Episodes

The coconut sweet

A folktale from South India about a sweet named Kadubu

Crocodile and his wife are eager to quench their hunger by cooking monkey pie in dinner. But will it be so easy to catch a smart monkey who is even more eager to have mangoes in breakfast? Listen to find out.

Kingdom of fools is an interesting and humorous story of a King who was too proud of his intelligence. He believed the same for his subjects. The story is about how three boys teach a lesson to the King by fooling him and his people.

Greed Never Pays - The story of Golden Swan from Jataka Tales, gives an apt message. It's a story about a Brahmin who is reborn as a swan with gold wings. He decides to help his family to lead a good life by giving them a gold feather after every few days. But his wife is overcome by greed and she plans to fetch all gold feathers at once. But she receives a good lesson. Find out what happened to the swan and Brahmin's wife?

The famous Akbar-Birbal's "the never-ending story" recreated.

Red Riding Hood is a classic that every child reads and listens to, but have you ever wondered how it will be in Hyderabadi!!! Well, let's find out.

Kabuliwala is a legendary short story by Rabindranath Tagore, originally written in Bengali. StoryTokri presents Kabuliwala in a new light, narrated by Sneha.

A short story about sharing

The Intelligent Merchant

Another witty tale of Birbal

'The Emperor's New Clothes' is a short tale written by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It is a classic that was first published in 1837 in Danish.

In yet another witty tale of Akbar-Birbal, Birbal helps a poor washerman (dhobi) in convincing Akbar for a prize.

In yet another interesting tale of witty Birbal, he finds out five greatest fools in Agra at behest of Akbar.

Birbal, the witty courtier in Akbar's court, was known for his tales of wisdom. Akbar was very fond of him and always sought his help to solve difficult cases. This is an account of one such case where an old man has no witness to prove that he had handed over his life's whole earning to his neighbour to keep it safe. Will Birbal find a witness to prove the truth?