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Send us Fan Mail A classic Premchand short story about the virtues of honesty.  Performed by: Rajiv Nema Background Music: Yellowmuzic Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREE Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Subscribe to Naatak Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast...

Send us Fan Mail " Here We Are" is a short story by American writer Dorothy Parker , first published in Cosmopolitan Magazine on March 31, 1931. The story, written almost entirely as dialogue, describes a tense scene between a newly married couple traveling by train to New York City for the first night of their honeymoon. Performed by: Kamala Subramaniam & Varun Dua Directed by: Kama...

Send us Fan Mail Presenting in our series of Manto's radio plays, Aao Bahas Karein. In "Aao Bahas Karein", Lajwanti challenges Kishore and Narayan for a debate. Will they hold the fort, retort or abort? Sunny Moza returns as Kishore, Shravanti Yadav debuts as Lajwanti, and Anush Moorthy returns as Narayan. Directed by Vikas Dhurka   Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Naatak Radio, presenting George Bernard Shaw's classic "How He Lied to Her Husband" in Hindi.  A married woman and her lover get into a pickle with her husband and then get out of it. Performed by: Snehal Pachigar, Ekta Brahmakshatri,  Sanju Pancholi Adapted by: Paresh Vyas and Vikas Dhurka Support the show Subscribe to Naatak Radio on Apple Podcasts, G...

Send us Fan Mail On the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr, we present one of the most famous stories on this glorious festival: Munshi Premchand's Idgaah.  Idgaah tells the story of a four-year-old orphan named Hamid who lives with his grandmother Amina. On the joyous occasion of Eid, Hamid is full of spirits and is excited to go to market to buy toys like his friends. But an unusual thought causes him...

Send us Fan Mail When talking about the all-time classic short stories, H. H. Munro's "The Open Window" finds itself in almost everyone's list. A classic story of a missing husband, a nervous visitor, the husband's niece who has her secrets, and a living room window that has remained open ever since the husband's disappearance, Open Window excels in its brevity and im...

Send us Fan Mail When talking about the all-time classic short stories, H. H. Munro's "The Open Window" finds itself in almost everyone's list. A classic story of a missing husband, a nervous visitor, the husband's niece who has her secrets, and a living room window that has remained open ever since the husband's disappearance, Open Window excels in its brevity and im...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Naatak Radio, Amritlal Nagar's famous short story Dharmsankat. Rai Bahadur Giriraj Krishna, a man of great wealth and prestige, passes away and wants his wife to be the heir of his assets. But he has some very specific conditions. Performed by: Rajiv Nema About the Author: Amritlal Nagar (17 August 1916 – 23 February 1990) was one of the prominent Hindi writers o...

Send us Fan Mail Continuing our series of hilarious radio play written by Saadat Hasan Manto, Kishore persuades Lajwanti to steal what he thinks is his friend Narayan's parcel.  Performed by: Kishore: Vikas Dhurka Lajwanti: Pooja Sabharwal Narayan: Anush Moorthy Mrs. Narayan and Durga: Anjali Kirloskar Support the show Subscribe to Naatak Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Jio...

Send us Fan Mail "Post Office" is a Gujarati short story written by Indian writer Dhumketu . It was first published in 1923, and is considered Dhumketu's most famous and frequently anthologized short story. The story is about a father's affection for his daughter, and the apathetic bureaucracy of the local post office . It is notable for its description, narrative, and dialogue...

Send us Fan Mail "Post Office" is a short story written by Indian writer Dhumketu . It was first published in 1923, and is considered Dhumketu's most famous and frequently anthologized short story. The story is about a father's affection for his daughter, and the apathetic bureaucracy of the local post office . It is notable for its description, narrative, and dialogues. Perfor...

Send us Fan Mail "Torch Bechnewale" is a short story written by one of India's most famous satirist, Harishankar Parsai. It talks about the fundamental sales strategy humans deployed ever since they first walked the planet: To Sell on Fear. Today's society has taken this to a new extreme, the scarier the narrative, the better the results. Two friends make a pact to try out thei...

Send us Fan Mail " The Yellow Wallpaper " is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman . It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards mental and physical health of women in the 19th century. Narrated in the first person , the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband (John...

