change a human's nature or not. King gave the two arguing teams a dog each to prove their point. The first group did their best to provide strength to the dog so it can keep its tail straight. But the other group was led by Tenali and he used this opportunity to prove how h…
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Once Bal Krishna and his friends were tending to their cattle next to the Yamuna river. It was very hot, so everyone took some water from the river. But that water was contaminated due to snake Kaliya's poison. Bal Krishan used his powers to bring everybody back to their senses. But to rid the Yamuna river of this ill effect, Bal Krishna jumped int…
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Once King Krishnadev Rai decided to test his courtiers and gave them bags of money to spend provided they meet one condition - they must see the face of the king before making any purchase. While all the courtiers struggled to find the king at the right time, Tenali had a different approach and enjoyed spending the money to his heart's content. But…
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There used to live an old lady who had a pet elephant named Raju. The old lady did everything to keep Raju happy. But when Raju realized that Amma has grown very old, he decided to earn money on his own. Raju ended up going to a village and found a merchant who needed help. But when the merchant tried to cheat Raju, he made sure he get his rightful…
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Once King Krishnadev Rai met a merchant who had an Arabian horse. He was very impressed with the horse and decided to purchase it. In addition, he paid the merchant for one more Arabian horse that he can bring along the next time he come to visit the kingdom. One year passed and there was no news of the merchant but King kept believing that he will…
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Once upon a time, there was a brahmin who used to till the land but never had a good crop. Once while resting under a tree near his land, he saw a snake. Brahmin bought some milk for the snake and next day found a gold coin in the milk container. And this started the process. But then came a day when Brahmin had to go out of the station and hence h…
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Once Bal Krishna went to the riverside with his friends to feed their cattle. While all of them were having their meal, the cattle went a little further away from the kids and Bal Krishna went to get them all back. In the meantime, Lord Brahma crossed that place and found this as a great opportunity to see Lord Vishnu's powers and hence, made all t…
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In this last episode of this podcast, we narrate the tale of how once Lord Ganesha came up with a unique way to test the trust and faith of his disciples. He took the form of a young boy and went to a village seeking help in cooking some rice pudding for him. But how did the villagers react to his request? Download Chimes Mobile App for tons of gre…
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Once a group of friends worked hard and earned a good amount of money. When they were about to leave the town, they decided to keep their money safe with a very honest lady, Vidyawati. But one of the friends had bad intentions and the next day itself, he came around to Vidyawati's house and lied to her that his friends met with an accident and henc…
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Once a female rat fell into the hands of a sage who used his divine powers to convert her into a girl and brought her up like his own daughter. When it was time for her to marry, the sage offered her various options to select as her groom but she was never satisfied till the time sage proposed someone who she thought to be her perfect match. Downlo…
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There used to live an old lady who had a pet elephant named Raju. The old lady did everything to keep Raju happy. But when Raju realized that Amma has grown very old, he decided to earn money on his own. Raju ended up going to a village and found a merchant who needed help. But when the merchant tried to cheat Raju, he made sure he get his rightful…
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Once a hungry old lion was searching for food. When he couldn't find anything, he came across a cave that looked like the resting place of another animal. With the intention, that he can attack the owner of the cave on their return, the lion hid inside and started waiting. The cave belonged to a clever jackal who upon his return immediately spotted…
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This is the story of two oxen who worked hard on a farm the whole day but were only fed raw grass to eat. One of them got jealous of a fat pig who also stayed on the farm but was fed delicious food. But the oxen learned the lesson soon enough as to why their life was better than that of a pig. Download Chimes Mobile App for tons of great Kids' podc…
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In this episode, we narrate the story of how Tulsi got smitten by Lord Ganesh's diving form and wanted to marry him. But since Lord Ganesh was following celibacy owing to his deep penance, he has to reject her proposal. This infuriated Tulsi who ended up giving Lord Ganesh a curse. What was that curse? And how did Lord Ganesh react to that? Downloa…
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Once King Krishnadev had a mischievous thought and he asked all the people in his kingdom to join the wedding of the royal well. And everyone was supposed to bring their own house well along to the wedding procession. Now everyone was baffled by this demand of their king and they all landed up at the door of Tenali Rama to seek his help and Tenali,…
