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Nepali Folk Tales

Sapana ko Sukha | Nepali Story for Children

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

Sapana ko Sukha is an audio story narrated for kids. Listen to the story to find out how an elderly […]

Nepali Moral Stories

Telling the Truth

July 1, 2020

A rich man had a heart problem. The doctor advised his servant to keep the rich man away from any […]

Nepali Short Stories Umes Shrestha

Meanwhile, in between the Dreams

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020

A story by Umes Shrestha Guru baa… eh Guru baa, wake up! Listen to me, I don’t usually remember dreams, […]

Nepali Folk Tales

Husband, Wife, Lover, and Mango Tree

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020

In a certain village lived an honest man who had a wife both beautiful and clever, but devoted to another […]

Nepali Folk Tales Religious Stories

Story of Shravan Kumar

January 3, 2020January 10, 2020

Long-time ago, there lived a boy called Shravan Kumar. He was very unfortunate as both of his parents were blind. […]

Nepali Short Stories Tarini Prasad Koirala

Rambha and Arun

December 27, 2019January 10, 2020

A Story by Tarini Prasad Koirala. Translated by Nagendra Sharma Arun had known it all along, for over a year […]

Nepali Folk Tales Prawin Adhikari

Ripples on the Mirrored Lake

December 23, 2019December 27, 2019

As surely as sowing must come before the harvest, and as surely as a pebble thrown into a still pool […]

Nepali Folk Tales

The Attitude of Gratitude

December 21, 2019

Matsya and Devi, an aging fish couple, lived in a pond of the Karnali River by the village of Chhipra. […]

Buddhist Moral Stories

Elephant and Ungrateful Forester

December 17, 2019

The whole earth will not satisfy an ungrateful man. Jātaka 72: i. 319-322. To an ungrateful man. This parable was […]

Nepali Folk Tales

The King Who Rides a Tiger

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019

A story by Patricia Hitchcock. Part 1 Once, during the reign of a great king, there lived a Brahman priest, […]

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    Once upon a time a jackal and a bear met on a ferris wheel at
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    The Fox without a Tail

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    Myanglung (The Cat God of East Nepal)

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    Between Two Wives

    In the old days, a middle-aged Man had one wife that was old and one
  • October 12, 2020 / StoryTeller

    Sapana ko Sukha | Nepali Story for Children

    Sapana ko Sukha is an audio story narrated for kids. Listen to the story to
  • July 1, 2020 / StoryTeller

    Telling the Truth

    A rich man had a heart problem. The doctor advised his servant to keep the
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    Meanwhile, in between the Dreams

    A story by Umes Shrestha Guru baa… eh Guru baa, wake up! Listen to me,
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    Husband, Wife, Lover, and Mango Tree

    In a certain village lived an honest man who had a wife both beautiful and
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