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उषा प्रियमवदा भारतीय मूल की अमेरिकी प्रोफेसर हैं, जो विस्कॉन्सिन विश्वविद्यालय, मैडिसन में दक्षिण एशियाई अध्ययन की सेवानिवृत्त प्रोफेसर हैं। उनका जन्म कानपुर में एक ऐसे गरीब परिवार में हुआ जो स्वतंत्रता संग्राम से जुड़ा था। उनकी माँ, प्रियंवदा को विधवा होने के कारण बहुत आर्थिंक और सामाजिक कठनाइयों से जूझना पड़ा। वे हिंदी उपन्यासकार और लघु कथाकार होने के साथ-साथ हिंदी से अंग्रेजी अनुवादक भी हैं। उन...

निठ्ठलेपन को नाहक ही बुरा माना जाता है। निठल्लापन आपकी आंखें खोल सकता है और आपको ऐसी चीजें दिखा सकता है जिन्हें आप अपने रोजमर्रा के जीवन में देख ही नहीं पाते। हरिशंकर परसाई से ही पूछ लीजिए, जिनकी रचना 'निठ्ठले की डायरी' ऐसी बातें बतलाती है जिनके बारे में आपने गौर करने की सोची भी नहीं होगी। Being lazy gets a bad rep for no reason. Being Lazy can open up your eyes and show you things you wou...

When I began to look for more information about the writer, Yashpal. I was astounded. What I found out could be a whole episode in itself. Yashpal could be the hero of an action packed thriller! His life story was one of stealth attacks, days spent as a fugitive, betrayal by friends, prison time, shoot-outs and a romance that withstood the test of time. And then he gave it all up and settled down...

Can love sustain the ravages of time and distance? What when love is boundless but time is not? This is the story of complicated but reciprocal love between parents and their NRI child, as seen in the reflections of the mother. क्या प्रेम समय और दूरी के प्रकोप को झेल सकता है? क्या होगा जब प्रेम असीम हो लेकिन समय सीमित हो ?यह कहानी माता-पिता और उनके NRI बच्चे के बीच जटिल लेकिन पारस्परिक प्रेम की है...

Here’s a heartfelt funny and tender story of growing up with less but dreaming big. Of getting an unexpected bounty but making enemies in return.  What prized possession did you guard zealously as a kid? --------------------------------------- यह एक दिल को छू लेने वाली, मज़ेदार कहानी है, जिसमे एक अप्रत्याशित इनाम मिलता है तो कुछ दुश्मन भी साथ मिलते हैं।  बचपन में वह कौन सी अनमोल चीज़ थी जिसे आप पू...

Uday Prakash is known for his sharp observations and critique of social structures in which the poor and marginalized find themselves trapped. The story I tell today is different from those. It is presented as a memoir- the memory of a nine year old who tenderly takes care of his sick mother. Now an adult he aches with the memory and looks to find meaning in that which can not be grasped. उदय प्रक...

When Shekhar Joshi’s collection of stories, “Kosi Ka Ghatwar’ came out in 1958, even he would not have imagined the fame and acclaim that the title story got him. It has since come to be considered a classic in Hindi literature. A tender story of love, compassion, loneliness and caring, Kosi Ka Ghatwar is set in Uttarakhand and is rich with references to life there. The ghat is a flour mill that r...

Bhagwati Charan Verma was a man of many talents. While his contemporaries like Munshi Premchand often told stories of rural India, Verma’s characters and plots vary from small towns to ancient times. His characters were everyday people- men and women, dealing with aspirations and frustrations of daily life. While on the one hand he took on the challenge of tackling the debate about ‘sin’ and ‘virt...

------ About this channel: Hello, I am Arti and you are listening to StoryJam. Here on my page, you can listen to Hindi and Urdu Stories by famous writers of Hindi sahitya/ literature. Here you will find stories and poetry by great authors of Hindi and Urdu. Some of these are classics and others are rare gems that you may never have heard or read. There are works by well known writers such as Prem...

Writer Radhakrishan wrote this story in the midst of WW II. The war may have been fought in a far off land, but we bore the repercussions too. Everything from food grains to cloth to kerosene was rationed, making it hard for the common person to live a normal life. In some places like Bengal, it caused famine. If the situation wasn’t bad enough, traders started hoarding goods, hoodlums took charge...

The best stories are the ones that take you on an unforgettable ride. You go tumbling through places you have never been before, taking turns between belief and disbelief, pausing only to admire the leaps of the writer’s imagination and coming out at the end chuckling with delight. This is one such story by Nizam Shah. I haven’t been able to find much about this writer. Google doesn’t reveal much...

Some storytellers are for every season. O’Henry is one such. We grew up on his stories in English but also some of us will recall the wonderful televised adaptations of world’s best stories in the series, ‘Katha Sagar’. Made in 1986, the series featured a collection of stories by writers like Katherine Mansfield, Guy de Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, O' Henry, and Anton Chekhov. Each episode was directe...