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In this episode, we narrate the story of how Lord Ganesh incarnated in the form of Vighnaharta Avataar to end the atrocities of Mamtasur. Once Goddess Parvati laughed out loud while sitting with her friends. From this laughter, there was a human born whom she named Mamtasur. Goddess Parvati taught him to pray to Lord Ganesha to fulfill all his desi…
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Once a Brahmin got a goat in reward for his services at a rich man's house. While he was taking the goat back to his home, 3 thieves saw him and planned to steal the goat from the Brahmin. Poor Brahmin, in spite of all his knowledge and wisdom, was fooled by the thieves into believing that his goat was actually a dog not befitting for a Brahmin. If…
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Once Bal Krishna and Balaram took their cattle early in the morning to feed their friends. There they were spotted by Aghasur, the demon who was the sibling of demoness Putna and demon Bakasur. Aghasur decided to take revenge for the death of his relatives and took the form of a big snake. He sat down opening his mouth wide open. Innocent kids walk…
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Once a merchant sold a big fleet of Arabian horses to King Krishnadev to strengthen his army. Since he didn't have a stable large enough to keep the horses, King Krishnadev tasked all his courtiers to look after an Arabian horse each in lieu of payment of a gold coin. But Arabian horses had huge maintenance and poor courtiers struggled to look afte…
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In the next story of this podcast, we narrate the story of how Lord Ganesh incarnated in the form of Ekdant Avataar to end the atrocities of demon Madasur. There was a demon named Madasur who was a devotee of Goddess Parvati and did hard penance to please her. In the boon, he expressed wishes to be the king of all three worlds which Goddess Parvati…
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Once Bal Krishna and Balaram took their cattle to feed with their friends. When they went to drink water at a nearby stream, they found a big heron over there who snapped Bal Krishna in its mouth. This heron was actually a demon called Bakasura sent by Kansa. But when the heron closed his mouth, it started to burn as if it was on fire. Heron had to…
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Once there was a visitor in King Krishnadev's kingdom who bought many gifts for the king. Pleased, the king asked him to be his guest. The guest threw a challenge to find his mother tongue to residents of Vijayanagar. When no one else was able to determine his true identity, King asked Tenali Ram to help in this matter. So what can Tenali do when a…
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Once a group of pigeons got trapped in a net laid down by a hunter. To come out of this, the leader of the pigeons asked everyone to lie down still pretending to be dead. When the hunter came over and saw this, he loosened the net and at that very moment, all the pigeons started to flutter with full force and flew away with the net to a friendly mo…
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After moving to Vrindavan, Bal Krishna and his friends were given the responsibility to look after the cattle. He used to go out daily with Balaram and his friends and one fine day, King Kansa sent another demon Vartasur to kill him. Vartasur took the form of a calf but he was quickly spotted by Bal Krishna. Taking Balaram along, he got hold of the…
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Once upon a time, when there was a drought in the forest, a herd of elephants decided to venture out to find water to drink nearby. They finally found it in an area that was inhabited by rabbits. When small rabbits started to get hurt under the huge elephant's feet, one of the clever rabbits was tasked to talk to the elephants and convince them to …
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Once there lived a man named Murthy who was considered unlucky by everyone. The common perception was that whosoever sees his face first thing in the morning, has to go empty stomach the whole day. Once King Krishna Dev decided to test it and to his disbelief, he found the saying 100% correct. Agitated, he decided to give Murthy a death sentence. B…
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As the demon attacks on Gokul kept on increasing, one of the elderlies of the village, Upanand Ji, recommended to everyone that to keep the village kids safe it was high time for them to migrate to a nearby forest known as Vrindavan. When everyone agreed to his suggestion, the whole village migrated that day itself and that started the new phase of…
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Once a spy managed to enter into the Vijayanagar kingdom and disguised himself as a saint to steal courtroom secrets and pass them on. When Tenali found out about this, he managed to teach the spy a lesson. But King Krishnadev was not aware of this and he thought that Tenali had intentionally hurt a saint and hence he asked him to be left in the gr…
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Pooja started telling her next story from the Hindi alphabet 'ह’. This story is about a young man named Hashit who lived in Haridwar. When the crops in his village started to fail, people had no other option but to move to a new place. But Hashit was determined to find a solution to this problem. If you like the show, support us by becoming a patro…
