'Toba Tek Singh' is probably one of the most well known tragic stories about Partition written in 1954, by the legendary storyteller Saadat Hassan Manto. The story is set up around the migration of Hindu and Sikh mental asylum patients in Lahore to India. The main character, Bishan Singh came from a place called - Toba Tek Singh. He wanted to go back there but he finds out that he is being sent to India because of his Sikh identity. His emotional struggle for identity was something that wa...

It was completely dark. Raju had got lost in that unfamiliar place and they didn't know where to look for him. They had searched in the bushes and trails around for a long time and the three of them were now exhausted and very, very worried. Just then a pair of white eyes shone in the bushes near them. The eyes seemed to be staring right at them. Mangya was the first to see them and terrified, he signaled Vinu towards them.

Ghisu and his son Madhav just knows how to rest all the time. But Madhav's wife dies morning due to lack of treatment and their miserable situation. Somehow the father and son manages to arrange some money by begging their neighbours. But what did they do with the money instead? This has been translated from the famous original Hindi story called "Kafan" written by Munshi Premchand. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost ...

Storytel brings to you a range of Self Affirmation audiobooks for daily use. We hope these small doses of meditation helps you in your inner journey. Throughout our life we face moments of stress and tension in various different situations. These short and quick self affirmations helps us to stop and experience few moments of peace and tranquility of the mind

"Open It" is a story about a traumatic father desperately looking for his missing daughter. He describes her features to a group of boys and they find the girl. But the old man only sees his daughter many days later, on a hospital stretcher, having been retrieved from a railway track. What happens next with a simple word like "Open It" is heart-wrenching. This has been translated from the original story "Khol do" written by Saadat Hasan Manto. Saadat Hasan Manto was the most widely read an...

Once upon a time there was a big and dense jungle. There was a river flowing through it and on the banks of this river was a beautiful hill. What was special about this hill were the trees that on which grew a variety of flowers. Also it never became dark at night. Do you know why? The answer was that right at the centre of the hill, there was a big and beautiful banyan tree. Whenever anyone felt scared or worried, they would come to a branch of the tree and hug it tightly and in some time...

Storytel brings to you a range of Self Affirmation audiobooks for daily use. We hope these small doses of meditation helps you in your inner journey. Throughout our life we face moments of stress and tension in various different situations. These short and quick self affirmations helps us to stop and experience few moments of peace and tranquility of the mind

There was little water in the well and a huge banyan tree near it. Travellers would generally stop and rest under the shade of the tree and then go ahead. But for the last few days, sounds of drums had been coming from the well. The sounds would become louder during the night. Everyone thought that ghosts sang and danced in this well. Since then, people had stopped going near it. And Sai fell into that well!

Halku, the poor farmer somehow manages to save three rupees to buy a new blanket which he needs while guarding his field in the dark winter nights. But Sahna, his landlord comes to his doorstep and asks for the money that Halku owes him. The winter nights were so cold that without a blanket there was no way he could sleep out in the open. Munni, his wife, was reluctant to give that money. But what would Halku choose? Dying in the dark winter night without a blanket or listening to the land...

In an overnight bus-ride, Janhavi meets Vikrant. Janhavi's unsatisfactory married life, the hurried and worried mental state to meet an ailing father that too after 10 years of her life, Vikrant within a few moments, makes her forget everything. The attraction and the adventure that Vikrant evokes in her, lures Janhavi and reminds her how beautiful life can be, like a breath of fresh air. But is this journey as simple as it sounds? Is it that easy to go with the flow of life? Will Janhavi ...

"Everything was lost in one moment. Why God? Why me? These thoughts were raging in Sameer's mind." Sitting in the driver's seat, he was racing his car at the speed of his thoughts. He took his hand off the brake and as was his habit, massaged his forehead with two fingers. In spite of the AC in the car being on, he was sweating. It must be around 4 or 4.15 pm, and in about half an hour, one by one, offices would start emptying and this back-street would get crowded. The mall on the left si...

Storytel brings to you a range of Self Affirmation audiobooks for daily use. We hope these small doses of meditation helps you in your inner journey. Throughout our life we face moments of stress and tension in various different situations. These short and quick self affirmations helps us to stop and experience few moments of peace and tranquility of the mind