Sarweshwar Dayal Saxena’s children’s poems are part of our collective childhood. His poems for grown ups too have a candid, reflective quality that speak of his honesty as a writer. His short stories, although relatively lesser known, are just as moving and forthright. In this story, Pullover, he speaks in the voice of a man torn between the emotional tug of memory and the desire to do the right t...

Abid Surti is an Indian painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter. A diploma holder from J. J. School of Art in 1954, Surti has written short stories, novels, plays, children's books and travelogues. Several of his books have been translated into regional languages. He has also been writing for Hindi and Gujarati newspapers and magazines for over 40...

The world is made up of two kinds of people. Those who love maths and those who never forgot that episode of Swami and Friends where they saw themselves in “Chaami” who in turn saw no “logic” in Math. Today a beloved story from R K Narayan, the man who collected stories from everywhere and brought them home to live in Malgudi.दुनिया दो तरह के लोगों से बनी है। एक वो जो गणित से प्यार करते हैं और दूस...

Ashok Pande writes in many voices. He writes travelogues and poetry, he has written a book about forgotten women of the world and a lot about his corner of Uttarakhand. His Facebook page is a treasure trove of stories big and small, told with a mix of humour, compassion and curiosity, all in equal parts. Where I pause most in his work is his book of “kissas” (anecdotes). For someone like me who “h...

From the great filmmaker and storyteller of our times. Ray a master of his craft of creating images and characters brings to life Jhakki Babu in the moody environs of Darjeeling. हमारे समय के महान फिल्म निर्देशक और कहानीकार, रे, जो छवियों और पात्रों को गढ़ने में माहिर हैं। इस रहस्यपूर्ण कहानी में वे दार्जिलिंग के मनमोहकपरिवेश में झक्की बाबू को जीवंत करते हैं।Listen to Hindi kahaniyan and Urdu Kaha...

Premchand wrote boldly and fearlessly about his times. He wrote of abject poverty and desperation, he wrote against feudalism and for betterment of women. He spoke of the evils that plagued society in his times…and those evils sadly still continue to haunt us to this day.  But there was this other side to Premchand that I find fascinating. That was his sparkling wit and humour. He saw all the ugli...

It is in times of great strife that the people around us reveal themselves. The fair weather friends leave, making more room for those who ask no questions or put down conditions before offering support. In a world that’s fragmenting faster than ever, let’s hope we all find that person (or people) who step up.  In this memoir, Raza writes of his friendship with Krishna Chander, Salma Siddiqui,  Dh...

In this story, Suryabala has written with great tenderness and compassion of the destructive storm that rages in a woman's heart, while on the surface she seems as calm as a deep river. How long before she asks for more than a staid secure life?इस कहानी में सूर्यबाला ने बड़ी कोमलता और करुणा के साथ एक स्त्री के हृदय में छुपे उस तूफ़ान के बारे में लिखा है, जो जितना चाहे अंदर से सब नष्ट कर रहा हो...

Vishnu Khare  was a poet, translator, literary and film critic, journalist and scriptwriter. He was a polyglot, proficient in several languages, including Hindi, English, German, and other European and Asian languages. He wrote and translated extensively in both Hindi and English, and his translations included works from German, Finnish, Estonian, and other languages. He also translated modern Hin...

Qurratulain Hyder could weave a story in a manner that was quick in its pace and yet lingering in its mood. Her characters, often from urban backgrounds, live lives riddled with irony, while Qurratulain Hyder narrates their story with sardonic humour. One of the sharpest minds of her times, she spread her wings wide in the literary skies- she wrote for newspapers, short stories, memoirs and that m...

An important name among the post Premchand novelists, Jainendra Kumar was known for his psychoanalytic writing. He had the ability to discover hidden meanings and subtle signals in everyday conversations. He wove his observations skillfully into his characters’ lives in a way that their psychological and philosophical state of mind took precedence over the plot of the story.  प्रेमचंद के बाद के उप...

Listen to Hindi kahaniyan and Urdu Kahaniyan by famous as well as lesser known writers. You will find here stories from everyone from Premchand to Ismat Chughtai ; Suryabala to Mohan Rakesh, Kaleshwar and Mannu Bhandari.---There are certain tropes that one comes across in Hindi narratives, whether it be stories, TV series or films. One such is that of the mother suffering at the hands of her adult...

Mirza Hadi Ruswa recounts in the preface of his novel, Umrao Jaan Ada, how he came to write the story of a courtesan from Lucknow.  His friend Munshi Ahmad Hussain had rented a floor in a chowk in Lucknow and this is where he organised mushairas for his friends. Next to his house lives a most mysterious woman who is never seen, but sometimes late at night she can be heard singing. Once at a mushai...