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In the twelfth story of this podcast, we narrate the story of how Lord Ganesh incarnated in the form of Vakratund to end the atrocities of the demon Matsrasur. There was a demon named Matsrasur who was a devotee of Lord Shiva and did hard penance to get a boon from Lord Shiva. After that, he was declared the Kind of Demons, and then Matsrasur attac…
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Pooja started telling her next story from the Hindi alphabet 'स’. This story is about a young boy named Suraj who lived in a small town named Sitapur. He had a keen interest in music and hence, he decided to join a music teacher to harness his skills. Finally, there was a big singing competition being organized in the town for which Suraj was keen …
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In the next episode of the podcast, we discuss the word Silent. We talk about its definition, and various forms as a noun, adjective, verb, and adjective and then weave a great story to emphasize the usage of the word. If you like the show, support us by becoming a patron on this link: https://www.patreon.com/chimesradio Visit our website to know m…
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Pooja started telling her next story from the Hindi alphabet 'श’. This story is about a boy named Shashank who used to live in Shimla. When some guests came over to his place, he was asked by his mother to bring some things from the market and there he also met his friend and taught him an important life lesson. If you like the show, support us by …
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In the next episode of the podcast, we discuss the word Confuse. We talk about its definition, and various forms as a noun, adjective, verb, and adjective and then weave a great story to emphasize the usage of the word. If you like the show, support us by becoming a patron on this link: https://www.patreon.com/chimesradio Visit our website to know …
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Rajguru had an inherent bias against people of a particular community and used to be very rude around them. When challenged by Tenali, Rajguru told him that if he interacted with people of this community, then he will be born as a donkey in the next life. Now to teach Rajguru a lesson, Tenali came up with an idea that completely stumped Rajguru in …
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More than 200 cases of Monkey pox patient have been seen in more than 20 countries. WHO is keeping a close watch on this and all countries have been asked to be careful. Listen to the podcast to know all the details. https://chimesradio.com http://onelink.to/8uzr4g https://www.instagram.com/vrchimesradio/ https://www.facebook.com/chimesradio/ Suppo…
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This is the story of a weaver who was always battling with his bad luck. Even when he went away to earn his livelihood, he was robbed of his wealth on his way back to his place. Then he was taught a very important lesson in his life that explained to him that efforts are always rewarded but the true benefit of wealth is when it is appropriately use…
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Once in Calcutta, one day she was heavily dressed in new clothes and jewelry by her mother. The boy came to see her finally along with his friends and relatives. Subha was crying inconsolably which helped her get the approval of boy's relatives. And she didn't have to even say a word. Once the marriage ceremony was complete, her parents returned ba…
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Subhashni is growing into an adult now and still trying to make sense of the world around her. Her parents are getting eager to get her married now and other villagers are also started to make noise. Vanikanth once went away for some days and when he came back, he asked everyone to pack their bags to go to Calcutta. Subha will eagerly look at her p…
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Subha has found a friend in humans as well. He was the younger son Pratap of their neighbors. He was considered useless by his parents and other family members. Pratap loved catching fish and used to do so every day. And that was when he will end up meeting Subha. A dumb person is the best companion while trying to fish and hence he liked her compa…
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Subha had two friends - the two cows named Sarawati and Parvati in her home cowshed. Whenever Subha was upset, she went to spend time with her cow friends and expressed her feelings to them in her own style. Besides the two cows, she also had a goat and a little cat to keep her company. If you like the show, support us by becoming a patron on this …
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The village name is Chandipur through which goes a small river. The river is now connected to the village and its villagers on both of its banks. Vanikanth's house is on one of such banks and it always attracts anyone traveling through the river. But no one ever noticed that dumb girl. The poor child loved sitting next to the river on the bank. It …
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When the girl was born, she was named Subhashni but no one knew that she is born dumb. Unable to express her feelings, she often hears everyone talk about her while she is around and now she has resigned to her fate. She just wants the world to forget about her as even her parents, especially her mother, see her condition as a result of some of the…
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