Send us Fan Mail We have all made the mistake of passing judgement a little too quickly. In the world where most things are grey, let's not judge it by a simple black or white. The story's narrator, simply called "Masterji" in the story makes a similar personality judgement error until one of his students comes to him with a request that changes his entire outlook.  Beautifully...

Send us Fan Mail A woman's train journey to meet her fiancé, becomes an interrogation session with a highly inquisitive co-passenger.   Written by Varsha Thakur, this delightful story captures the emotions of a long distance train journey and often the highly smart and inquisitive nature of the co-passengers whom you often end up sharing your personal information with, whether you like it or...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Naatak Radio, we present one of Shekhar Joshi's famous short story, Dajyu. A boy from the mountains takes liking to a stranger in a cafe, when he asks him about his village, and considers him his Dajyu or big brother. Does the stranger reciprocate? Performed by Vikas Dhurka About the author: Shekhar Joshi (born 10 September, 1932) is a Hindi author, who is also k...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Naatak Radio, we present one of Shekhar Joshi's famous short story, Dajyu. A boy from the mountains takes liking to a stranger in a cafe, when he asks him about his village, and considers him his Dajyu or big brother. Does the stranger reciprocate? Performed by Vikas Dhurka About the author: Shekhar Joshi (born 10 September, 1932) is a Hindi author, who is also k...

Send us Fan Mail Presenting the next play: Aao Khat Suno in the hilarious series of radio plays by Saadat Hasan Manto. Lajwanti doesn't allow Kishore to read through a letter by Narayan until the letter writer himself makes an appearance.  Performers: Kishore: Sunny Moza Lajwanti: Sonia Saini Narayan: Vikas Dhurka Support the show Subscribe to Naatak Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks marks the 31st death anniversary of Shri Amritlal Nagar, one of the most prominent Hindi writers, often called the true literary heir of Premchand. Gorakhdhandha, that literally translates to a labyrinth, is one of his most famous short stories. It is a tale of a lower middle class married guy named Satish. Satish has been looking for a job for the last two years and is...

Send us Fan Mail 2020 will forever be remembered as the year when the world was under the spell of a deadly virus. The unsung heroes of the year were the first responders, the medical professionals who dealt with the human casualty first hand. पीले डैफोडिल (Yellow Daffodils) is a story written by Anshu Johri of 3 such professionals, in what became the epicenter of the pandemic, New York!  Written...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of the series of hilarious radio plays written by Saadat Hasan Manto, a thief robs Kishore and Lajwanti and then himself makes an appearance to explain the act leaving their friend Narayan more than just speechless. Aao Khoj Lagayein!  Kishore: Sunny Moza Lajwanti: Sonia Saini Narayan: Vikas Dhurka "Mulakati": Mustafa Khan Support the show Subscribe to Na...

Send us Fan Mail According to the Times of India: 15-25% of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage. Loss of pregnancy is physically traumatising as well as emotionally paralysing. There are millions of unspoken stories of loss but no one wants to start the dialogue and very few want to hear them. This week on Naatak Radio, we present one such story: DEAD. Written and performed by Abha Agarwal of the...

Send us Fan Mail Presenting songs from Naatak's 46th production and its very first grand musical: AMAVASYA.  About the Play: The princess Amavasya is devastatingly beautiful: black as night. Or she is so hideous that a glimpse of her milky-white face sends the victim into a three-day slumber. No one knows, because she is hidden behind a mask. What will her people see on the day she uncovers h...

Send us Fan Mail क्या तंत्र जन की रक्षा के लिए है या जन तंत्र की सेवा के लिए? A Democratic Republic, India celebrates its 72nd Republic on 26th January 2021. Naatak Radio celebrates this occasion with this fascinating story by Rajendra Tyagi: Adhoora Sawal Janatantra Ka. The question of whether the system (तंत्र) is serving the public (जन) or the public serving the system plagues all republics and...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Naatak Radio we present a chilling tale from the partition: Gurmukh Singh Ki Vasiyat by Saadat Hasan Manto.  A muslim family is trapped in their own house as the city around them burns. Will the friendships formed with the community come to their rescue? Performed by Sunny Moza Background Music: "Riots of 2020 over The Joker Theme" by Squicx "Tense Ambi...