Incredible Tales (इनक्रेडिबल टेल्स)

A true crime story from 1800s Bengal. A body is discovered in a trunk at home. No one knows who is inside it and no one claims ownership to the trunk!! So if it does not belong to anyone in this house and if no member of this house is missing or dead, how did this trunk with a dead body manage to come in?? A riveting story of how this case was cracked!! This is a public episode. If you would like...

Early 1900s British India - a lady is travelling from Calcutta to Durgapur and gets robbed in between. However, a cobra ensures a twist in this tale. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebookreco.substack.com

Send us a text Early 1900s British India - a lady is travelling from Calcutta to Durgapur and gets robbed in between. However, a cobra ensures a twist in this tale.  Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebookreco.substack.com

We have all heard of Shivaji as the ruler who fought against the Mughals…now it is time for some incredible tales from his life. Listen in to this story of how snakes are guardians of buried treasures and led to money coming into Shivaji’s family. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebookreco.substack.com

Send us a text We have all heard of Shivaji as the ruler who fought against the Mughals…now it is time for some incredible tales from his life.  Listen in to this story of how snakes are guardians of buried treasures and led to money coming into Shivaji’s family.  Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...

Send us a text 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. Atharvaveda was not a part of t...

Send us a text 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 elephant.  Airavata features in multi...

Send us a text 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 narrate the story of the birth of K...

Send us a text 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 he is the son of Vayu or wind. Howe...

Send us a text Lord Dattatreya  - the son of the Hindu Trinity Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebookreco.substack.com

Send us a text 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.  Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebookreco.substack...

Send us a text 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 saw a Naga-kin...

Send us a text 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 to people on Earth? Support the sho...

Send us a text 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.  Support the show This is a public episode. If y...

Send us a text 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? Support the show This is a public ep...

Send us a text 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 horror story by one of Bengal'...

Send us a text 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 and angry sages who giveth and tak...

Send us a text 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 shot dead, not a henchman… Support t...

Send us a text 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.. Listen to this story of the viciou...

Send us a text 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 too in a ‘Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi Bahu...

Send us a text 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 their battles against the demons. In th...

Send us a text 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.  Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscriber...

Send us a text 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.  Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebookreco.substack.com

Send us a text 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.  Support the show This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebookreco.substack.com

Send us a text 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… Support the show This is a public episode. If you wo...